Derek has practiced with the firm since 2003, and operates a general practice of law, with a focus on assisting clients with selling and buying homes and businesses.  His most extensive experience has been in residential real estate transactions, and he is a frequent presenter in that area at continuing legal education programs through the Canadian Bar Association and the Real Estate Lawyers’ Association of Nova Scotia.  He also has a wealth of experience in assisting clients in planning and administering estates, and has served as an instructor with the Schulich School of Law’s pro bono Wills Project.

When disputes arise, Derek is prepared to assist his clients in resolving them as efficiently and expediently as the circumstances allow.  He has represented clients at all levels of adjudication in the Province, including the Nova Scotia Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal.

Derek has volunteered extensively within the profession and in the community as a whole.  He has served on the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society’s governing council, and on several of its committees, including the Complaints Investigation Committee, Complaints Review Committee, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee, Real Estate Practice Standards Committee, and the Task Force on Council Size and Composition.  He has served as chair of the Solo and Small Firm section of the Canadian Bar Association, and on its Continuing Legal Education Committee.  He is also a former Director of both the Point Pleasant Child Care Centre and the Testicular Cancer Awareness Society.