BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
W. DONALD GOODFELLOW, Q.C., C.Arb.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Law Society of Alberta
- Bencher (1980 to 1990). Responsibilities included the following:

- Chair, Education Committee (1984 - 1985)
- Member, Executive Committee (1984, 1985)
- Member, Discipline Committee (1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989)
- Chair, Legal Ethics and Unauthorized Practice Committee (1983)
- Chair, Paralegal Personnel Committee (1978 - 1985)
- Chair, Joint Committee of Law Society and Attorney General on Unauthorized Practice (1984, 1985)
- Vice-Chair, Finance Committee (1986)
- Vice-Chair, Competence Committee (1986)
- Vice-Chair, Joint Library Committee (1986)
- Chair, Competence Committee (1987)
- Chair, Joint Library Committee (1987, 1988, 1989)
- Vice-Chair, Insurance Committee (1988)
- Chair, Court Reporting Services Committee (1988)
- Chair, Committee on Custodianships (1989)
- Chair, Paralegal and Unauthorized Practice Committee (1989)

Law Society of the Northwest Territories
         - Member, Discipline Committee (2000 - 2007)

Law Society of Yukon
Member, Discipline Committee (2007)

Canadian Bar Association

- National Treasurer of the Canadian Bar Association (September 1994 - August 1999)
- Member, National Executive (1994-1999)
- Chair, Finance and Planning Directorate (1994-1999)
- Table Officer (1994-1999)
- Chair, Triennial Review Process (1994-1999)
- Director, Law for the Future Fund (1994-1999)
- Chair Investment Steering Committee (1997-1999)
- Member Alberta Branch Council (1994-1999)
- Treasurer, Canadian Bar Foundation (1994-1999)
- Treasurer, CBA Services Inc. (1994-1999)
- Member, Annual Conference Committees (1994-1999)
- Member, Mid-Winter Meeting Committees (1994-1999)
- Director, Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (1997-1999)
- Director, Canadian Bar Insurance Association (1999 2005)
- Past member, Executive of National Sections Council
- Past Chair, National Sections Council
- Past Vice National Chair, National Construction Law Section
- Past National Chair, National Construction Law Section
- Member, National Council (1991-1999)
- Member, South Alberta Construction Law Section
- One of the founding members of the South Alberta Construction Law Subsection
- Past Member, Provincial Council (Alberta)
- Member, British Columbia Construction Law Section
- Member, Task Force on Pilot Projects on National Sections
- Past Chair, Constitution and By-Laws Committee (Alberta Branch)
- Participated in various Mid-Winter Meetings Alberta Branch of the Canadian Bar Association
- Speaker at various National Canadian Bar Association Conferences on construction law
- Panellist on Construction Law at various Annual Meetings of Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Mid-Winter Review Advisory Committee
- Recipient of the Treasurer’s Award in August 2001 from the Canadian Bar Association for his years of service as National Treasurer of the Canadian Bar Association from 1994 to 1999.

American Bar Association (Member since 1978)

- Section of International Law and Practice
- Forum on the Construction Industry

University of Calgary Law School

- Member Faculty Council (1984, 1985)

Alberta Academy of Trial Lawyers

- Vice-President (1979-1983)

Legal Education Society of Alberta

- Member, Board of Directors (1984-1987)
- Vice-Chair, Board of Directors (1985)

Bar Admission Course of Law Society of Alberta

- Member, Advisory Committee (1976-1977)
- Instructor on Builders' Liens (1973 - 2001)
- Course Head, Real Property (1977-1981)
- Course Head, Creditors' Rights (1982-1993)
- In October 2001, awarded the Legal Education Society of Alberta 25th Anniversary Award for Southern Alberta for his contribution to the Bar Admission Course of the Law Society of Alberta as he has been a lecturer on builders’ liens for the Bar Admission Course since 1971.

Osgoode Hall Law School of York University Centre for Professional Development Construction Law Specialist Program (May 2001)

Member Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society Inc.

Member of Institute of Arbitration and Mediation of Canada

- Involved in dispute resolution processes regarding construction and commerical matters.

Listed in Martindale-Hubbell as “A.V.”
- “A”–legal ability rating Very High to Preeminent
- “V”–Very High general ethical standards rating

Listed in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory.  In the 2000 edition, listed as the most frequently recommended construction law practitioner in Calgary.  (There was no edition published in 2001).  In the 2002 edition, listed as the most frequently recommended leading construction practitioner in Calgary.  In the 2003 edition, listed as one of two leading construction practitioners, most frequently recommended in Calgary; in the 2004 edition, listed as consistently recommended as a leading construction practitioner.  In the 2005 edition, listed as one of four leading construction practitioners in Calgary most frequently recommended.  In the 2006 and 2007 editions, listed as consistently recommended. 

Listed since 2000 as one of the leading lawyers in construction law in the “Lexpert®/American Lawyer Media Guide To The Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada.”  In the 2005 edition, listed as one of the eleven leading construction law practitioners in Canada and one of three from Alberta.  In the 2006 edition, listed as consistently recommended as a leading practitioner in construction law.  In the 2007 edition, one of 13 lawyers listed as the leading lawyers in construction across Canada and being one of four from Alberta. 

Listed in the National Register’s Who’s Who.

Rated by Canadian Lawyer in March 2006 edition as the third top construction law boutique in Canada.

Listed in 2006 directory of The Best Lawyers in Canada.

Listed in The International Who’s Who of Construction Lawyers 2007 as one of the world’s leading practitioners in construction law.

Listed in the Who’s Who of Business Lawyers. 

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