Available for selected business law mandates, board service, governance reviews and tribunal work

As I enter the “second act” of my professional career, I offer the following narrative CV, which reflects both my achievements to date and my aspirations for the future.

Legal Work:

I retired from from the partnership of Goodmans LLP in Toronto at the end of 2024. Goodmans is where I spent the majority of my legal career. During my tenure, I specialized in corporate/commercial transactional work with a particular emphasis in debt financing. My contributions to Goodmans earned me recognition in several prominent Canadian legal directories. I also became the firm’s primary partner for providing legal opinions including in the area of structured transactions/securitizations for which I also co-authored a chapter in a leading industry publication. In recent years I also devoted some of my practice to providing expert opinions related to claims of lawyers’ negligence.

Although I have retired from full time practice, I have have maintained my law license to assist clients with specific transactional needs or in connection with governance matters. For larger projects I would hope to bring in my colleagues at Goodmans and for smaller engagements I work as Senior Counsel with former alumni of Goodmans who have formed Founders LLP, a boutique corporate law firm. My colleagues there also bring me into their own matters from time to time.

Board Work:

I have been elected to serve as an Alumni Governor on the Governing Council of University of Toronto, with a three year term commencing on July 1, 2026. For the preceding 11 years I served on the governing board of Brandeis University in the Greater Boston area, chairing both its Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee during my tenure, as well as being an Executive Committee member.

Outside of university governance, I serve as a “bencher” on the governing board of the Law Society of Ontario and where I am co-chair of its Audit and Finance Committee.

I am also the Chair of the board of the Lawyers Professional Indemnity Company (LAWPRO) , which insures Ontario lawyers, and participate ex officio in all of its committees.

Given my commitment to excellence in board service, I completed the ICD-Rotman Directors Education Program and earned my ICD.D designation in September, 2025.

Additional Experience of Note:

Teaching-I am adjunct faculty at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto where I teach “Business Organizations.” The course primarily serves internationally trained lawyers navigating the Ontario law licensing and focuses on corporate governance, bridging my legal expertise with my board experience.

Tribunal Work—I serve as a member of the Law Society Tribunal, participating in panels that adjudicate disciplinary matters referred by the LSO.

Advisory Board Engagement—I recently completed three years as President of U of T’s Law Alumni Association , where I led an advisory board that worked closely with the Dean of the Faculty of Law. I also held a senior leadership role on the College of Electors of U of T, overseeing the recruitment and election of alumni/ae to the University’s governing board.

Previously, I served as the first non-American President of Brandeis University’s worldwide alumni association, where I also chaired its alumni advisory board for four years.

Volunteer Activities—Beyond my professional and academic commitments, I actively engage in volunteer work. I continue to mentor individuals from specific patient populations and currently sit on the board of Prostate Cancer Support Toronto. I have also assisted in revising the governing documents of a Florida co-operative association where I also currently serve as its President.