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Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Jeff received his B.A. in 1980 from Brigham Young University and his LL.B. in 1984 from the University of Alberta. He is an advocate whose practice is centered on insurance and professional negligence claims and has extensive experience appearing before all levels of courts in Canada, including:
Supreme Court of Canada
Federal Court of Canada
Tax Court of Canada
Alberta
Court of Appeal
Court of Appeal of the Northwest Territories
Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta
Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories
Provincial Court of Alberta
Jeff was awarded the designation of Queen’s Counsel in 2008 and is consistently listed by Lexpert as a "leading practitioner"
He has also appeared before numerous boards, inquiries, and investigations and represented professionals in various disciplinary proceedings and hearings.
Jeff is a member of the Law Society of Alberta and the Law Society of the Northwest Territories.
He is a lecturer for the Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education and has been a lecturer at the Law Society of Alberta's Bar Admission Course. Jeff has also been a sessional lecturer on professional responsibility for the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta, and is a member of the American Association for Justice (formerly the American Trial Lawyers Association). He has also been an invited speaker for the Canadian Bar Association, Legal Education Society of Alberta, the University of Alberta School of Business, and many other professional, business and service organizations. Jeff's vast experiences in complex and multi-jurisdictional lawsuits have resulted in him being asked to speak at a number of medical and legal conferences.
Jeff has authored publications on different legal issues, most notably on evidentiary issues and the doctrine of informed consent in the medical/legal context:
- “Informed Consent or Compromised Consent? Walking the Fine Line” 1 R.M.C.M.C. No. 12, February 2000
- “When Enough May Not Be Enough: Informed Consent and Patient Communication” 2 A.M.C.H.C. No. 8, March 2001
- “The Use of Discovery Read Ins at Trial”, ACTLA Rediscovering Discoveries, March 2005, Calgary and Edmonton
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- “The Use of Discovery Read Ins at Trial”, The Barrister, December, 2006
- Nationally published book reviews on professional responsibility and tort law
Publication work in progress:
- “Drawing Adverse Inferences: The Dog That Didn’t Bark”
Jeff's administrative and counseling activities include various positions with his church as well as coaching city league basketball and Little League baseball.
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