Our Team

Nancy Murray, KC (Atlantic Canada)

About Nancy...

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS
Numerous presentations regarding legal issues to various organizations (CICMA/CIAA, Canadian Defence Lawyers’ Association, Canadian Bar Association, Insurance Brokers’ Association of Nova Scotia); numerous in-house presentations to insurers on topics including CGL policies, damages, claim handling and documentation, risk management for retailers, product liability defence, professional errors and omissions.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • King’s Counsel (2002)
  • Nova Scotia Bar (1983)
  • Canadian Bar Association (Past Member)
  • Canadian Defence Lawyers (Past Member)
  • Nova Scotia Insurance Women’s Association (Past Member)
  • Lunenburg County Barristers’ Association (Past Member)
  • Honourable Order of the Blue Goose International Association (Past Member)

EDUCATION

  • Bachelor of Laws, Dalhousie Law School

AWARDS

  • Named in Best Lawyers in Canada© for Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation, and Product Liability law
      • 2015 edition
      • 2016 edition
      • 2017 edition
  • Best Lawyers® 2016 Halifax Personal Injury Litigation – Lawyer of the Year
  • Best Lawyers® 2017 Halifax Insurance Law – Lawyer of the Year

Gregory Hardy, (Atlantic Canada)

[email protected] | LinkedIn | 902-405-9006

About Gregory...

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

  • Providing The Policy, Canadian Underwriter
  • Preparing Yourself For Expert Testimony, A Physician’s Guide To Being An Expert Before The Court
  • Jury Trial Summations, Or The Art Of Persuasion Through Common Sense, N.S. Bar Admissions Course
  • Responding To The Action, A Defendant’s Duty – Lecture in Judicial Remedies, Dalhousie Law School
  • Subrogated Interest On Settlement, Critical Differences between Indemnity and Non-Indemnity Insurance As They Relate To Disability Claims
  • Directors’ & Officers’ Liability, The Trusted Advisor’s Survival Kit, Lexis Nexis
  • The New Rules of Civil Procedure Relating to The Expert Witness, Canadian Society of Medical Evaluators

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Nova Scotia Bar (1989)
  • Ontario Bar (Past Member)
  • New York State Bar Association
  • Honourable Order of the Blue Goose International Association
  • Dalhousie University, Board of Governors (past member)
  • Harvard University Faculty Club
  • Scotia Phi Club (Past President)

EDUCATION

  • Program in Professional Service Firm Management, Harvard University Law School / Business School (2009)
  • Canadian Investment Funds Course (2000)
  • Certificate in Arbitration, ADR Institute of Canada (1994)
  • LL.B., Dalhousie University (1988)
  • B.A., Dalhousie University (1985)
  • Naval Officer, Canadian Armed Forces (1980-1994)

Shawn Harmon, (Atlantic Canada)

[email protected] | 902-405-9006

About Shawn...

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

  • Royal Society Working Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance, Enhancing COVID-19 Acceptance in Canada(2021).
  • S Harmon, D Faour and N MacDonald, ‘National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs): A schema for evaluating and comparing foundation instruments and NITAG operations’ (2021) 21 Medical Law Int’l 69.
  • S Harmon, ‘Making Standards in Science The Imperfect Case of the European Bank for Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (EBiSC)’ in J Graham et al. (eds.), The Social Life of Standards: Ethnographic Methods for Local Engagement (UBC Press, 2021).
  • S Harmon et al., ‘Immunization Governance: Mandatory Immunization in 28 Global NITAG Network Countries’ (2020) 38 Vaccine 7258-7267.
  • S Harmon et al., Immunization Governance: A Preliminary Assessment (2020) for Public Health Agency of Canada.
  • S Harmon, ‘Gender inclusivity in sport? From value, to values, to actions, to equality for Canadian athletes’ (2020) 12 Int’l J Sport Policy & Politics 255.
  • G Laurie, S Harmon, E Dove, Mason and McCall Smith’s Law and Medical Ethics, 11th (Oxford U Press, 2019).
  • S Harmon and M Herder, Personal Health Information Governance (2019) for Government of Nova Scotia.
  • Governing Risk, Engaging Publics and Engendering Trust: New Horizons for Law and Social Science? (2013) 40 Science and Public Policy 25-33.
  • S Harmon, ‘Body Blow: Mature Minors and the Supreme Court of Canada’s Decision in AC v. Manitoba’ (2010) 4 McGill JL & Health 83.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • IWK Health Centre, Research Associate (2020-)
  • Technoscience and Regulation Research Unit, Dalhousie U., Member (2018-)
  • Health Law Institute, Dalhousie U., Member (2018-)
  • School of Medicine, Dalhousie U., Adjunct Professor (2018-2021)
  • University of Edinburgh, Honorary Fellow (2017-2021)
  • Higher Education Academy, Fellow (2014-)
  • Nova Scotia Bar (1997-)

EDUCATION

  • PG Certificate in Academic Practice, University of Edinburgh (2014)
  • PhD (Health Law and Ethics), University of Edinburgh (2011)
  • LL.M. (International Law) (Distinction), University of Edinburgh (2005)
  • Certificate in ADR, Saint Mary’s University (2001)
  • Certificate in Mediation, Canadian International Institute of Applied Negotiation (1998)
  • LL.B., University of New Brunswick (1996)
  • B.A., Saint Mary’s University (summa cum laude) (1993)

Kyla Russell, (Atlantic Canada)

[email protected] | 902-405-9006

About Kyla...

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

  • Proving Liability Means Establishing Causation, Atlantic Insurance Broker, Summer 2016
  • The First New “Cap” Decision in Nova Scotia, Atlantic Insurance Broker, Spring 2016
  • Avoiding Bad Faith, Atlantic Insurance Broker, Winter 2015
  • Insurance and Cyber Risk, Atlantic Insurance Broker, Fall 2015
  • Insurance Claims and the Duty to Cooperate, Atlantic Insurance Broker, Summer 2015
  • Reinforcing a Reasonable Practice, Atlantic Insurance Broker, Spring 2015

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Nova Scotia Bar (2017)
  • Nova Scotia Insurance Womens’ Association
  • Halifax Shimmy Mob (Assistant Team Lead)

EDUCATION

  • LL.B., Dalhousie University (2001)
  • B.A. (Combined Honours in German and History), University of King’s College (1998)

Adam McQuarrie, (Atlantic Canada)

[email protected] | 902-405-9006

About Adam...

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society (2023)
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Committee Member, Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society Disability Equity Committee (2022-Present)

EDUCATION

  • J.D., Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University (2021)
  • M.A. (Military Studies – Joint Warfare Concentration), American Military University (2016)
  • B.A. (Political Science), Dalhousie University (2009) 

Jennifer Greenan, Legal Analyst (Atlantic Canada)

About Jennifer...

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

  • Greenan, Jennifer A., The Handbook of Canadian Pension and Benefit Plans, 12th Edition, CCH Canadian Limited, Toronto, 2002
  • Greenan, Jennifer A., The Executor’s Handbook, 1st Edition – 4th Edition, CCH Canadian, Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, 1999-2015
  • Greenan, Jennifer A., The Executor’s Handbook, 6th Edition, LexisNexis, Toronto, Ontario, 2019
  • Life Interests in Property and Partition in Nova Scotia, LexisNexis (2021)
  • Nova Scotia Supreme Court Concludes that Presumption of Resulting Trust Does Not Apply to TFSA, LexisNexis (2022)
  • Children are Not Chattel — They Cannot be Inherited, LexisNexis (2022)
  • Avoiding Unintended Consequences Caused by the Doctrine of Ademption, LexisNexis (2021)
  • Opt-Out Organ Donation is in Effect in Nova Scotia, LexisNexis (2021)
  • Wife’s Appeal Seeking to Prevent Husband from Proceeding with Medical Assistance in Dying Dismissed by Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, LexisNexis (2020)
  • Post-Mortem Sperm Retrieval to Create Embryo(s) By Surviving Spouse Requires Donor’s Prior Written Consent, LexisNexis (2020)
  • Brain Death is Still Considered Death: Ontario Court of Appeal Confirms Common Law Definition of Death(2019)
  • Applicability Of Resulting Trusts to RRIF Beneficiary Designations and Tax Consequences of RRIF Designations, LexisNexis (2016)
  • Former Common-Law Partner’s Claim to Insurance Proceeds Was Breach of Separation Agreement, LexisNexis (2015)
  • Proprietary Estoppel Claim Denied—Sabey v. Rommel, Wolters Kluwer Limited (2014)
  • New Brunswick Court Declares Residual Gift to White Supremacist Group Void, Wolters Kluwer Limited (2014)
  • Clause “Disinheriting” Brother in Will Did Not Revoke Life Insurance Policy Form Beneficiary Designation, CCH Canadian Limited (2013)
  • The Importance of Properly Changing or Revoking a Life Insurance Policy Beneficiary Designation, CCH Canadian Limited (2011)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Ontario Bar – L1 License (1997)

EDUCATION

  • LL.B., Dalhousie University (1995)
  • French Studies Diploma, Universite Canadienne en France, Villefranche-sur-mer, France (1992)
  • B.Sc. (Business Administration), College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA (cum laude) 1991

Angela Wertman, Office Manager & Accounting Clerk (Atlantic Canada)

[email protected] | 902-405-9006

About Angela...

EDUCATION

  • Business Information Technology, Nova Scotia Community College

EXPERIENCE

  • Over 25 years in Business Management, Administration, and Customer Service

Emily Flanagan, Client Services Coordinator (Atlantic Canada)

[email protected] | 902-405-9006

About Emily...

EDUCATION

  • B.A., Major in English, Minor in History, University of Prince Edward Island
  • B.F.A., Major in Interdisciplinary, Minor in Art History, NSCAD University

Rachel Hardy, Document Control Clerk (Atlantic Canada)

About Rachel...

EDUCATION

  • B.Com., Saint Mary’s University (2023)
  • Currently enrolled at UNB Law (2023)

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Dean’s List 2021/2022
  • Dean’s List 2022/2023
  • U Sports Academic All-Canadian Award 2022 (track)

Cooper, Chief Morale Officer (on Administrative Leave for barking) (Atlantic Canada)

About Cooper...

EXPERIENCE

  • Goofy antics
  • Friendly demeanor
  • Protective nature