Eric’s practice focuses exclusively on Municipal & Planning Law.
He acts for homeowners, businesses, developers and other private sector clients. He also represents municipalities and other public bodies across Ontario, including school boards.
Eric regularly assists clients with planning- and zoning-related matters, including re-zonings, plans of subdivision, site plans, minor variances, and severances, as well as Ontario Land Tribunal Appeals.
He also regularly handles municipal conflicts of interest, prosecutions, by-law drafting, municipal tax sales, heritage matters, public procurement, and municipal elections.
He focuses on matters related to municipal governments.
Eric regularly appears before local boards, Municipal Heritage Committees, Committees of Adjustment, the Normal Farm Practices Protection Board, the Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal and the Ontario Land Tribunal.
- The Best Lawyers in Canada – Corporate and Commercial Litigation, 2021-2026
- The Best Lawyers in Canada – Lawyer of the Year, Corporate and Commercial Litigation (Hamilton & Area), 2025
- Recipient, King Charles III Coronation Medal, 2025
- Award for Community Impact, Wilfrid Laurier University Alumni Association, 2024
- Recipient, Waterloo Award – the City of Waterloo’s Highest Civic Honour, 2019
- Recipient, Paul Harris Fellowship, 2017
- Recipient, Outstanding Leadership Award, Rotary Waterloo, 2016 & 2020
- Designated by the Law Society of Ontario as a Certified Specialist in Municipal Law: Local Government / Land Use Planning & Development, 2013
- Recipient, Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012
- Recipient, International Municipal Lawyers Association Canadian Scholarship, 2012
- Selected one of Waterloo Region’s Top 40 Under 40 by the Record, 2011
Representative Work and Notable Transactions
Articles and Publications
- Columnist, Municipal World
- Member, Law Society of Ontario
- Member, Ontario Bar Association
- Member, Wellington County Law Association
- Member and Past Trustee, Waterloo Region Law Association
- Past Member, Ontario Expropriation Association
- Member, International Municipal Lawyers Association
- Past Member, Waterloo Region Home Builders’ Association
- Director of the Board, KidsAbility Centre for Child Development
- Member, Kitchener Rangers Hockey Club Nominating Committee
- Past-President, Rotary Club of Waterloo
- Former Vice-Chair, United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area
- Past President and Chair of the Board, Grand River Branch, Canadian Mental Health Association
- Past Member, City of Waterloo Municipal Heritage Committee
- Former Member of the Federal and Provincial Affairs Committee, Greater Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber of Commerce
- Former Ambassador and Volunteer, Sustainable Waterloo Region
- Past Member of the Speakers Bureau, Canadian Diabetes Association
- Past Member, Community Editorial Board, The Record
- Former Senator, Wilfrid Laurier University