• Graduated with honours from QECHS in 1973
• Students’ Union President 1972-73
• Graduated from the University of Alberta in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, with distinction
• Graduated from the University of Alberta in 1979 with a Bachelor of Laws degree
• Admitted to the Alberta Bar in 1980
• Practiced in the area of Insurance Defense Litigation with Parlee Irving 1979 – 1985
• Practiced with the Alberta Department of Justice – Civil Litigation 1985-1994
• Practicing primarily in the area of Personal Injury Litigation since joining the firm in 1994
• Chair of SPMHA hockey tournament 1990
• 1990-1991: SPMHA Novice Director and Chair of Fairplay and Sportmanship Committee
• President of AGCLA 1997-98
• 2000-2001: SPMHA Midget Tournament Chair
• 2001-2002: SPMHA Midget Director
• 2002-2004: SPMHA Director at Large and Junior B Director; Member of Board of Governors of the Noralta Junior Hockey league
• 2004-2008: Member of the Board of Directors of SPKAC
• 2004-2006: Chair and Member of the Strathcona County Minor Ice Users Allocation Committee
• 2004-2006: President of SPMHA
• 2004-2006: Past President of SPMHA
• 2006-2008: Hockey Alberta Zone 7 Game and Conduct Management Manager; Zone 7 Director and Member of the Board of Directors of Hockey Alberta since June of 2007
• Chair of the Game and Conduct Committee of Hockey Alberta since 2007
• Recipient of the SPMHA Lifetime Achievement Award 2007
• Member of the executive committee of the Board of Hockey Alberta since 2008
• Chair of the Second Stage Appeals committee (appeals from the south)
• Member of Hockey Alberta Nominating Committee and Strategic Planning Committee
• Member of the Board (since 2006) and Vice-President (since 2009) of the Board of Directors of NABIS (Northern Alberta Brain Injury Society)
• Member of the Finance and Marketing Committee
• Member of the executive committee of the Board of NABIS
• Co-Chair of the 25th of the NABIS 25th anniversary Gala in October 2008
• Co-Chair of the annual Don Andrews Memorial Golf Tournament
• Interests: golf, travel, cooking, reading, cycling, Tai Chi, and my dog Chico
• Claims to fame: made trek to Mount Everest in 1995; Hole in One in Hua Hin Thailand on Feb. 14/05

fzinger@cummings.ab.ca