Professional Experience
- Family Law practitioner for over 30 years with SCHILLING, EVANS in Whitby, Ontario
- Certified as a Specialist in Family Law by the Law Society of Upper Canada
- Co-founder, treasurer, law reform committee chairman, certified mediator with Ontario Association for Family Mediation
- Member, Family Mediation Canada, since 1998
- Member of ADR Institute of Ontario Inc., since 1995
- Mediator, Local Legal Aid Settlement Conference panel (1992-1996)
- Deputy Judge, Small Claims Court (1995-2005)
- Member, Children's Lawyer personal rights panel (1987-1995)
- Director, Collaborative Family Law Association of Durham Region (2005-2007)
- Director, Durham Region Law Association (1994-2000)
- Director, founding board, Auberge Women's Shelter, Oshawa Advisor Durham Family Mediation Services
- Co-founder, co-chairman, Court Conciliation Service Provincial Court (family Division), Oshawa, also helped train volunteers (1981-1982)
Education
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Toronto, 1972
- L.L.B., Osgoode Hall, York University, 1976
- Master of Education (Theory), O.I.S.E., University of Toronto, 1983, emphasis on adult education and applied psychology
- Completed Family Mediation Levels 1 and 2, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, 1983, 1984
- Completed Arbitration II, University of Toronto, 1993
- Completed two courses of settlement conference training with the Ontario Legal Aid Plan, 1994
- Completed Osgoode Hall School Intensive Mediation Workshop, 1998
- Completed OAFM Domestic Abuse Workshop, 1999
- Completed basic Collaborative Law Workshop, 2003
- Completed Collaborative Family Law Level 2 Certification, 2005
- Completed Child Protection Mediation Certification, University of Toronto, 2006
- Completed Mediation-Arbitration Certification University of Waterloo, 2007