Shawn grew up in the White Rock / South Surrey area and currently resides in Langley with his wife, and their children.  Shawn is a graduate of Semiahmoo Secondary School and a past director of the Alumni Association.  He attended the University of British Columbia and obtained his BA (in International Relations) in 1995.  Shawn then attended the University of Manitoba and obtained his law degree in 1998.  Following law school, he returned to White Rock to article with the law firm of Cleveland & Doan.  Shawn was called to the bar in British Columbia in May of 1999.  He became a partner of the firm of Cleveland Doan LLP in 2006.

While at law school, Shawn was the recipient of the DM Thompson prize in Property Law, the Bowman prize in Evidence and the Samuel Hyman Memorial prize in Debtor & Creditor Rights.

Shawn practices primarily in the areas of condominium law and real estate law.  He has extensive experience drafting bylaws, assisting in the enforcement of bylaws, providing legal opinions on the application of the Strata Property Act, collecting unpaid strata fees and representing client’s in disputes.  He routinely acts as legal counsel to strata corporations, strata management firms and individual owners.  He has appeared as counsel in Provincial Court, the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal on a variety of matters.

He is honourary legal counsel for the Pacific Condominium Association for whom he regularly writes and lectures.  He also contributes newsletters and lectures for other strata associations.

Professionally, Shawn is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia, the Canadian Bar Association Real Property subsection, the British Columbia Mediation and Arbitration Institute, Christian Legal Fellowship and the Canadian Condominium Institute.  In his spare time Shawn loves to spend time in his garden (weather permitting of course).