Thomas Burchell is
a partner with Burchells. He attended public schools in Halifax
and graduated from Dalhousie University in 1966 with a Bachelor
of Commerce degree and received his Bachelor of Laws degree
in 1969. He articled with Burchells and was called to the
Nova Scotia Bar in 1969. In 1985, Tom was appointed Queen’s
Counsel.
Tom practices principally in the areas of Estate Planning
and Probate, Real estate, Civil Litigation and Administrative
Law. He has lectured on Real Estate Law and Civil Procedure
with the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society Bar Admissions Course
and on general topics with the Dartmouth Board of Education.
He is a Qualified Lawyer under the new Land Registration
Act of the Province of Nova Scotia.
Tom was elected President of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society
for the 1997-98 term, and served on the Executive Committee
of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society for a number of years.
He has served on a number of Nova Scotia Barristers’
Society committees from 1988 to 2005. He has acted as
Chair of the Trust Accounts Committee, Chair of the Discipline
Committee, Chair of the Discipline Policies and Procedures
Committee, and Chair of the Discipline Hearing Subcommittee.
Tom is also active
outside the legal community. He has served on a number of
civic and charitable organizations including the Nova Scotia
Commission on Drug Dependency and the Pine Hill Divinity Hall
Board of Governors, and as the Group Committee Chair for the
Scout Movement at Fort Massey Church. Additionally,
Tom is a life member of the Halifax-Dartmouth Salvation Army
Advisory Board and has been a member of the Rotary Club of
Halifax since 1974, and a director for a number of years.
