June 2002

Sole Legal Practitioner

Preferred area of practice is criminal justice defence services, professional discipline, with an independent practise in justice reform consultation. Since October 2001.

Partner, Pink•Murray•Graham.

Preferred area of practice is criminal law defence work, with service in some public law matters. October 1992 to September 2001.

Associate and Partner, Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales (Stewart MacKeen & Covert)

Legal services primarily in criminal and public law, as well as labour and employment law. Appearances before the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Skinner and R. v. Mackenzie. Counsel to William Urquhart, Marshall Inquiry. Per diem prosecution work for the federal Department of Justice. 1984 to 1992

Student Lawyer, Dalhousie Legal Aid Service

Family and criminal law caseload. Summer, 1983.

LL.B., Dalhousie University; 1984.

B.A.(Hons.), Mount Allison University; 1977

Nova Scotia Barristers' Society: Member of Council (elected) 1995 to 1999.

Member and former Chair, Administration of Justice Committee 1995 to 1999. Chair 1996 to 1998.

Member and former Chair, Legal Aid Committee 1992 to 1995. Chair 1994 to 1995.

Member, Lawyers Assistance Program Committee 2000 to present.

Member, Library / Library Services Committee 2001 to present.

Member, Courthouse Users Committee 2003 to present.

Member, Discipline Committee 1996 to 1999.

Member, Discipline Policies and Procedures Committee 1998 - 2001, including service on the Discipline Task Force 2000 - 2001.

Member, Supreme Court Liaison Committee (Criminal) 1997 to 2000.

Member, Provincial Court Liaison Committee 1996 to 1997.

Chair, Civil Liberties Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association, N.S. Branch. 1987.

Chair, Sole Practitioners' Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association, N.S. Branch 2003.

Roster Member for Boards of Inquiries, Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. Effective July 1, 2003.

Chair, Legal Aid Review Team (N.S. Dept of Justice and Nova Scotia Legal Aid). December 1995 to April 1996.

Chair, Official Board, St. John's United Church (Windsor and Willow). 1997 to 2002

Justice Reform Consultant for CIDA and the Canadian Bar Association in Bangladesh with particular emphasis on probation services and alternative sentencing for youth.

Justice Reform Consultant for CIDA in the Organization of Eastern Carribean States with particular emphasis on program establishment of legal aid.

Research and design of the Pink&bul;Murray&bul;Graham internet domain (December 1995) criminaldefence.com.

Co-editor, Criminal Duty Counsel Manual for the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society and the Department of Justice. June 1995

Halifax Chronicle-Herald columnist on public issues in relation to the functioning of criminal justice. Fall 1993 to December 1996.

Author and Invited Presenter: International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts; Houston, Texas. November, 1999.

Presenter and Author at the International Joint Meeting of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science and the Forensic Science Society. August 1998.

Presenter at continuing legal education programs (NSBS mid - winter meetings 1988, 1993; Young Lawyers '87; Family Law '90; Advocacy '92; Criminal Law - November 97).

Lecturer, Dalhousie Law School. Evidence, with Professors Tom Cromwell and Bruce Archibald. 1990.

Shop Steward and executive-role positions, United Steelworkers of America, Local 1051, while a mill employee at the Faro, Yukon lead-zinc mine (1977 - 1980). Labour Arbitration Course, United Steelworkers of America. 1979.

Vicarious Traumatization
Toxic Practise Hazards for Criminal and Family Lawyers: paper prepared for and scheduled for publication in the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society Record (Fall, 2003), with Johnette M. Royer

A Conflict of Interests Refresher
article prepared for and published in the Nova Scotia Law News, vol.25, no.2

Parricide in Canada
paper prepared for and published in the Criminal Law Quarterly, Vol.43, p.110

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and Lawyers
paper prepared for and presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts (November, 1999)

Blood Stain Analysis and Lawyers
paper prepared for and presented at the International Joint Meeting of The Canadian Society of Forensic Science and the Forensic Science Society (August, 1998)

Third Party Records Access: A Tug of War between Legislative and Judicial Control
paper prepared for the November 1997 Joint program of the Nova Scotia Continuing Legal Education Society and the Criminal Lawyers Association (November, 1997)