Background
F. Macdonald, Joseph A. was born in 1942 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
F. Macdonald, Joseph A. was born in 1942 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Dalhousie University (Bachelor of Arts, 1963. Bachelor of Laws, 1966). New York University (Master of Laws in Corporate Law, 1967).
Worked at McInnes Cooper & Robertson (Halifax, Nova Scotia) specializing in General Legal Practice in all major areas of law including Corporate and Commercial, Banking, Securities, Tax, International Trade, Transportation, Insolvency, Environmental, Offshore Oil and Gas, Maritime Law, Estate Planning and Probate, Fisheries, Construction, Trial and Appeal Court Litigation, Insurance, Labour and Employment, Pensions, Municipal and Real Estate. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Nova Scotia. Director, 1979-1995 and Chairman, 1980-1995, Nova Scotia Power Incorporated.
Director, Izaak Walton Killam Hospital Foreign Children, 1989-1996.
Director, Canadian Member Committee, World Energy Council, 1985-1990. Governor, 1987-1994, Vice Chairman, 1988-1993, Mount Saint Vincent University.
Member: Nova Scotia Barristers" Society. Canadian and International Bar Associations.
History: McInnes Cooper & Robertson was founded in 1859 by Hiram Blanchard and Jonathan McCully, both prominent in the public life of the Province.
Since its establishment, the Firm has been involved in many of the important cases which have come before the courts of Nova Scotia and in the industrial and commercial life of the Province.
Member: Nova Scotia Barristers" Society. Canadian and International Bar Associations.