Ken’s practice includes a variety of assessment and property taxation matters for both private and public sector clients throughout Ontario and Canada.
Ken represents taxpayers and municipalities before the Assessment Review Board and Superior Courts in valuation disputes for all types of properties including industrial and large retail tenants. Ken advises clients on all matters relating to assessment and municipal taxation. Ken regularly assists clients with lease reviews and arbitrations to ensure fairness in apportionment of the property taxes.
Ken’s education includes a master’s degree focused on tax and tax policy from Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.M.), a law degree with a focus on international and comparative law, from Michigan State University (J.D.), a law degree from the University of Ottawa (LL.B.) and a B.A. in Political Science from Wilfrid Laurier University. Ken practices law through a professional corporation, West Professional Corporation.
Memberships and Activities
- Vice-President of the Ontario Property Tax Lawyers Association (OPTLA)
- Canadian Property Tax Association (CPTA) Vice-Chair -Ontario Chapter
- Canadian Tax Foundation
- Ontario Bar Association (OBA)
- International Property Tax Institute (IPTI)
- American Bar Association (ABA)
Speaking Engagements
June, 2010
International Property Tax Institute, Mass Appraisal Symposium, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong, China “Taxpayer’s Rights and Responsibilities toward an Open System of Ad Valorem Taxation”
February 8, 2011
Canadian Property Tax Association, Legal Symposium, “Ontario Update” Toronto, Ontario
June 23, 2011
Ontario Property Tax Lawyer’s Association, “Professionalism for the Modern Lawyer”, Toronto, Ontario
October 5-6, 2011
International Property Tax Institute, Mass Appraisal Symposium, University of British Columbia, Canada “Keeping Pace with Tomorrow”
October 2011
“Course Director”, Osgoode Hall Law School – International Property Tax Institute, Expert Witness Certificate Program, Toronto, Canada
Feb 6 2012
PTA Legal Symposium, “Hottubbing: No swimtrunks required”
June 24th – 26th, 2012
Institute of Municipal Assessors, 56th Annual Conference, “The Assessment Profession: It’s a Small World”, Ottawa, Ontario
February, 2012
Canadian Property Tax Association
May 2013
Osgoode-IPTI Certificate in Expert Valuation Witness Evidence Program, Course Director
June 2013
Institute of Municipal Assessors, 57th Annual Conference “E-This and E-That, managing the information overload”
