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Alden is a graduate of Atlantic Baptist College (1984), Acadia University (1987) and the University of New Brunswick Law School (1992). He was admitted to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1993. Alden resides with his family in Wallace, Cumberland County.
Terry was born and raised in Amherst, Nova Scotia, where he resides with is wife Nancy and their three sons. He received a B.A. from Mount Saint Vincent University in 1988 and an LL.B from the University of New Brunswick in 1991. He was admitted to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1992 and has practiced in Amherst since that time. Terry is well known in the community as a volunteer and as a member of various boards and committees. His preferred areas of practice include Real Estate, Criminal and Family Law. Terry is currently a Small Claims Court Adjudicator.
Mary Ellen Nurse is a partner of the law firm. She manages the litigation department. She graduated from the University of Dalhousie in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts and in 1989 with a Bachelor of Education. After teaching literacy for several years in Ontario, she returned to school in 1994 to attend the Faculty of Law at Windsor University, Windsor, Ontario, which is noted for it's theme "Access to Justice" and lifelong learning. She graduated in 1997 with her bachelor of laws, and with a primary interest in mediation and labour law. She returned home to Nova Scotia in 1997 and pursued her law degree. Her articles were spent in Elmsdale with Blackburn English, where she primarily practiced Native Law and Personal Injury. She kept up with her interest in mediation and joined the Mediation and Arbitration Institution of Nova Scotia and was appointed to the foundation board of the Halifax Small Claims Mediation Pilot Project. She currently teaches the parenting Education Program for parents who are separating and divorcing in Amherst, Nova Scotia. This course primarily focuses on what to expect from the children involved in these separations and how to cope with these changes. Mary Ellen belongs to the Ontario Trial Lawyer's Association and the Atlantic Provinces Trial Lawyers Association. She has been a past president of the Cumberland Bar Association, which is a very active bar counsel. Recently Mary Ellen has been appointed Crown Attorney for the Province of Nova Scotia. She continues to be interested in youth and family members and is a strong advocate for the Restorative Justice Programs in Nova Scotia. Politics are not Mary Ellen's passion, however, her husband Andrew and her children Hayden and Byrn are. She enjoys playing cello in the local bar at times and gardening.
Alex was born and raised in Halifax, but he has strong connections to Cumberland County on his father's side. His work and school experiences have taken him to the Oil Patch of Alberta, to McGill University in Montreal where he received a B.A. in history, and to a masonry crew in the south of France and a landscaping crew on the island of Nantucket. In addition, for the past five summers he worked as the head guide for a sea-kayaking outfitter.
Shortly after receiving his law degree from Dalhousie University in May 2005, Alex joined Beaton Blaikie Nurse & Farrell as an Articled Clerk. While Alex enjoys exposure to all areas of practice, he is especially enjoying litigation and the large amount of time he gets to spend in Court.
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