Location:
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Phone:
Fax:
250-762-9960
Email:
Don’s preferred areas of practice include Real Estate, Mortgages, Wills and Estates, Company and Commercial Law.
Education
Juris Doctor, University of Alberta, 1994
Master of Arts, University of Manitoba, 1984
Bachelor of Commerce (Honours), University of Manitoba, 1977
Bachelor of Arts (Student of Distinction), University of Winnipeg, 1974
Other:
Canadian Securities Course, 1987
Registered Options Course, 1987
Canadian Investment Funds Course, 1986
Diploma in Theology, 1983
Numerous Continuing Legal Education Courses
Career History
2010 to present Partner with Porter Ramsay LLP
1998 to 2010 Lawyer with Wilkinson & Company
1995 to 1998 Lawyer with Thomas MacDonald Butler
1994 to 1995 Articled Student with Thomas MacDonald Butler
1987 to 1990 Investment Management with Scotia McLeod Inc. and Dominion Securities Inc.
1981 to 1986 Minister and Chaplain at the University of Manitoba
Awards & Accomplishments
University of Manitoba Graduate Student Fellowship Associations
University of Manitoba Research & Teaching
University of Alberta Research Assitant
Canadian Bar Association
Christian Legal Fellowship
Volunteer & Community WorkDon has sat on the Boards of numerous non-profit organizations for many years, including the Board of Governors and Senate of Summit Pacific College (Abbotsford, BC), an affiliate college of Trinity Western University. He has coached little league baseball and has also been a lay minister with his church.Personal Interests
Don continues to be actively involved in his church. He enjoys reading, walking, studying the interaction of science and religion, partaking in philosophical and theological discussions, watching thought provoking movies, spending time with his children and grandchildren and travelling.