Our Lawyers

R. Peter Muttart, Q.C.
General Services Partner

Mr. Muttart was born in Kentville, Nova Scotia. He is a founding partner of the firm, which was established in 1969. He received his Q.C. in 1984. He has practised in Municipal law, Real Estate, Civil Litigation, Probate/Estate Law, Corporate/Business Law and Criminal Law.

Mr. Muttart is a past President of the Kentville Rotary Club, the Eastern Kings Chamber of Commerce, the V.O.N. Kings Branch, the Atlantic Provinces Chamber of Commerce. He is a former Director of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Commissioner of the Village of Port Williams. He was awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship by the Rotary Club of Kentville and most recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Eastern Kings Chamber of Commerce on November 8, 2007. Click here for more information and photos. Mr. Muttart chaired the Community Economic Development Committee of the Town of Kentville. He is a past director of the Council for Canadian Unity and is a director of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews.

Mr. Muttart has considerable experience in parliamentary procedure. He has co-chaired annual meetings of the Atlantic Provinces Chamber of Commerce in three Atlantic Provinces and National meetings of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. He is a trained mediator. His credentials in this area, and his reputation for impartiality, result in requests for him to chair political debates and contentious forums. He resides in Starrs Point near Port Williams with his wife Janet Muttart.

Muttart Tufts Dewolfe & Coyle
Barristers & Solicitors
20 Cornwallis St.
Kentville, Nova Scotia
B4N 3X3, Canada
(902) 678-2157