More about Mark

Education

  • LL.B., University of Manitoba, 2004
  • B.A., B. Ed. University of Lethbridge,  2000

Memberships/Professional Affiliations

  • Member, Law Society of Alberta
  • Chair, Canadian Bar Association, Immigration Subsection Alberta South Region
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association, Membership Committee Executive, Alberta
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association, Small, Solo and General Practice Subsection Executive Committee, Calgary
  • Member, American Immigration Lawyer Association
  • Chair-Elect, J. Rueben Clarke Law Society, Lethbridge Chapter
  • Board Member, Lethbridge McLeod Bar Association

Publications

  • Co-Presenter, "Inadmissibility Issues" Employing Foreign Workers Conference, Canadian Institute.
  • Presenter, "Work Shop: A Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering Applications After Changes to the Regulations: LMOs, Work Permits and the Provincial Nominee Program", Employing Foreign Workers Conference, Canadian Institute.
  • Co-Chair,  Legal Education Society of Alberta "Immigration Seminar", Edmonton and Calgary, September 2011
  • Presenter, "Criminal and Medical Inadmissibility Issues" Legal Education Society of Alberta Immigration Seminar, Calgary, September 2011
  • Co-Presenter, "Nomination Received: Top 10 Issues in PNP-Western Canada -  Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program" CBA Citizenship & Immigration Law Conference, May 12-14, 2011,  Gatineau QC
  • Guest Lecturer, "Immigration Law", Public Legal Education Foundation, Faculty of Social Work, University of Lethbridge,  2010 - present
  • Guest Lecturer, "Immigration Law" Public Legal Education Foundation, Sociology Department, Lethbridge College, 2007 - present
  • Presenter, "Workshop, Hiring, Retaining or Terminating Foreign Workers in Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan", Business Immigration Conference, Canadian Institute, October 21-23, 2009, Calgary, AB
  • Presenter, "Immigration Law", Southern Alberta Language Assessment  Regional Meeting, October 14, 2009, Lethbridge, AB
  • Presenter, "Immigration Workshop", Canadian Institute Employing Foreign Worker Conference, October 20-22, 2008, Calgary, AB
  • Presenter, "Immigration Law", Lethbridge Economic Development Board Meeting, Fall 2006
  • Speaker, "Sourcing Foreign Workers and Crossing Borders", Facing the Future in Agriculture, 2nd Annual Leadership and Management Conference, Okotoks, AB,  May 29, 2006

Community Involvement

  • Scout Leader, Boy Scouts of Canada
  • Youth Sports Coach,  Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Track and Field

Call to Bar

  • Alberta, 2005