Gerry’s practice focuses on public policy development, administration and litigation. Private sector and public sector clients rely upon him to navigate the rules established to regulate the way businesses and governments achieve their objectives. He has advocated for his clients before administrative tribunals and every level of court jurisdiction in Canada, including over two dozen matters at the Supreme Court of Canada. His expertise covers a diverse range of legal issues, including charities, constitutional, education, electoral, environmental, freedom of information and privacy, health, Indigenous, municipal, natural resources and international agreement concerns. Gerry chairs Alberta Review Board hearings and the Advisory Council to the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. He also serves as Honorary Consul for Korea in Alberta and as a Centre Associate of the University of British Columbia Centre for Constitutional Law. As well, Gerry teaches the negotiation of Indigenous rights at the University of Calgary Faculty of Law. His scholarship includes over 100 articles on legal topics within his areas of practice. He is frequently called as an expert witness by Senate and House of Commons committees studying legislative proposals.
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