Education
- Juris Doctor, College of Law, University of Saskatchewan, 2016
- Bachelor of Arts with Honours (Aboriginal Public Administration), University of Saskatchewan, 2010
Preferred Service Areas
- Administrative Law
- Indigenous and First Nations
- Criminal Law
- Government Relations and Public Advocacy
- Human Rights Law
Professional Involvement
- President, Aboriginal Law Students' Association, 2015-2016
- Board Member, CLASSIC Inc., 2014-2016
- Summer Case Worker, CLASSIC Inc., 2014 and 2015
- Consultant, Aboriginal Governance, 2014 and 2015
- Director of Operations, Metis Nation - Saskatchewan, 2012-2013
Community Involvement
- Volunteer, Hockey, Baseball and Football Coach
Dusty is a Partner in the Saskatoon office practicing primarily with the Indigenous Law Practice group. His focus is First Nation litigation, Treaty rights protection, and First Nation governance and development matters. Dusty also has an interest in criminal law.
He has appeared at various levels of court, including the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan, Queen’s Bench of Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, Federal Court of Canada, Federal Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court of Canada.
Dusty earned his B.A. in Aboriginal Public Administration with Honours in 2010 and his Juris Doctor in 2016 from the University of Saskatchewan. Prior to joining McKercher LLP, he was a summer case worker at CLASSIC Inc. (2014 and 2015) and was President of the Aboriginal Law Students’ Association (2015-2016).