Law Career
His law career commenced doing litigation in Toronto in prominent law firms. Upon his call to the bar as a lawyer he served as junior to the late prominent lawyer Joseph Sedgwick Q.C. (1965-1967) at the law firm of Smith Rae and Greer. That experience included preparation of trial and appellate briefs, representation both in civil and criminal matters, appearances before administrative tribunals, federal prosecutions, defence work, duty counsel, appearances before professional disciplinary bodies, family law, real estate, wills and estates and developing his own litigation practice. Later he was employed at Magwood Frith and Casey (1968). He later relocated from Toronto to Barrie and became a partner in a general practice, emphasizing litigation initially then corporate and commercial work, real estate development, wills and estates, municipal law, including instructing business law for 9 years at Georgian College a local community college. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel 1977. He associated and became a partner in the law firm of Boys, Seagram, Rowe and Taylor in Barrie 1968-1978.
As a sought after guest speaker and lecturer on law and government locally and internationally he has been a guest on numerous TV and radio shows as well as publishing legal and other various topical articles in periodicals and newspapers.
Throughout his legal career he has participated in many leading cases reported in the media and law journals. He has taken an active part by leadership roles in numerous professional organizations serving in both executive capacities as well as originating or as a founder of some organizations. He has presented many personal submissions to numerous government commissions and committee's studying changes to legislation. In his legal practice he stayed current of the progress in legal matters by attending courses, lecturing on law to the public, professional organizations, reading the legal periodicals, writing commentary, leading discussion groups on legal advancement in the practice of law. He has been a leading advocate for practice guidelines, checklists and systems for the sole practitioner.
As a lawyer he participated in the articling process of young lawyers. Similarly for the co-op secondary school student work weeks, as well Georgian College co-op students were mentored in his law office. He has employed people just to give them experience. As an MPP he had interns from Wayne State University from the Detroit area locate in his Queen’s Park legislative office. He has given real estate lectures, community forums, student forums on law careers, initiated legal education programs for the Simcoe County Law Association, Canadian and Ontario Bar Associations. He has taught, assisted or mentored many lawyers and mediators as they commenced their practice.
After leaving politics in 1985 he established a sole general law practice in Barrie. Initially he did criminal litigation then real estate completing thousands of transactions, hundreds of wills, estate planning and estates, corporate commercial work including doing 10 years of criminal legal aid duty counsel at least four to eight times a month in first appearance, plea and bail courts to assist the less advantaged. After closing his law office on November 30, 2002 he restricted his professional practice to mediations, arbitrations and writing.
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