Before becoming a lawyer, Stephen was an officer in the Canadian Armed Forces and a high school and junior high teacher in the Calgary area. For 24 years, Stephen practiced law primarily in the areas of Criminal Defense Law, Real Estate Law and Wills & Estates Law with Hadley & Davis before leaving the firm after being appointed as a Justice of the Peace with the Alberta Courts.

Stephen was active in the community where he was involved with provincial politics and a number of non-profit organizations. Of particular note, Stephen served terms as the Chair of the Calgary John Howard Society, the President of the John Howard Society of Alberta and the President of the John Howard Society of Canada. He remains active with the University of Calgary’s Mooting and Debating program assisting law students with their written and oral advocacy skills. Although he is no longer practicing law, he remains in frequent touch with Hadley & Davis and when he is not at the Courts he keeps busy hiking, cooking, reading and dreaming of travelling again.