Background

Frank Foran was admitted to the Alberta Bar in 1973. He graduated from the University of Alberta Law School in 1972. Frank received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Calgary in 1969. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1988.

Areas of Practice

Litigation, Arbitration and Administrative Law: Practice emphasizes corporate, commercial and energy litigation and arbitration (including oil and gas, electricity, banking, general commercial, construction, and insurance) and also energy regulatory matters. Frank has appeared before all levels of Courts including the Supreme Court of Canada and before regulatory (primarily energy) tribunals.

Rankings and Recognitions

• Recognized in the 2011 edition of Chambers Global – The World's Leading Lawyers for Business (Dispute Resolution: Alberta; Dispute Resolution: Arbitration)
• Recognized in the 2011 edition of PLC Which lawyer? (Dispute Resolution; Energy; Insurance - Contentious)
• Recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada® as the  2012 Calgary Director and Officer Liability Lawyer of the Year. Was also the 2011 Calgary Corporate and Commercial Litigator of the Year and the 2010 Calgary Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year 
• Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada® 2012 (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Director and Officer Liability; Energy Regulatory Law; Insolvency and Financial Restructuring; International Arbitration; Legal Malpractice Law; Natural Resources Law)
• Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rating
• Recognized in The 2012 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation)
• Recognized in the 2011 Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Energy - Oil & Gas; Insolvency & Financial Restructuring - Insolvency Litigation; International Commercial Arbitration; Litigation - Class Action; Litigation - Corporate Commercial; Litigation - Directors' and Officers' Liability; Litigation - Product Liability; Litigation - Securities; Professional Liability)
• Recognized in the 2010 Insurance and Reinsurance – the Law and Leading Lawyers Worldwide (Insurance Contentious Canada)
• Recognized in Who's Who Legal: Canada 2011 (Commercial Litigation)
• Recognized in the Lexpert® 2011 Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada (Energy)

Professional Memberships

• Law Society of Alberta
• Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
• Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America
• Canadian Petroleum Law Foundation
• Canadian Bar Association - past member of the executive of the Alberta Branch of the Canadian Bar Association

Professional Activities

• Member of Canadian Roster for International Dispute Settlement Panels Under Chapter 19 of the North American Free Trade Agreement
• Member of the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute (Alberta Chair)
• Founding Member – Western Canada Arbitrators RoundTable
• International Centre for Dispute Resolution - Energy Arbitrators' List - Panel of Arbitrators
• Contributing Editor - Federated Press Corporate Liability Quarterly
• Past Director of the Canadian Petroleum Law Foundation
• Frequent lecturer at continuing legal education seminars and workshops
• Instructor at trial and appeal advocacy courses
• Arbitration Panelist
• Served on a number of committees and programs of the Law Society of Alberta, the Alberta Branch of Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian Bar Association
• Alberta Law Society Mentor Program

Author of a number of papers and chair of a number of seminars some of which are:

• Arbitration: An Overview - co-authored with Jonathan L. Doll, and presented at the Western Canadian Securities Litigation, Advanced Forum - Insight, January 30-31, 2006
• Decision Writing, November 23-24, 2005 - The Canadian Institute, Chair
• An Introduction to Decision Making and Reasons for Decision - co-authored with Julie G. Hopkins, November 23-24, 2005, The Canadian Institute
• Practical Considerations for Oil and Gas Lawyers Arising out of Recent Insolvency Cases - co-authored with Lloyd McLellan and Stephen C. Lee - Legal Education Society of Alberta November, 2000
• Recent Judicial Developments of Interest to Oil and Gas Lawyers (co-authored with Stephen C. Lee and Julio N. Arboleda) - Canadian Law Foundation - June 2000
• Impact of Bankruptcy and Insolvency on Third Parties in the Petroleum Industry - June 24, 1999 - Chair - Insight
• Reliance By Directors on Professional Reports as a Defence to Liability Under Business Corporation Statutes (co-authored with Maria Schaub) - Federated Press – 1996
• Pursuing Legal Remedies: The Interrelationship Between Energy Regulatory Tribunals and The Courts (co-authored with Jonathan M. Liteplo)
• Canadian Oil and Gas Litigation sponsored by The Canadian Institute - December 1995 (Co-chairman of the two day conference)
• How to Enforce and Resist Judgments Across National Borders: The Canadian Perspective (co-authored with Jonathan M. Liteplo) International Litigation sponsored by the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section and the International Litigation Committee of the New York State Bar Association - New York, New York - April 1993
• Recent Judicial Developments of Interest to Oil and Gas Lawyers - 1992 Alberta Law Review - Petroleum Law Edition (Co-authored with R.W. Block and P.T. Burgess)
• Reorganizing the Insolvent Oil and Gas Corporation; The Courts and Fairness - Co-authored with Terrence M. Warner - 1989 Alberta Law Review Petroleum Law Edition
• The Duty of Lenders in Canada to Act in Good Faith - Co-authored with Donna M. Dixon - Insight Press - September 29, 1988
• Recent Developments in Enforcing Security - prepared for 1988 Canadian Bar Association Mid-winter Meeting - Co-authored by D.C. Whelan and T.F. Mayson
• Duties of the Bank in Enforcing Security - Canadian Institute - 1987
• Realizing on Oil & Gas Related Security - Coping With Hard Times in the Oil Patch - Co-authored with R.W. Block - Legal Education Society of Alberta 1986
• Commercial Re-Organizations under the Bankruptcy Act Amendments Proposed by the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy and Insolvency - Insight Press - May 22, 1986
• Great Expectations - The Anticipations of Creditor, Debtor, Purchaser and Receiver in a Corporate Receivership - Legal Education Society of Alberta 1983
• Is Possession Nine-tenths of the Law? - a Review of the Rights of Lienholders, Pledgees and Mortgagees of Chattels - Banff Refresher Course, Legal Education Society of Alberta 1982