Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2012 Ken's practice involves commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution, with experience in class action, construction, energy, environmental, intellectual property and insurance matters.
Ken has appeared before all levels of the Alberta courts and the Federal Court. He also has considerable experience in the area of injunctive relief, including handling a number of such claims in the pipeline and energy industry and successfully dealing with environmental regulatory and civil proceedings, patent infringement, trade secrets and trade knowledge claims.
SELECT EXPERIENCE
- Successfully represented clients in patent infringement, trade-mark, trade secrets and copyright cases
- Resolved one of the largest and most complex intellectual property claims involving disputed technology in the automatic welding and construction of large diameter pipelines
- Successful as counsel on a leading Court of Appeal decision on the issue of waiver and abandonment of privileged communications
- Advising clients on issues involving directors and officers liability, product liability and insurance concerns
- Acted and currently acts on some of the most significant class/representative action litigation in Alberta
- Lead counsel on issues concerning the fire rebuild of a portion of an oil sands plant
- Acted as counsel on issues arising from construction defects in a multi-storey downtown office tower
- Successfully taken to trial insolvency issues relating to building construction
