Suite 1000, Brunswick House
44 Chipman Hill
Saint John, N.B.
E2L 2A9
Language(s) spoken: English
Bar Admission(s): Ontario, 2013; New Brunswick, 2017
Legal Assistant(s): Cynthia Doucette
Conor practices in commercial litigation and specializes in the resolution of construction and insurance claims, liens, surety bond claims, product liability issues, and architects’, engineers’ and other professionals’ errors and omissions issues. Conor has acted as counsel before the New Brunswick Court of King’s Bench, New Brunswick Court of Appeal, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, arbitration tribunals, and the Energy and Utilities Board of New Brunswick. Examples of his work include:
- Representing general contractors, sureties and owners in dispute resolution including mediation, arbitration and litigation.
- Drafting and negotiating various forms of construction contracts on behalf of owners, developers, design professionals, general contractors, subcontractors and suppliers.
- Managing complex litigation involving multiple parties and large volumes of documents.
- Successfully defending an engineer in defence of a $48 million action over the course of a 54-day trial.
- Obtained the largest costs award in a New Brunswick trial decision.
- Represented a general contractor in respect of a $12 million lien claim in relation to a sports centre.
- Represented an EPCM project manager in a $300 million mining dispute.
- Represented a design-builder in respect of claims in relation to a public-private partnership highway dispute.
- Regulatory work relating to electricity utility rates and rate design.
Education & Career
Education
University of New Brunswick, JD, 2012
University of New Brunswick, B.Sc. Eng. (Civil Engineering), 2009
Activities
Fellow, Canadian College of Construction Lawyers
Member, Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Ontario Bar Association
Chair, Canadian Bar Association – New Brunswick branch construction subsection, 2019 – 2023
Member, Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA), 2023
National Secretary, CBA Construction & Infrastructure Law, 2023 – present
Accolades
Best Lawyers: Construction Law, 2025
Thought Leadership
Discovery: Atlantic Education & the Law – Issue 10
June 24, 2022
Owner’s holdback trust accounts take effect April 1, 2022
March 17, 2022
Discovery: Atlantic Education & the Law – Issue 09
November 22, 2021
Introducing the Construction Remedies Act
November 01, 2021
The end of the Mechanics’ Lien Act
January 13, 2021
Publications
Co-author, “Mind the Gap – Professional Liability Insurance and Possible Regulatory Changes to the Standard of Care”, Construction Law Letter, Volume 33 no. 3, 2017
Presentations
Panelist, Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick, Annual General Meeting – Panel on National Building Code Issues
February 16, 2024
Speaker, Canadian Bar Association, New Brunswick – Construction Remedies Act
November 25, 2022
Speaker, Atlantic Home Warranty, Construction Risks and Remedies
October 25, 2022
Guest lecturer, UNB Law, Construction Law
April 06, 2022
Speaker, Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick on changes to the Construction Remedies Act
April 23, 2021
Speaker, Canadian Bar Association, New Brunswick – Developments in Construction Law
February 05, 2021
Presenter, Saint John Region Chamber of Commerce, Speaker, Managing the Performance of Contracts in a COVID-19 Environment
May 13, 2020
Presenter, Construction Bar Association, Speaker, Construction and Infrastructure Law Conference, National Round Up
October 13, 2018
Presenter, Modernizing the Mechanics Lien Act in New Brunswick, 9th annual Real Property Conference
October 03, 2018