At Onyx, we give you a legal voice by raising our arguments in emotional disputes. As a reputable boutique family and estate litigation firm based in the heart of Vancouver, we are creative legal counsel who solve complex problems. We are not afraid to advance novel arguments that will change...
| Divorce | Estates and Trusts | Family |
Richard C.C. Peck, Q.C. is the founding partner of Peck and Company and is widely regarded as one of the leading criminal lawyers in Canada. He has practiced in criminal law for over 40 years. A lifetime resident of Vancouver, British Columbia, Mr. Peck received his LL.B. from the University of...
| Criminal |
Arif S. Nuraney is the managing partner and owner of the Nuraney Law Group which he established in 2016. Arif advises private and public companies on all aspects of corporate and commercial law, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, joint ventures, the formation and...
| Business | Corporate and Commercial | Estates and Trusts |
Steve Parr isn’t your typical corporate lawyer. An entrepreneur at heart, he founded, scaled and sold a vacation rental company before establishing Parr Business Law in 2017, giving him unique insight into the entrepreneurial journey. Steve and his team bring deep expertise, conscious...
| Business | Corporate and Commercial | Estates and Trusts | Mergers and Acquisitions |
litigation specialists Richter Trial Lawyers firm practice in Vancouver, one of the most diverse cities in the world. We specialize in estate, family and personal injury litigation. Lawyer and founder, John Richter, began the firm on the belief that a collegial workplace environment is essential...
| Estates and Trusts | Family | Personal Injury |
With a combined litigation experience of over 65 years, our lawyers have a consistent track record of providing sound advice and representation in litigation matters to governmental agencies, corporations and hundreds of individuals. Our lawyers have conducted numerous Supreme Court trials,...
| Estates and Trusts | Insurance | Personal Injury | Real Estate |
Claire Hunter is counsel at the firm and has a broad civil litigation, public and administrative law and appellate practice. She appears regularly as counsel at both the trial and appellate level, including all levels of court in British Columbia and the Supreme Court of Canada, and before...
| Administrative | Debt Recovery | Environmental |
Greg DelBigio has been a Vancouver criminal defence lawyer since 1992. Greg earned his LLB in 1991 from the University of Toronto after completing an MA and the course work for a PhD in Philosophy with a specialization in Medical Ethics and the Philosophy of Law at the University of Western...
| Criminal | Traffic Offense |
In 2007 KazLaw was created to make a positive difference for injured victims searching for a personal injury lawyer in British Columbia. Our goal then—as it still is today—is to dedicate ourselves to the highest levels of service, integrity and excellence when advocating for injured individuals....
| Personal Injury |
Downtown Vancouver law office with over 11 years experience specializing in auto accident/ICBC law, personal injury, and disability claims law. If you have suffered an injury, Bungay Law Office can help you obtain fair compensation. We have negotiated hundreds of settlements for BC residents....
| Personal Injury |
Edward F. Macaulay is an experienced estate litigation lawyer. In addition to his more than two decades of work representing clients in estate issues, Macaulay is a prolific writer of legal materials, for members of the legal profession as well as for a general audience. When faced with...
| Estates and Trusts |
For over 30 years Anthony has vast experience handling large and complex personal injury claims, including traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, quadriplegia, paraplegia, serious orthopedic injury, psychiatric/psychological injury and severe whiplash and soft tissue injury-related...
| Personal Injury |
Guy grew up in Regina, Saskatchewan, and started working in his father’s painting business from an early age. At 18, he travelled extensively, including hitchhiking around most of Europe and into Asia. In 1974, he moved to Vancouver where he worked as a longshoreman and later as a bottle-maker...
| Health | Personal Injury | Professional Liability |
Aaron is a Partner with Harper Grey and a member of our our Insurance Law, Construction Law, and Health Law Groups. Aaron’s insurance law practice comprises insurance defence, subrogation and coverage work and he provides legal services to a broad range of insurers and self-insured...
| Insurance | Professional Liability | Workplace Safety and Insurance |
Gary Letcher* is one of Canada’s senior environmental lawyers. He was recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada as the Environmental Lawyer of the Year in Vancouver for 2012. Mr. Letcher’s practice encompasses a wide range of environmental law issues including contaminated sites,
| Environmental |
| Environmental |
J.J. Camp has over 30 years experience representing plaintiffs in product liability and aviation cases. After the inception of the Class Proceedings Act in British Columbia in 1995, he added class action lawsuits to his areas of focus,
| Corporate and Commercial |
Stephen Gibson was born in Dublin, Ireland and moved to Canada as a child. He attended St. Thomas More Collegiate and went on to complete a Bachelor of Business Administration degree at Simon Fraser University. Stephen attended the University of Alberta school of Law from 1994 to 1997. I have...
| Personal Injury |
Christopher Elgin has been a member of the British Columbia bar since January of 1988. He worked for the Immigration and Refugee Board as a legal advisor to the Board members for over three years and in 1993 he opened his own immigration law practice. In 1995, he joined forces with Douglas...
| Citizenship and Immigration |
David Tarasoff has practiced labour law since 1993. Following articles with a union side labour law firm in Vancouver, he worked as in-house counsel for both the Hospital Employees' Union and the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
| Labour |
Tom is a founding partner at Roper Greyell where he focuses on strategic planning and counsel work. He advises employers on all aspects of employment law and labour relations and represents clients in employment related litigation.
| Labour |
ALLAN E. BLACK, Q.C. is peer rated as one of Canada's best labour and employment lawyers. Lexpert has recognized him as a leading practitioner in employment and labour law and as a practitioner "Most Frequently Recommended."
| Labour |
Scott has a varied litigation practice which has allowed him to represent clients in court and administrative tribunals in British Columbia, Alberta and Yukon. Scott regularly defends professionals, including lawyers, in claims and disciplinary proceedings arising from alleged professional...
| Corporate and Commercial | Personal Injury | Professional Liability |
Dennis qualified as an Arbitrator under the rules of the B.C. Arbitration & Mediation Institute in November of 2008. He previously acted for the soft drink industry in extensive cost-based arbitration proceedings.
| Bankruptcy and Insolvency |
Mr. DelBigio’s legal practice covers a wide range of legal subjects including: income tax and GST related charges and investigations, Charter of rights issues such as search and seizure, search warrant challenges, and constitutional challenges to the validity of legislation,
| Criminal |
Matthew is a civil litigator and condominium/strata lawyer. He is experienced in a broad range of matters, including business disagreements; real estate, strata, and construction disputes; insurance claims; bankruptcy and insolvency matters; estate claims; employment and labour issues; and...
| Bankruptcy and Insolvency | Civil Litigation | Construction | Estates and Trusts | Real Estate |
Len’s practice focuses on taxation including both income and commodity taxation. He advises both private and public clients primarily on transactional and corporate reorganization matters.
| Taxation |
The primary focus of Robert's practice has been and remains advising family businesses and families in relation to tax matters and estate planning. The advice regularly involves substantial transactions in relation to the sale and purchase of businesses, reorganizations to minimize income tax/
| Taxation |
Jeff's practice focuses on representing taxpayers in their disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency and the British Columbia Ministry of Small Business and Revenue. In his capacity as a member of the firm’s Aboriginal Practice Group, Jeff also assists First Nations in the setup of business and...
| Taxation |
Asif Abdulla received his Bachelor of Arts (Criminology) from the University of Ottawa prior to completing his Juris Doctor at the University of Victoria in 2012. While at the University of Victoria, he competed in the Donald G.H
| Taxation |
Nigel Beckmann joined Whitelaw Twining in 2000. Nigel practices in general insurance litigation. He has defended individual and corporate clients in moderate and catastrophic bodily injury claims involving occupiers liability, products liability, motor vehicle accidents, sports liability.
| Insurance |
Ari M. Shack (B.Comm 1993, LL.B. 1997) has exclusively practiced throughout his career as a commercial solicitor advising both public and private companies. Ari has extensive experience advising on corporate finance for both private and public companies,
| Corporate and Commercial |
MELDON ELLIS — BA, JD, Attorney, Barrister & Solicitor and Mediator holds a Bachelor of Arts from Simon Fraser University (1989) a Bachelor of Laws from the University of British Columbia, Canada (1993), and is a certified mediator. He has more than 20 years of experience as litigation and...
| Civil Litigation | Corporate and Commercial | Mediation and Arbitration |
A highly respected practitioner with over 30 years of experience, Mark advises a diverse range of clients, including individuals, business owners, accountants, other lawyers, and public and private business organizations. Mark’s tax planning practice encompasses a broad range of client...
| Aboriginal | Estates and Trusts | Mediation and Arbitration |
Scott is one of our in-house authorities on human rights law and has successfully represented clients before the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal. Scott also assists physicians, pharmacists, naturopathic doctors, physiotherapists, massage therapists, occupational therapists, psychologists,...
| Employment | Labour | Workplace Safety and Insurance | Wrongful Dismissal |
Lorna’s practice focuses exclusively on occupational health and safety and workplace safety matters for employers. This includes any matter arising from compliance with provincial and federal occupational health and safety legislation, including regulatory, employment and human rights matters.
| Health |
Ms. Cane studied undergraduate biological sciences at McGill University and volunteered overseas with Canadian Crossroads International in Indonesia before entering the University of Calgary Law School in 1997. Since being called to the bar in 2001, Ms. Cane has practiced personal injury law and...
| Personal Injury |
Jeff Witten has been a personal injury lawyer since 1992. Jeff has conducted trials at all levels of court in British Columbia and has handled the full range of auto injury claims from whiplash cases to amputations, paraplegia and catastrophic brain injury.
| Personal Injury |
practiced family law in Vancouver since 1982 and has had his own family law practice in Vancouver since 1984. He has handled all kinds of family law cases, including custody disputes and disputes concerning support and asset division, at all levels of court in BC.
| Family |
Marla B. Gilsig, is an effective, compassionate and knowledgeable family lawyer. She is determined to resolve her client’s issues as efficiently as possible. Well crafted BC Marriage Agreements set expectations and let the spouses decide what is fair during the relationship and on the breakdown...
| Divorce | Family | Mediation and Arbitration |
Kevin has practiced in the area of Personal Injury Litigation for 10 years. Over the past decade, he has helped hundreds of clients settle all types of claims, both simple and complex. Kevin is a committed and determined advocate for his clients. He works with his clients collaboratively to...
| Civil Litigation | Personal Injury |
Genevieve works in all aspects of estate planning and administration including the preparation of wills, powers of attorney, representation agreements and inter vivos trusts as well as applications for probate and letters of administration. She has been involved in the successful conduct and settlem
| Estates and Trusts |
William Westeringh, QC is the Managing Partner of the Vancouver and Surrey offices, and is responsible for the overall operations in the BC region. Passionate about providing exemplary service to clients, Will is constantly looking for new ways to build on the firm’s already client-centric...
| Mediation and Arbitration | Products Liability |
Farris is a high performance law firm,with the proven capacity and experience to execute and close complex and diverse transactions. Our reputation is based on our ability to continually deliver results and on the lawyers who join our firm…Farris offers both opportunity and freedom to carve out...
| Corporate and Commercial |
Angela Thiele is a partner with Lindsay Kenney LLP. A general litigator with a varied practice, she leads LK Law’s Family Law group. Ms. Thiele handles employment matters for employers, employees and unions, estate and committee litigation, professional negligence matters, and real estate...
| Divorce | Estates and Trusts | Family |
Brad Dixon is the National Co-Chair of our Class Actions Group, providing strategic direction and coordination of the group across Canada. In addition, he is the Vancouver Regional Group Manager of our Commercial Litigation Group. Recognized as a leading lawyer in these areas of law by the...
| Corporate and Commercial | Products Liability |
I maintain a family law practice focused on advancing client interests and balancing their expectations, while keeping costs, conflict and emotional stress low. I work with my clients to help achieve favourable legal solutions for their given circumstances and family patterns. My practice...
| Divorce | Family |
Tom is the Managing Partner and Leader of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group at Watson Goepel LLP. His practice focuses on all aspects of commercial and transportation disputes. His experienced spans employment matters, construction disputes, real estate issues, corporate governance...
| Corporate and Commercial | Mediation and Arbitration |
Andrew has been providing legal advice to the insurance industry and self-insured corporations for more than 25 years. He has extensive experience in multi-party litigation, including construction disputes; catastrophic bodily injury claims; subrogation of property loss claims; and coverage...
| Construction | Insurance | Products Liability | Professional Liability |
Celso is a Partner in the Corporate Group at Watson Goepel LLP. He advises foreign companies on investing and setting up businesses in Canada, business immigration issues, and commercial lending matters. A frequent speaker on Italian-Canadian business relations, and to foreign entrepreneurs and...
| Corporate and Commercial |
Jian Kang practises family law in MacLean Law’s Vancouver office. In an effort to help bridge the information gap between members of the public and the legal community, Jian always strives to ensure clients feel comfortable and safe when seeking family law resolutions. Jian brings a philosophy...
| Divorce | Family |
David Martin practices civil litigation and administrative law. The emphasis of his administrative law practice is on the law relating to self-governing professional bodies. David advises self-governing professional bodies on their governing statutes and is regularly called upon to make...
| Administrative |
Mike Walker is a real estate lawyer with extensive experience in land use both inside and outside the legal profession. He helps clients conceive and implement innovative solutions to their challenges in land use, development, and property management. He is comfortable in the spaces where...
| Real Estate |
Paul R. Bennett is a senior partner at Bennett Mounteer LLP with over 20 years of commercial litigation experience. His practice has included appearances before the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the B.C. Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. He has also acted as counsel in...
| Corporate and Commercial |
Mr. Sabur is a partner of the firm. Since his call to the Bar in 2004, Mr. Sabur has appeared before various courts and administrative tribunals in British Columbia, Ontario and Alberta. He has conducted and assisted in numerous trials and appeals and has worked on complex commercial...
| Bankruptcy and Insolvency | Corporate and Commercial |
Our lawyers have substantial experience in providing assistance to our clients in minimizing the consequences of financial hardship or insolvency and in dealing with issues ranging from basic bankruptcy claims issues to complex and sophisticated reorganizations.
| Bankruptcy and Insolvency | Citizenship and Immigration | Construction | Corporate and Commercial | Family | Insurance | Labour | Real Estate | Taxation |
JML is one of British Columbia’s leading boutique law firms in the areas of construction, commercial and matrimonial dispute resolution. The prestigious international publication, Martindale & Hubbell ranks our firm as “preeminent” and our lawyers have achieved national recognition in...
| Construction | Corporate and Commercial | Family |
At Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP, we see business through our clients' eyes. Your business needs timely, precise, cost-effective advice and representation on legal matters. We have built our practice by providing just that. Our knowledge and experience enable us to find practical and innovative...
| Administrative | Construction | Corporate and Commercial | Environmental | Estates and Trusts | Labour |
Smart & Biggar is Canada's largest firm practising exclusively in intellectual property and technology law, with offices in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Related to Fetherstonhaugh - Canada's largest patent agency firm - through common partners, offices and personnel, we have...
| Intellectual Property |
Our lawyers and staff are involved in a variety of community-oriented organizations in the Lower Mainland. We have a very active group at SU that is involved in raising funds for three local children’s charities: British Columbia Childhood Cancer Parents' Association (BCCCPA), BC Children’s...
| Citizenship and Immigration | Civil Litigation | Construction | Environmental | Estates and Trusts | Insurance | Workplace Safety and Insurance |
Farris is a high performance law firm,with the proven capacity and experience to execute and close complex and diverse transactions. The firm’s clients include some of the most significant public institutions, listed companies and private corporations in British Columbia. Farris balances a...
| Aboriginal | Administrative | Banks and Financial | Corporate and Commercial | Labour | Taxation |
Donovan & Company is a law firm in Vancouver, British Columbia that practices exclusively in the area of aboriginal law. Our work consists primarily of aboriginal law litigation, including aboriginal rights litigation, aboriginal title litigation, residential schools litigation, preparation...
| Aboriginal | Administrative | Corporate and Commercial | Real Estate |
Ratcliff & Company is a unique law firm that offers a full range of community and corporate law services for a wide range of clients and an aboriginal law practice focused on the legal needs of Indigenous governments. We are respected and recognized as one of Canada's leading law firms...