Language(s) spoken: English
Bar Admission(s): Nova Scotia, 2019
Legal Assistant(s): Alexander Knights
Sam is a senior associate in the firm’s litigation group with a focus on insurance litigation, property litigation, and commercial litigation. He has appeared before all levels of Court in Nova Scotia.
Sam’s approach to the practice of law combines creativity, a fine eye for complex details and effective communication with his clients, which include liability and automobile insurers, landlords and tenants, employers and private businesses, banks, government organizations and individuals. He works diligently to ascertain his clients’ needs and the risks facing them, and provides efficient, practical solutions.
Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law, Juris Doctor, 2018
St. Francis Xavier University, Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy with First Class Honours, 2013
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Board of Directors, Alexandra Children’s Centre, 2020 – 2024 (Co-Chair from March 2021 to January 2022, Chair from January 2022 to January 2024)
Pro Bono Dalhousie, 2016
Goodlife Kids Foundation Spin4Kids, 2014 – 2015
Paul Groarke Book Prize in Philosophy
Dean’s List, St. Francis Xavier University, 2011 – 2013