Adam has been a criminal prosecutor in Vancouver, British Columbia for over 17 years. He has prosecuted a wide range of criminal offences, with a particular focus on therapeutic justice and community courts. He has been a director of the B.C. Crown Counsel Association for approximately 10 years and was elected President of the Association in 2023. The B.C. Crown Counsel Association represents approx. 550 prosecutors in the province of B.C. He also serves as the Vice-President of the Canadian Association of Crown Counsel (CACC). He holds a Hons. B.A. from McMaster University and a J.D. from the University of Ottawa. He also has a
master’s in public administration from Dalhousie University. He is passionate about
community courts, criminal justice reform, and the health and welfare of criminal prosecutors.
In 2023, I was elected the President of the B.C. Crown Counsel Assocation (BCCCA). Our Association represents approximately 550 Crown Counsel (Criminal Prosecutors). In 2024, I was elected the Vice-President of the Canadian Association of Crown Counsel (CACC).
In these roles, I have travelled throughout British Columbia, parts of Canada, and spoken internationally on Canada’s justice system. I have listened to frontline prosecutors and local elected officials to understand their concerns and educate local leaders on their justice system, including community courts. Specifically, I have discussed the concept of therapeutic justice and Canada’s first Community Court: Downtown Community Court (DCC) on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
