Practice/Organization Description
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
2003 to 2004 York University, Osgoode Hall Law School;
Graduated with an LL.M. in eBussiness Law program;
Thesis Title: Jurisdictional Issues in Electronic Commerce:
A Canadian Perspective” published in the Computer Law
Review and Technology Journal Volume VIII, No.2 (Winter 2004)
1996 Continuing Legal Education-Attained certification in Advanced Mediation
1986 to 1989 University of British Columbia, Law School, Graduated with LL.B/JD. in 1989
1985 to 1986 Simon Fraser University, Graduate studies in Criminology
1981 to 1985 Simon Fraser University, Completed B.A.(honours) in Criminology
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
2000 to current Partner, Kornfeld Mackoff Silber LLP
Practicing in the areas of Labour and Employment law and Human Rights Law. Participating as counsel in Labour and Commercial Mediations and Arbitrations as well as engaging in collective bargaining and drafting collective agreements for employer clients. Acting as an adjudicator on the Employment Standards Tribunal (2006 to date).
1997 to 1999 Associate, Kornfeld Mackoff Silber LLP
1995 to 1997 Associate, Harris & Company
1992 to 1995 Associate, Freeman & Company [part of an association of Goodman Freeman Phillips & Vineberg]
1989 to 1991Articled student and Associate , Swinton & Company [now Miller Thomson LLP]
Education
York University, Osgoode Hall Law School
Professional Associations & Memberships
APPOINTMENTS AND MEMBERSHIPS
2008-present Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Business Administration at Simon Fraser University
2006-present Appointed Adjudicator on the Employment StandardsTribunal
2005 to 2007 Member, the Judicial Advisory Committee, Provincial
Court of BC
2005 to present Adjunct Professor, School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University
2003 to 2005 Member of the Vancouver Police Department’s Chief
Constable’s Diversity Advisory Committee
1999 to 2002 Mediator - Conciliation and Arbitration Board, Ismaili
Council for British Columbia
Honors and Awards
PUBLICATIONS
2011 "Employers beware: The myth of temporary layoff may result in a wrongful dismissal liability", Advocate Journal
2010 “Enforcement of Benefits Under the Employment Standards Act: A Single Jurisdiction for Enforcement Affirmed” UBC Law Review
2007 “Removing, adding or substituting a party after judgment or a final order pursuant to Rule 15(5) of the Rules of Court: Can it be done and when?” 65 The Advocate 173
2006 “Notice extension for bad faith dismissal: ‘a remedy divorced from the wrong’.” 110 The Verdict 52.
2006 “Bad faith damages in wrongful dismissal cases: Post Wallace jurisprudence” 64 The Advocate 337
2004 “Jurisdictional Issues in Electronic Commerce: A Canadian Perspective” published in the Computer Law Review and Tech, Journal Vol. VIII, No.2 (2004).
2004 “The curative provision in Section 43(6) of the Personal Property Security Act: How misleading is a “seriously misleading” error?” 62 The Advocate 379 (2004)
