I’m an Ontario lawyer with over 25 years of experience — but I’ve never been content to practice law the way it’s always been done.
My career has spanned real estate, corporate and commercial law, family law, and estate planning. I’ve advised small businesses, helped families navigate difficult transitions, and handled hundreds of transactions. But alongside that traditional practice, I’ve always been drawn to the places where law meets technology.
Early in my career, I served as Vice President and Legal Counsel for a tech company, where I worked directly with software developers, supervised a team of 30, and built financial modeling systems from scratch. I helped scale that company from 7 employees to 30 — and watched revenue grow by over 1,000%.
That experience taught me something important: lawyers don’t have to be passive consumers of technology. We can understand it, shape it, and use it to serve our clients better.
I’ve also spent years teaching — developing legal curricula for paralegal programs, translating complex statutes into plain-language learning modules, and helping students build practical skills they could use immediately.
Over the past several years, I’ve focused intensively on artificial intelligence and its implications for legal practice. I’ve earned certifications in prompt engineering, generative AI, and legal applications of AI from institutions including Vanderbilt University, IBM, and the University of Michigan. I also completed a Master’s degree in Blockchain and Digital Currency from the University of Nicosia.
But credentials only matter if you can apply them. What I’ve learned — and what I teach — is that AI isn’t magic. It’s a tool. A powerful one, but one that requires understanding, judgment, and verification to use responsibly.
The lawyers who thrive in the next decade won’t be the ones who ignore AI, and they won’t be the ones who blindly trust it. They’ll be the ones who learn to use it well.
My Digital Associate exists because I saw a gap.
On one side, there’s breathless hype — AI will replace lawyers, AI will do everything, AI is the future. On the other side, there’s fear and avoidance — lawyers who refuse to engage with the technology at all.
Neither approach serves legal professionals well.
What’s needed is something in between: practical, grounded training that helps lawyers, paralegals, and legal staff understand what AI can do, what it can’t do, and how to use it without putting clients at risk.
That’s what I’m building here. The philosophy is simple: Learn the skill, not the software. Platforms will change. The principles won’t. Master prompt engineering, and you’ll be ready for whatever comes next.
