Gordon F. Proudfoot, Q.C.

AWARDS & HONOURS

• 2011 Edition The Best Lawyers In Canada
• 2011 Honourary Member of the Canadian Bar Association
• 2010 Creator and Founder of the Summer Student Program which was the Canadian Winner of the Lexpert Gold Zenith Award for Pro Bono Projects in 2010
• 2004 Exceptional Alumni Volunteer Award, Acadia University
• 2000 Canadian Bar Nova Scotia Distinguished Service Award
• 1996 Recipient of the Commission of Queen's Counsel 
• 1996 Centennial Medal, Quebec Branch, Canadian Bar Association
• 1996 Honourary Life Member, Law Society of Saskatchewan
• 1990 Public Legal Education Award for the Dial-A-Law Project
• 1984 Fellow, University of King's College
• 1983 Honourary Member, Radio Television News Directions' Association

EDUCATION

• 2003: Mediation Workshop, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
• 1978: LL.B., Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• 1974: Bachelor of Business Administration, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

APPOINTMENTS

• Queen's Counsel, June 1996

EMPLOYMENT

• 1982 – Present: Partner, BOYNECLARKE LLP, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
• 1979 – 1982: Associate, BOYNECLARKE LLP, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
• 1978 – 1979: Read law with BOYNECLARKE LLP, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
• 1975 – 1978: Broadcaster, CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• 1972 – 1975: Broadcaster, Annapolis Valley Radio, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES

• Member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Member of the Defence Research Institute
• Member of the Canadian Defence Lawyers Association
• President, Canadian Bar Association (1995-1996)
• Vice President, Canadian Bar Association (1994-1995)
• National Fundraising Chair, Law For the Future Fund, Canadian Bar Association
• Founder and Chairman of the Nova Scotia Dial-a-Law Foundation (1986-present)
• Member of the American Arbitration Association
• Member of the Association of Arson Investigators Defense Research Institute
• Former National Chair of the Insurance Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association
• Member of the Association of Arson Investigators Defense Research Institute
• Former National Chair of the Insurance Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association
• National Chair Canadian Bar Association Insurance Law Section (1993-1994)
• National Vice Chair, Legislation & Law Reform Committee (1992-1993)
• Provincial CBA Co-Chair Nova Scotia Insurance Section (1991-1992)
• National Chair, Canadian Bar Committee on Crown Disclosure Guidelines (1989-1990)
• Member of Nova Scotia Barristers' Society Council (1989-1990)
• National Chair, CBA "Law for the Future Fund" (1988-1990)
• Counsel for the Canadian Bar Association at the Royal Commission on the Prosecution of Donald Marshall, Jr. (1988-1990)
• Member National Executive, Canadian Bar Association (1987-1988)
• National Chair Canadian Bar National Resolutions Committee (1987-1989)
• President, Nova Scotia Branch, Canadian Bar Association (1986-1987)
• Nova Scotia Barristers' Society - Member of Council and Discipline Committee (1986-1987)
• Chair, CBA National Young Lawyers (1983-1984)
• Member National CBA Communication Committee (1982-1984)
• Chairman, Nova Scotia Young Lawyers (1979 -1981)

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• President, Acadia Alumni Association (2000-2002)
• Member Board of Governors Acadia University (2000-2002)
• Founder and Chair of Ton of Tin Program – Nova Scotia law firms collected over 16 tons of tinned goods for Feed Nova Scotia (2003 to 2007t)
• Co-Chair of the Brain Injury Association Charity Golf Classic (2000-2001)

PUBLICATIONS

• Author of “Dangers of Hockey Rinks”, article in the Halifax Chronicle Herald, January 2011
• Author of "Nova Scotia – Home of Hockey", article in the Halifax Chronicle Herald, January 5, 2003
• Author of 100 Years of Public Service - A History of The Canadian Bar Association, Canadian Bar Association, Ottawa, 1997
• Editor of Nova Scotia Annotated Limitation Periods, Craigieburn, Halifax, 1987 – 1996
• Editor of Nova Scotia Young Lawyers Deskbook (Annual), Craigieburn, Halifax, 1987 - 1995
• Author of Privacy Law and the Media in Canada, Canadian Bar Association, Donner Foundation, Toronto, 1984

PRESENTATIONS & ACADEMIC PAPERS

• “Close But No Cap – Local Lessons and Experiences from Nova Scotia” Atlantic Provinces Trial Lawyers Association, 2009
• “A’s, B’s, C’s & D’s of Automobile Insurance”, November 7, 2008
• “Managing a Section B Claim” APTLA, Halifax Conference, November 7, 2008
• "Why No Change in Our Limitations Act is a Good Thing" Legislation and Law Reform Conference, CBA, Halifax, Ns, Spring 2004
• "Why No Fault Auto is a Bad Thing", Bridgewater Lions Club, July 9, 2003 and Liverpool Kiwansis Club, June 24, 2003
• "Nova Scotia Home of Hockey – Fact or Folklore?" 2001
• "Put It On Ice Conference", September 2001
• "Opening Addresses to Civil Juries", Continuing Legal Education Society, Halifax, October 23, 1998
• "Selection of Experts in Brain Injury Cases", Brain Injury Association, Continuing Legal Education Society, Halifax, March 27, 1998
• "Occupier's Liability and Snow Removal Operations - The Law in Nova Scotia", Nova Scotia Association of Landscapers, Enfield, March 22, 1998
• "New Age Billing", Canadian Bar Association 7th Annual Conference, Halifax, January 30, 1998
• "Staying on Top of Litigation in the 1990's", Canadian Bar Association, November 21, 1997
• "Adjusting to Change: A Lawyer's Perspective", National Convention of Canadian Independent Adjusters, Halifax, September 19, 1997
• Address to the President's Dinner, Canadian Bar Association/Commonwealth Lawyers Association Convention, Law Courts Inn, Vancouver, August 23, 1997
• "Too Many Lawyers?", Ontario County and Districts Law Presidents Association, Metropolitan Hotel, Toronto, November 8, 1996
• "Address to Commonwealth Judges Association", Halifax, September 23, 1996
• "Universal C.B.A. Membership", an address to the Federation of Law Societies, Winnipeg, August 24, 1996
• Address to the American Association of Continuing Legal Education National Convention, Orlando, Florida, July 30, 1996
• Address to the Bar of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, July 18, 1996
• Address to the members of the Bar of Yukon Territory, July 16, 1996
• Address to the Prince Edward Island Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, Charlottetown, PEI, June 1996
• Address to the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society, Inverrary Inn, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, June 22, 1996
• Address to the Law Society of Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan Branch, Canadian Bar Association, Saskatoon, June 7, 1996
• Address at the Canadian Bar/Supreme Court of Canada Dinner, Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa, May 31, 1996
• "The Changing Face of the Legal Profession - The Future of Law Libraries", address to National Convention of the Canadian Association of Law Librarians, Ambassador Hotel, Kingston, Ontario, May 27, 1996
• "The Future of Canada", address to Quebec Bar 100th Anniversary Awards Dinner, Montréal, Quebec, April 25, 1996
• Address to Law Day Dinner, Ottawa Convention Centre, Ottawa, April 17, 1996
• "The Future of Our Profession", address to the American College of Trial Lawyers, La Paloma Westin, Tuscon, Arizona, March 8, 1996
• "Turning Points in the Profession", Canadian Bar Association, Newfoundland, February 15, 1996
• Address to the Federal-Provincial Territorial Meeting of Officials on Legal Aid Funding, Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montréal, Quebec, February 13, 1996
• Address to the New Brunswick Bar, Howard Johnson Hotel, Edmundston, New Brunswick, February 10, 1996
• "Future of the Profession", British Columbia/Alberta Branch - Canadian Bar Association, Banff Springs Hotel, February 2, 1996
• Address to the President's Dinner, Canadian Bar Ontario, Royal York Hotel, Toronto, November 29, 1995
• "The Canadian Bar and the Canadian Tax Foundation - 50th Anniversary", Royal York Hotel, Toronto, November 27, 1995
• "Your Future Career", address to Dalhousie Law Students Society, Dalhousie Law School, November 2, 1995
• "Young Lawyers in the Profession", address to Young Lawyers Conference, Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montréal, Quebec, October 14, 1995
• "Address to the Opening of the Law Courts", Palais de Justice, Montréal, Quebec, September 7, 1995
• Presidential-Elect Address to Convention Delegates, Canadian Bar Association National Convention Young Lawyers Lunch, Winnipeg Manitoba, August 23, 1995
• Address to members of the Law Society of England and Wales in the Great Room, Law Society, Chancery Lane, London, England, May 28, 1995
• "Liabilities of Fire Departments in the 1990's", Guest Speaker, Nova Scotia Chapter of the International Fire Fighters, Stewiacke, N.S., January, 1992
• "Insurance Issues & the Law", Guest Speaker, Wellington Insurance Company, Truro, N.S., March, 1991
• "Liability & Municipal Fire Departments", Guest Speaker, Canadian Fire Chiefs' Association, National Convention, Halifax, June 1991
• "Administration of Justice in Nova Scotia", Guest Speaker, Canadian Association of Journalists, University of Kings College, 1991
• "Freedom of Information", Guest Speaker, Canadian Association of Journalists, University of Kings College, 1990
• "SEF 44, Excess Liabilities and Bad Faith", Continuing Legal Education Society, 1989
• "Crown Disclosure - After the Royal Commission on Donald Marshall, Jr.", Guest Speaker, Annual Alberta Prosecutors Conference, Lethbridge, Alberta, Spring 1988
• "Crown Disclosure", Nova Scotia Branch of Canadian Bar Association submission to Royal Commission of the Prosecution of Donald Marshall, Jr., 1987
• "Journalism & the Law", Guest Speaker, Radio Television News Directors' Association, Sydney, N.S. 1987
• "Defamation & the Media", Guest Speaker, ATV/CJCH, Halifax, N.S. 1986
• "Media Law Issues", Guest Speaker, Annapolis Valley Media, Kentville, N.S. 1985
• "Reporting on Criminal & Civil Trials", Guest Speaker Canadian Bar Association's National Media and the Law Series, Halifax, 1985
• "Defamation & Media", Guest Speaker, Radio Television News Directors' Association, Atlantic Meeting, Halifax, 1983
• "Legal Issues in the Media", Guest Speaker, Halifax Press Club, Halifax, 1982
• "Search Warrants - It's the Police - Open Up", Canadian Bar Association National Convention, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1980
• "A Survey of Provincial Legislation Related to the Disabled", Co-Ordinator for Atlantic Canadian Contributors, National Young Lawyers Section, Canadian Bar Association, 1979

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• ADR & Mediation
• Business Litigation
• Environmental Law
• Insurance Law:
- Litigation
• Litigation:
- Commercial
- Civil
• Personal Injury Law:
- Brain Injury Litigation