Born in Toronto, Ontario; Education at Queen's University (LL.B.) and Oxford University (B.C.L.); Called to the Bar of Ontario, 1988. Practiced in Toronto with Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, 1988-1998; Hicks Morley, 1998-2001; Heenan Blaikie LLP, 2001-2009. Appointed Special Advocate, 2008. Appointed Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, 2008. Adjunct member, Faculty of Law, Queen's University, 1994-2009, where he won eight faculty teaching awards. Author of over 110 articles or conference papers on various legal topics, particularly in the area of administrative and constitutional law. Appointed Judge of the Federal Court of Appeal, and a member ex officio of the Federal Court, December 11, 2009. Address: Federal Court of Appeal, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0H9.