TRINDA L. ERNST, Q.C.

Partner at Waterbury Newton since 1992 and associate lawyer for seven years previously

• Preferred areas of practice include Wills and Estates, Elder Law, Corporate/Commercial and Real Estate
• Counsel for Department of Health in Adult Protection matters in Kings and Annapolis Counties
• Former Agent for Quieting of Titles matters in Kings County
• Counsel for Black Business Initiative Society, Black Business Community Investment Fund Limited, Black Business Enterprises Limited, and Black Business Consulting Limited
• Former counsel for Chicken Farmers of Nova Scotia 1985-2005

Nova Scotia Legal Aid Commission - contract lawyer in Amherst office 1984-1985 handling criminal and family matters

Department of Justice (Canada) - articling clerk at Atlantic Regional Office 1983-1984 with emphasis on criminal and civil litigation, including drug and fisheries prosecutions

Post-Secondary Education

Attended Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia 1977-1983
Graduated with Bachelor of Laws in 1983 and Bachelor of Arts with distinction in 1980
Elected to Student Council in third-year law, served on Faculty Council, was a Legal Writing Assistant

Completed two six-week French immersion courses with l’Université de Chicoutimi (1979 in northern Quebec) and University of Western Ontario (1978 in Trois-Pistoles, Quebec)