Dustin is a Vancouver-based lawyer, practicing litigation, dispute resolution, legal and law reform advocacy, across the areas of administrative, commercial, constitutional, employment, environmental, estates, human rights, and international law.

He has a particular interest in drug policy stemming from his concern over the human toll from the pressing overdose epidemic in Canada, which his devastated many communities like his hometown of Medicine Hat, Alberta and his current city, Vancouver. The epidemic has impacted his family and friends, further motivating him to assist CAPUD and a group of individual plaintiffs to vindicate their constitutional human rights with a legal action seeking decriminalization of drug possession and some forms of drug trafficking.

Dustin previously clerked for the Constitutional Court of South Africa, during the time of the Prince decision, which decriminalized recreational use of marijuana in specific circumstances. This experience inspired him to consider using litigation in Canada to seek decriminalization for a wider class of criminalized drugs.

Outside of his legal practice, Dustin volunteers his time towards many causes including his work Co-Chairing the Canadian Bar Association BC Branch’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Conference (SOGIC) and coaching a moot team at Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia focusing on equality and other human rights law.