Tom has been a CBA member since he was in law school and a member of the CBA Yukon Branch since 1985. He has held many leadership positions within the CBA both at the branch and national level.
At the branch level, he is the co-chair of the Public Sector Lawyers Section and a member of the organizing committees for Law Day and the Mid-Winter Meeting. In the past, he has twice served on the executive committee including as branch president.
At the national level, he has served as chair of the Yukon Lawyers Section, Chair of LPAC (now CBA Well Being), as a member of the CBIA board (now Lawyers Financial) and as a member of the board of directors. In 2021 he was presented with the CBA’s Louis St. Laurent Award.
He is currently a member of Yukon University’s board of governors and recently completed a three-year term as the chair of the Employment Standards Board. In the past, Tom has served on a variety of community boards including the Yukon Women’s Transition Home and the Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club.
Tom was a member of Yukon’s Department of Justice for over 33 years holding positions from articling student to deputy minister/deputy attorney general.