Since its founding, our team at Novus Pro has embraced this collaborative approach and upheld a commitment to delivering the best possible service for our clients. By leveraging the complete resources and knowledge available to us, we are confident we can influence your financial life for the better and help you strategically pursue your goals.
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Insurance Solutions
Karine Orser
Insurance Planning Specialist, Raymond James Financial Planning Ltd. (Canada)
- Personable approach to building strong relationships with clients to help solve complex financial problems.
- Over 20 years’ experience focusing on life, critical illness, disability and group insurance, as well as individual and corporate tax solutions.
- A certified health insurance specialist with a diploma in business management.
Michael Klaray
Partner, Duncan and Craig LLP
Michael Klaray practices exclusively in his firm’s estate solutions practice group and is co-chair of the group.
- Estate planning through the preparation of wills, personal directives, powers of attorneys and trusts
- Estate administration and the representation and advising of executors, administrators and beneficiaries
- Estate litigation which includes challenges to wills and powers of attorney, variation of trusts, family relief applications as well as representing and advising individuals with claims against an estate
- Adult incapacity, including matters related to powers of attorney, personal directives, guardianship and trusteeship
Michael is currently on the executive and vice-chair of the Canadian Bar Association Wills and Estates North Section. He is also a member of the Law Society of Alberta. He speaks annually for the Edmonton Community Foundation’s “Wills Week”. Michael spoke at the LESA Annual Banff Refresher 2015 on estate litigation and in November 2015 for the Legal Education Society of Alberta on wills drafting. Michael has also presented to the Estate Planning Council of Edmonton on wills, to the Alberta Association of Gift Planners on wills legislation and for the University of Alberta on professional estate planning and planning related to the family cabin.
Michael graduated from the University of Alberta in 2008 with a Bachelor of Laws degree and a Bachelor of Arts (with distinction) in Philosophy and Psychology. Michael started working with Duncan Craig LLP in the summer of 2006 while attending law school and articled with the firm in 2008 after graduating. Michael was admitted to the Alberta Bar in 2009 and became a partner in January 2016.
Jeffrey R. Fixsen
Partner, Duncan and Craig LLP
Jeff practices in the area of commercial and corporate law and is the leader of his firm’s Real Estate Practice Group and co-leader of the Business Solutions Practice Group. He received a B.A. in English in 2000 and his LL.B in 2003 from the University of Alberta. In 2011 he took part in the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) In-Depth Tax course. Jeff is also a registered Trade-mark Agent in Canada. Since being called to the Bar in 2004, he has appeared before all levels of Court in Alberta.
Estate & Trust Services
Damian McGrath
Associate Vice President, Estate and Trust Solutions
Solus Trust Company, an Affiliate of Raymond James
- A practical approach to helping clients with their estate, trust, philanthropic and legacy planning needs.
- Over 20 years of industry experience in the following provinces: AB, SK, and BC.
- Bachelor of Law from the University of London, member of the Law Society of Saskatchewan and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).
We each come to the table with a different perspective, allowing us to deliver well-rounded and elevated strategies for our clients.