| Biography | Dean's Honour Roll (1984-1987). Honour's Colloquium in Political Science (with the late Dr. Donald V. Smiley). Articles: "Adjudicating International Human Rights Claims in Canada", (2011), 8 Can. Int'l Lawyer (No.3) (forthcoming); B. Kapralos, M. Hogan, A. Pribetic, and A. Dubrowski. Virtual simulations and serious games in a laptop-based university: Gauging faculty and student perceptions. Interactive Technology and Smart Education, special issue on Experiences on Teaching in a Laptop University, Vol. 8 Iss: 2, pp.106 - 120; "United States v. Yemec: The New Audi Alteram Partem Impeachment Defence to Enforcement of Foreign Judgments" Keeping Tabs, OBA Civil Litigation Section Newsletter, Vol. 18, No. 3; Case Note: "Ontario Court of Appeal Reaffirms Canadian 'Deferential Approach' to Arbitration", ABA Section of International Law- International Law News, Vol. 38, No. 3 (Summer 2009) 28-29; "Recent Private International Law Developments Before the Supreme Court of Canada", The Globetrotter, Ontario Bar Association-International Law Section Newsletter, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2009; "An 'Unconventional Truth': Conflict of Law Issues Arising under the CISG", Nordic Journal of Commercial Law, Issue #1, June 2009, (University of Turku Faculty of Law), available online at: http://www.njcl.utu.fi/article.php?issue=1_2009&n=3; "Staking Claims Against Foreign Defendants in Canada: Choice of Law and Jurisdiction Issues Arising from the in personam Exception to the Mocambique Rule for Foreign Immovables" (2009) 35 Adv. Q. 230; "'Winning is Only Half the Battle': Procedural Issues Relating to the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards", in V.V.L. Gayathri (Ed.) INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION - CLAIMS AND COUNTERCLAIMS, (Hyderabad, India: Amicus Books-ICFAI University Press, 2009); "CASE NOTE: Opinion of Advocate General Kokott in Allianz SpA (formerly Riunione Adriatica Di Sicurta SpA) and Others v West Tankers Inc. (Case C-185/07 delivered on 4 September 2008)" Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) (2009, forthcoming) and The Globetrotter, OBA International Law Section Newsletter, Vol. 13, No. 1 (October 2008); "Choice of Law in International Agreements: What Should Parties Watch For? (Canada)", The International Commercial Practitioner, American Bar Association (ABA) publication of the International Commercial Transactions, Franchising and Distribution Committee, 5-6; "All Quiet on the CISG Front: Guiliani v. Invar Manufacturing, the Battle of the Forms, and the Elusive Concept of Terminus Fixus" (2008), 46 C.B.L.J. 430 (Co-Authored with James M. Klotz and Peter Mazzacano); "A Strategic Functionalist Approach to International Commercial Mediation", (2008) ICFAI Journal of ADR, Vol. VII, No. 2, 37-58; Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) (Special Issue on Arbitrator Bias), Vol. 5, No. 4, July 2008; "The Trial Warrior: Applying Sun Tzu's The Art of War to Trial Advocacy" (2008) 45 Alta. L. Rev. 1017-1035; Time Is On My Side, Yes It Is (No It's Not)": Are proceedings to enforce a foreign arbitral award subject to a limitation period? CBA International Law Section Bulletin (February, 2008); "The 'Third Option': International Commercial Mediation" (2007) World Arb. & Med. Rev. (WAMR) Vol. 1 No. 4, 563-587; "Enforcing Foreign Summary/Default Judgments: The Damoclean Sword Hanging Over Pro Se Canadian Corporate Defendants? U.S.A. v. Shield Development", (2007) 7 Can. Int'l Lawyer (No.1), 8-23; reprinted in NATURAL JUSTICE-EXPANDING HORIZONS, R. Satya Narayana (ed.) (Hyderabad, India: Amicus Books-ICFAI University Press, 2009), 192-221; "Thinking Globally, Acting Locally": Recent Trends in the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Canada", in ANNUAL REVIEW OF CIVIL LITIGATION 2006, ARCHIBALD, Mr. Justice Todd L. and ECHLIN, Mr. Justice Randall (eds.) (Toronto: Carswell, 2007) pp. 141-199.; "To Boldly Go Where No One Has (Arbitrated) Before': The Star Trek Mythos as an Heuristic Paradigm for Jurisdictional and Arbitration Issues", OBA Briefly Speaking, July/August 2007 Issue; "Trial and Error--Balancing the Scales of Justice through the Doctrines of Stare Decisis and Ex Proprio Motu", OBA Civil Litigation Section Newsletter, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 8-11, March 2007; "Cross-border High Anxiety? Offensive and Defensive Strategies in Transnational Litigation: Offensive Strategies", The Globetrotter, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 6-11, March 2007; reprinted in FOREIGN JUDGEMENTS: ENFORCEABILITY, P. Satyanarayana Prasad (ed.) (Hyderabad, India: Amicus Books-ICFAI University Press, 2009); "The (CISG) Road Less Travelled": GreCon Dimter Inc. v. J.R. Normand Inc., (2006) 44 Can. Bus. L. J. 92-114; reprinted in the International Bar Association (IBA)-International Sales Newsletter, Vol. No. 26, September 2008, 7-17; "Bringing Locus into Focus": A Choice-of-Law Methodology for CISG-based Concurrent Contract and Product Liability Claims", in REVIEW OF THE CONVENTION ON CONTRACTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS (CISG) 2004-2005, Pace International Law Review (ed.) (München: Sellier European Law Publishers, 2006), 179-223; "The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements", The Globetrotter, OBA International Law Section Newsletter, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2-5, September 2005; "Strangers in a Strange Land": Transnational Litigation, Foreign Judgment Recognition, and Enforcement in Ontario, (2004) 13 J. Transnat'l L. & Pol'y 347-391. Sessional Lecturer, University of Toronto at Mississauga-Diploma in Investigative and Forensic Accounting (DIFA) - Advanced Legal Process (2008-2011). Certified Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb. 2008). Member: OBA Working Group OBA Submission to the Advisory Panel on Anti-SLAPP Legislation, August 6, 2010. Member: OBA Working Group: Uniform International Commercial Mediation Act, Bill 68, Open for Business Act, July 2010. Panel Moderator: "Trade Issues: "buy American", border congestion, and "cap & trade", Canadian Bar Association 2010 International Law Conference: The Future of Canada-U.S. Cross-Border Relations, Vancouver, B.C. May 6-7, 2010. Program Chair: "Duty Calls: The New Role of Experts in the Ontario Civil Justice System", OBA-Civil Litigation Section Program Series: Your Passport to the New Rules: Hit the Ground Running Monday, February 8, 2010, Toronto, Canada. Co-Chair/Speaker: "CISG Hot Spots for Commercial Litigators and Lawyers", ABA Section of International Law, 2009 FALL MEETING, Eden Roc, A Renaissance Beach Resort & Spa, October 27-31, 2009, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Member: OBA Codification of Judicial Jurisdiction Working Group, Ontario Bar Association Submission on the Codification of Judicial Jurisdiction in Ontario, April 30, 2009. Speaker: "Application of the CISG by Default", CISG Hot Spots for Commercial Lawyers and Litigators, CLE Program co-sponsored by the CBA Section on International Law and the OBA International Law Section, March 10, 2009, Toronto, Canada. Guest Lecturer: Queen's University Faculty of Law, Commercial Law: The CISG: An Overview", Upper Year Law Course, Course Instructor: Prof. Tanya J. Monestier, November 10, 2008, Kingston, Canada. Sessional Lecturer: "Legal Process Advanced" Course (IFA2902), Diploma in Investigative & Forensic Accounting (DIFA) Capstone Program (2008-present), University of Toronto at Mississauga, Ontario. Evaluator/Judge: Diploma in Investigative & Forensic Accounting (DIFA) Capstone Program (2007-present), University of Toronto at Mississauga, Ontario. Advisory Committee Member: "Crisis Litigation: The Role Of The Lawyer", International Bar Association Litigation Conference, June 19-20, 2008, Toronto, Canada. Program Co-Chair: "International Legal Issues for Today's Business Lawyer: Challenges and Solutions", Ontario Bar Association 2008 Institute of Continuing Legal Education, February 5, 2008, Toronto, Canada. Guest Speaker: OBA International Law Section Program: "International Law - Sea Changes in Canadian Conflict of Laws Practice: An Update," May 30, 2007, Toronto, Canada. Guest Speaker: 2007 OBA Annual Institute of Continuing Legal Education-Special Event, "International Breakfast: Cross-border High Anxiety?: Offensive and Defensive Strategies in Transnational Litigation", February 7, 2007, Toronto, Canada. Guest Lecturer: University of Western Ontario Law School, 402A Commercial Law: "The CISG-An Overview", Upper Year Law Course, Course Instructor: Prof. Jassmine Girgis, October 2, 2006, London, Canada. Guest Lecturer: University of Toronto Law School, Legal Process: "Where to Litigate: Jurisdiction and Forum Non Conveniens", First Year Law Course, Course Instructor: Prof. Kenneth E. Jull, October 11, 2005; October 5, 2006, Toronto, Canada. Moderator, Judge's Panel: "The Most Common Evidentiary Mistakes... And How to Avoid Them" 2nd Annual Conference- Evidence Law for the Civil Litigator, Osgoode Hall Law School-Professional Development Program, September 23, 2005, Toronto, Canada. Guest Speaker: "Rule 76-Simplified Procedure", Your First Civil Trial: Practical Tips from Top Practitioners, OBA - CLE Program (Civil Litigation Division-Young Lawyers Division), February 25, 2005, Toronto, Canada. |