Jon has significant experience in a broad range of areas including, for example, secured lending enforcement and restructuring, oil and gas litigation, construction litigation, foreclosures and collections, employment issues, shareholder oppression actions, insurance coverage claims and representing individual litigants in debt, estate and damage claims. Jon represents leading companies throughout Western Canada at all levels of the dispute process, including in Chambers and through private mediations and arbitrations. His focus is on reaching successful resolutions to his clients’ issues efficiently and with creative problem solving.
Jon acts for leading companies on issues related to service and supply contracts; allegations of negligence and faulty workmanship; royalty, net profit interest, farmout and pooling agreements; environmental contamination; crop loss claims; joint venture and joint operating agreements; seismic data; distribution and licensing agreements; mortgages (commercial and residential); commercial leases; shareholder rights; property taxes; and fraud, conspiracy and breach of fiduciary duty claims.
Jon has extensive knowledge of the Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act and related matters and is often retained due to his practical understanding of the development of real property projects and related issues.
Jon actively volunteers his time in the community, and in 2013 he helped establish and organize the King’s Bench Amicus Project (then the Queen’s Bench Amicus Project), a pro bono project that helps unrepresented and disadvantaged litigants in the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta.
Recent matter/case highlights:
- Acting for a privately owned company in respect of various disputes arising from the design and construction of a $150-million natural gas processing plant
- Mylonas v. Kadman, 2018 ABQB 536, successful Application for Security for Costs against corporate and individual Defendants in relation to an action arising from property development and construction projects in and around Calgary. When the Security for Costs Order was later appealed, successfully defended an Application to revive and continue the appeal, resulting in the dismissal of the Appeal, and the striking of the action below (Mylonas v. Kadman, 2019 ABCA 39)
- Lay v. Lay, 2017 ABQB 29, successfully obtained a Summary Dismissal of Plaintiffs’ claims alleging breach of statutory duties and negligence, deceit and misrepresentation, breach of trust and fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, conspiracy and oppression, in addition to recovering costs for the respondent in excess of $500,000. Successfully defended an appeal of the decision in Lay v. Lay, 2019 ABCA 21
- JR v. The University of Calgary, 2012 ABQB 342, a multi-week trial successfully defending allegations of post-traumatic stress disorder allegedly caused by dismissal
- Various construction project disputes, including contractual, negligence, workplace, and builders’ lien claims
Year joined firm: 2015
Key practice areas:
- Construction
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and construction
- Insolvency
- Insurance
- Labor and employment
Sector expertise:
Academic qualifications: LLB with Distinction, University of Alberta, 2008
Bar Admissions: Alberta Bar, 2009
