Kevin is the former Managing Partner of Cox & Palmer, Halifax (2012-2018) and served as Transition Co-ordinator for the Windsor / West Hants municipal consolidation project (2018-2020). He is recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada for his practice in Labour & Employment Law, Administrative and Public Law, and Corporate and Commercial Litigation. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel (now King’s Counsel) in 2004.
As a senior business leader, Kevin has direct experience in strategic planning, financial systems and reporting, management information systems, organization studies, operational reviews, project evaluations, executive searches, mergers, acquisitions, business plans and as a trusted advisor to clients. His experience is broad, serving a wide range of business and industry, governments, not-for-profit organizations, universities and associations.
Experience
- Special advisor to Cape Breton Regional Municipality to establish a Commission to manage the region’s water and wastewater service delivery (2022-2023);
- Special advisor to New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government with regard to implementation of New Brunswick’s local government reform legislation (2022-2023);
- Project Manager for purpose-built multi-disciplinary team selected by the Municipality of the County of Cumberland to address a host of governance and
organizational design issues resulting from dissolutions of the Towns of Parrsboro and Springhill within Cumberland County (2022); - Lead negotiator for the three Cumberland municipalities (Amherst, Oxford, Cumberland County) on sale of the region’s solid waste management system to GFL (2021-2022);
- Interim solicitor for the Municipality of the County of Annapolis to resolve a variety of challenges and claims related to activities of the former administration (2020-2021); and
- Transition Coordinator appointed by the Province of Nova Scotia for the Windsor / West Hants municipal consolidation project (2018-2020).
King's Counsel
- 2004
Bar Admission
- Nova Scotia (1985)
Law School
- Dalhousie University
Education
- Mount Allison University (BA, 1979)
- Carleton University (MA, 1981)
- Dalhousie University (LLB, 1984)
- Harvard Business School (“Leading Professional Services Firms 2013”)
Professional Activities & Affiliations
- Former Member, Halifax Chamber of Commerce- Municipal Government Affairs Committee
Activities Within Firm
- Managing Partner, Halifax office (2013 – 2018)
- Chair, Municipal Development Group
Community & Volunteer Activities
- Governor, Pine Hill Divinity Hall and Atlantic School of Theology
- Organizing Committee Member, Gallivan CF Golf Tournament
- Former Governor, NSCAD University
- Former Director, Greater Halifax Partnership
Lectures & Presentations
Canadian Bar Association Subsection NS Utility and Review Board Planning Appeals – Practice and Procedure (May 2019)
Law Society Memberships
- Nova Scotia Barristers' Society
- Canadian Bar Association
Contact info:
(902) 223-7639
klatimer@coxandpalmer.com