John P. Cochrane, Q.C.,
Retired

Please Note: If you are an existing client of John's, and have not been contacted, please call and speak to his assistant Pauline Burrell. She will be pleased to direct your legal requirements to the lawyer who has been assigned to your file.

	Phone:	(902) 678-6156 Ext. #245
	Fax:	(902) 678-6010
	E-mail:	burrell@tmcLAW.com
	Location(s):	Kentville
	Legal Assistant:	Pauline Burrell Ext. #245

John was the Senior Partner of TMC LAW.

Preferred Areas of Practice

• Agribusiness, Business
• Commercial
• Corporate
• Education
• Estate Planning & Trusts
• Municipal
• Probate
• Property
• Real Estate and Wills

Qualifications

• Retired from Practise: January 1, 2005
• Queen's Counsel (1979)
• LL.B. (Dalhousie University, 1963)
• Bar Admission: Nova Scotia, 1963

Professional Experience

Long service in Municipal and Planning Law and on behalf of a large farm clientele as well as general solicitor's work.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

John has served as a long time Director and the last Chair of the Valley Health Services Association.

He is a long time Trustee of the United Church of St. Paul and St. Stephen in Kentville and is a past President of the Kentville & Area Board of Trade (Eastern Kings Chamber of Commerce).

He has served for many years on the Client Reimbursement Committee of the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society and is a past Governor of the Law Foundation and past member and chair of the Nova Scotia Provincial Health Council. He has recently become a member of the Annapolis Valley District Health Authority. He is also a Governor of Pine Hill Divinity Hall and Chair of the Fundy Mental Health Foundation. He is a past president of the Kings County Barristers' Society.

Activities within the Firm

Firm co-founder along with K. LeRoy Taylor Q.C., deceased, and now Judge J.A. MacLellan in 1965.

Personal Interests

John includes volleyball and politics among his interests. He is now enjoying retirement with his family and spending time with his grandchildren.