| | Address | | 1055 West Georgia Street, Suite 3000, P.O. Box 11130 | | Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3R3 | | (Vancouver Co.) | | |
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| Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Admiralty and Maritime, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Business Law, Charities and Not-For-Profit Organizations, Class Action, Commercial and General Litigation, Competition, Corporate Finance and Banking, Energy and Infrastructure, Engineering and Construction, Entertainment, Environmental, First Nations, Forestry, Franchising, Gaming, Health Care, Immigration, Infrastructure, Insurance Litigation, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Labour and Employment, Local Government, Mining, Pension, Professional Liability, Public-Private Partnerships (P3), Real Estate, Securities, Tax, Technology, Transportation, Wills, Trusts and Estates. | | Year Established: 1890 | | Firm Size: 98 | Representative Clients:
Financial: Coast Capital Savings Credit Union; G.E. Capital Canada Inc.; Royal Bank Financial Group; TD Financial Group. Maritime: London Steamship Owners Mutual Insurance; Seaspan Corporation; Seaspan International Ltd.; Shipowners' Mutual Protection; SMIT Marine Canada; Tindall Riley and Company; West of England Steamship Owners Protection. Energy: Columbia Power Corporation. Forestry: Alberta Newsprint Company; Tolko Industries Ltd. Industrial: Alcan Aluminum Ltd.; Boliden Limited; Corriente Resources Inc.; Lafarge Canada Inc.; Miramar Mining Corp.; Neptune Bulk Terminals. Infrastructure: Canada Line Rapid Transit Ltd.; Partnerships BC; Vancouver Coastal Health Authority. Insurance: Encon Insurance Managers; The Economical Insurance Group. Professional Associations: Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of B.C.; The Architectural Institute of Canada. Real Estate: BCR Properties Ltd.; Canada Lands Company CLC Limited; Delta Land Development Company Ltd.; Grosvenor Canada Limited; Westminster Management Corporation. Technology: Broadcom Canada Ltd.; D-Wave Systems Inc.; Electronic Arts Inc.; Genyous Life Sciences Ltd.; Suss Microtech AG; Vcom Inc. Transportation: Washington Marine Group. Other: Cineplex Odeon Corp.; H.Y. Louie Co. Ltd.; London Drugs Limited; Nisga'a Lisims Government; Premium Brands Inc.; Province of British Columbia. | | PARTNERS | | Ryan Berger (Partner) admitted to bar, 1999, British Columbia. Education: Lee College 1994; University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1998). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Administrative Law; Business Law; Municipal Law; Taxation). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Municipal; Employment; Intellectual Property; Administrative Law; Information and Privacy. Email: Ryan Berger | | James (Jay) Lemoine (Partner) admitted to bar, 1998, British Columbia. Education: University of Toronto (B.A., 1989); Queen's University (LL.B., 1997). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section, British Columbia Branch); Canada-Japan Society (Secretary-Treasurer); Inter-Pacific Bar Association; Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships; British Columbia Water and Waste Association. Practice Areas: Business Law; Energy and Infrastructure; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Partnerships. Email: James (Jay) Lemoine | | Christopher S. Wilson (Partner) admitted to bar, 1999, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1992; LL.B., 1997). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Executive Member, National Intellectual Property Section; Member, Computer Law Subsection; Intellectual Property Institute of Canada; Patent and Trademark Association of British Columbia; Licensing Executives Society; British Columbia Technology Industries Association; Association des Juristes d'Expression Française de la Colombie-Britannique; Advocates' Club. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Technology Litigation. Email: Christopher S. Wilson | | Angela L. Grams (Partner) admitted to bar, 1998, British Columbia. Education: Queen's University (B.A., Honours, 1993); Dalhousie University (LL.B., 1997). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Member, British Columbia Branch: Business Law; Computer Law; Intellectual Property Law); Law Society of British Columbia; British Columbia Technology Industries Association (BCTIA). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Technology Law. Email: Angela L. Grams | | R. Max Collett (Partner) admitted to bar, 1998, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1992); Dalhousie University (LL.B., 1996). Law Clerk, British Columbia Supreme Court, 1997. Author: "Achieving Effective International Fishery Management: A Critical Analysis on the U.N. Conference in Straddling Fish Stocks," Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies, 1995. Member: Canadian Bar Association (Past Chair, British Columbia Environmental Law Section); Vancouver Board of Trade (Member, Urban Infrastructure Committee). Practice Areas: Environmental; Energy; Administrative; Real Estate. Email: R. Max Collett | | I. Shane Nossal (Partner) admitted to bar, 1985, British Columbia. Education: Carleton University (B.A., 1978); University of Ottawa (LL.B., 1984); Jesus College, University of Oxford (B.C.L., 1989). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Member: Civil Litigation Section; Maritime Subsection). Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Litigation. Email: I. Shane Nossal | | Joseph M. G. Shaw (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, Ontario; 1997, British Columbia and New York. Education: Acadia University (B.B.A., 1990); University of Windsor (LL.B., 1994); University of Detroit (J.D., 1994). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Member, Labour Law Section); Western Gold Theatre Society (Member, Board of Directors). Practice Areas: Labor Relations; Employment; Human Rights. Email: Joseph M. G. Shaw | | David M. Hunter (Partner) admitted to bar, 1995, British Columbia. Education: Simon Fraser University (B.A., 1989); Carleton University (M.A., 1991); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1994). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Member, Securities and Corporate Law, British Columbia Branch); Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation; British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines. Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; Banking Law; Securities; Mining; Technology; Commercial. Email: David M. Hunter | | H. Beth Allard (Partner) admitted to bar, 1994, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., Hons., Political Science). Lecturer: "Legal Issues for the Construction Industry", University of British Columbia; "Civil Litigation Procedure", University of British Columbia. Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia. Member: Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia Branch (Member, Sections on: Construction Law; Administrative Law; Civil Litigation); Canadian Construction Women. Practice Areas: Engineering and Construction Litigation; Professional Liability Litigation; Professional Regulatory Litigation; Insurance Defense. Email: H. Beth Allard | | Sandra Carter (Partner) admitted to bar, 1994, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1989; LL.B., 1993). Member: British Columbia Expropriation Association. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Real Estate Development; Public Law; Administrative Law. Email: Sandra Carter | | James H. Goulden (Partner) admitted to bar, 1993, British Columbia. Education: University of Calgary (B.Comm., 1989); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1992). Author: "The Oppression Remedy," Continuing Legal Education, 1993; "Real Estate Remedies," Continuing Legal Education, 1994 and 1996; "Cost Effective Litigation," IBA, 1998 Conference; Encyclopedia of International Commercial Litigation, 1998. Member: British Columbia Expropriation Association (Director); Canadian Bar Association (Member, Municipal Law and Civil Litigation, British Columbia Branch). Practice Areas: General Commercial Litigation; Municipal Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Civil Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Administrative Law; Expropriation Law. Email: James H. Goulden | | Timothy W. Clarke (Partner) admitted to bar, 1989, British Columbia. Education: Washington State University (B.A., 1981); University of British Columbia (M.A., 1985; LL.B., 1988). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Member, Tax Law, British Columbia Branch); Canadian Tax Foundation. Practice Areas: Tax Litigation. Email: Timothy W. Clarke | | William S. Garton (Partner) admitted to bar, 1990, British Columbia. Education: University of Toronto (B.Sc.F., 1983; LL.B., 1989). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Chair, Forestry Law, British Columbia Branch, 1994—); Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (Chair, Forestry Law, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2003); Aboriginal Forestry Conference (Co-Chair, 1996). Practice Areas: Corporate Commercial; Environmental; Forestry; First Nations Law; Mining Law. Email: William S. Garton | | Marion V. Shaw (Partner) admitted to bar, 1988, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1984; LL.B., 1987). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Securities Law; Business Law); British Columbia Securities Commission (Member, Securities Law Advisory Committee, 2002-2005). Practice Areas: Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Finance. Email: Marion V. Shaw | | Gregory D. Lewis (Partner) admitted to bar, 1988, British Columbia. Education: University of Waterloo (B.Math., 1980); Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.B., Silver Medal, 1987). Member: Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships; Canadian Institute of Energy; Vancouver Board of Trade; Canadian Bar Association (Member, British Columbia Branch: Business Law Section; Forestry Law Section). Practice Areas: Energy and Infrastructure; Public-Private Partnerships; Corporate Commercial; Corporate Finance; Forestry. Email: Gregory D. Lewis | | Daniel R. Bennett (Partner) admitted to bar, 1988, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Comm., 1985; LL.B., 1986). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Past Member, Provincial and National Councils; Past Chair and Executive Member, Civil Litigation Section). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Municipal Law; Mining Law; Banking Law; Real Estate; Commercial Litigation; Litigation. Email: Daniel R. Bennett | | Carmen S. Thériault (Partner) admitted to bar, 1986, Ontario; 1996, British Columbia. Education: McMaster University (B.A., Hon., 1979); University of Ottawa (LL.B., 1984). Member: American Bar Association (Member, Probate Section); Canadian Bar Association (Member, Vancouver Trusts and Estates Section, British Columbia Branch); Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners; International Academy of Estate and Trust Law; American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Estate Planning and Administration; Commercial Trusts; Charities. Email: Carmen S. Thériault | | Margaret H. Mason (Partner) admitted to bar, 1986, British Columbia. Education: University of Victoria; McGill University (B.A., 1982); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1985). Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Member: St. Paul's Hospital Foundation of Vancouver (Member, Planned Giving Committee); Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (Director). Practice Areas: Estates; Trusts; Wills; Charities/Pension Matters. Email: Margaret H. Mason | | Shelley F. O'Callaghan (Partner) admitted to bar, 1987, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Ed., 1970); University of Calgary (LL.B., 1985). Member, Stakeholder Advisory Committee, drafting new British Columbia Environmental Protection Act, 1995. Member: Canadian Bar Association (Member, Environmental Law Section, British Columbia Branch); Vancouver Board of Trade (Member, 1992—; Chair, Task Force on the Environment, 1993-1994); Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships. Practice Areas: Environmental. Email: Shelley F. O'Callaghan | | Herbert J. Isherwood (Partner) admitted to bar, 1986, British Columbia. Education: University of Victoria (LL.B., 1985). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Member, Labour Law, British Columbia Branch); Human Resources Management Association of British Columbia. Practice Areas: Labour Relations; Employment Law; Human Rights; Workers' Compensation. Email: Herbert J. Isherwood | | John L. Sampson (Partner) admitted to bar, 1986, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia, BC (B., Comm., 1982; LL.B., 1985). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Member, Real Property Subsection). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Purchase and Sale of Commercial Properties; Real Estate Financing; Real Estate Development; Leasing. Email: John L. Sampson | | Penny A. Washington (Partner) admitted to bar, 1985, British Columbia. Education: Carleton University (B.A., Hon., 1975); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1984). Member: Medical Legal Society; Canadian Bar Association (Past President, Health Care Law; Member, British Columbia Branch: Administrative Law; Freedom of Information Law); UBC Clinical Research Ethics Board (Member, 2002-2004); British Columbia Health Research Foundation (Past Chair, Board of Directors); Canuck Place Children's Hospice (Past President, Board of Directors). Practice Areas: Health Care Law; Insurance Litigation; Medical; Civil Litigation; Human Rights; Professional Liability. Email: Penny A. Washington | | E. Jane Milton (Partner) admitted to bar, 1984, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1980; LL.B., 1983). Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; Banking Law; Civil Litigation; Estate Litigation; Insolvency; Bankruptcy. Email: E. Jane Milton | | Brian E. Taylor (Partner) admitted to bar, 1984, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1975; LL.B., 1984). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Past Chair, Municipal Law Subsection, British Columbia Branch); Vancouver Planning Commission (Past Chair); Municipal Officers Association. Practice Areas: Municipal; Real Estate; Administrative Law. Email: Brian E. Taylor | | Laura C. Donaldson (Partner) admitted to bar, 1984, British Columbia. Education: University of Western Ontario (B.A., 1980); Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (LL.B., 1983). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Member, British Columbia Branch); Law Society of British Columbia (Member, Ethics Committee). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Banking Law; Corporate Finance; Insolvency. Email: Laura C. Donaldson | | David W. Bursey (Partner) admitted to bar, 1984, Ontario; 1991, British Columbia. Education: Memorial University of Newfoundland (B.A., 1978); University of Ottawa (B.A., 1981; LL.B., 1982). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Past Chair, Administrative Law, British Columbia Branch; Past Chair, Administrative Law, National Branch); UBC Natural Resources Law Program (Member, Board of Advisors); Canadian Institute of Energy; Inter-Pacific Bar Association. Practice Areas: Energy and Infrastructure; Regulatory/Administrative; Environmental; Aboriginal. Email: David W. Bursey | | David R. Bain (Partner) admitted to bar, 1983, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1979; LL.B., 1982). Practice Areas: Banking and Commercial Finance; Commercial. Email: David R. Bain | | Simon B. Margolis (Partner) admitted to bar, 1983, British Columbia. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., 1979); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1982). Member: Vancouver Bar Association (Past President); Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia Branch (Member, Sections on: Insurance Law; Civil Litigation; Municipal Law); Dartmouth College Lawyers' Association; Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, Annual Campaign (Co-Chair, Lawyers Division). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Engineering Litigation; Motor Vehicle Litigation; Municipal Litigation; Personal Injury; First Nations; Mediation. Email: Simon B. Margolis | | Lynda C. Darling (Partner) admitted to bar, 1983, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.H.E., 1975; LL.B., 1982). Former Member: Disclosure Statement Policy Advisory Committee, in conjunction with the Superintendent of Real Estate; Land Title Practice Advisory Committee, in conjunction with the British Columbia Land Titles Branch. Member: Canadian Bar Association (Past Chair, Vancouver Real Property Section, British Columbia Branch); Condominium Act Revision Committee. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate. Email: Lynda C. Darling | | Herb B. Regehr (Partner) admitted to bar, 1982, British Columbia. Education: University of Winnipeg (B.Sc., 1975); University of Manitoba (LL.B., 1981). Member: Law Society of British Columbia. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Technology; License Agreements; Trademarks. Email: Herb B. Regehr | | Howard L. A. Ehrlich (Partner) admitted to bar, 1982, British Columbia. Education: University of Saskatchewan; University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1981); Southern Methodist University (LL.M., 1986). Languages: English, French. Practice Areas: Labour Relations; Employment Law; Privacy. Email: Howard L. A. Ehrlich | | Christopher G. Speakman (Partner) admitted to bar, 1981, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Comm., 1979; LL.B., 1980). Member: Canadian Tax Foundation; Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Commercial. Email: Christopher G. Speakman | | Judith B. Downes (Partner) admitted to bar, 1980, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1974; LL.B., 1979). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Co-Founder and Chair, Women Rainmakers, 1995-1997; Member, Sections on: Securities Law; Business Law); AWF Women and Finance Association (Director and Treasurer, 1997-1998). Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Entertainment Law; Securities. Email: Judith B. Downes | | C. Decatur Howe (Partner) admitted to bar, 1980, British Columbia. Education: University of Toronto (B.A., 1974); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1979). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Member, British Columbia Branch: Business Law; Forestry Law; Real Property); British Columbia Company Act Review Committee. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate; Commercial; Real Estate; Pension Plans; Employee Benefits. Email: C. Decatur Howe | | Larry R. Sandrin (Partner) admitted to bar, 1980, British Columbia. Education: University of Victoria, BC (B.A., 1975); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1979). Member: Urban Development Institute (Member, Legal Affairs Committee, Pacific Region); British Columbia Law Society (Member, Assorted Ad Hoc Subcommittees). Languages: French, Italian. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate Transactions; Commercial Real Estate Development; Leasing. Email: Larry R. Sandrin | | William J. McFetridge (Partner) admitted to bar, 1979, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Comm., 1972; LL.B., 1977). Arbitrator, Domestic Commercial. Member: British Columbia Institute of Chartered Accountants; Manitoba Institute of Chartered Accountants; Accounting Standards Oversight Council, Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate; Commercial; Natural Resources; Taxation Law. Email: William J. McFetridge | | Robert W. Hunter (Partner) admitted to bar, 1978, British Columbia. Education: Simon Fraser University (B.A., 1974); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1977). Chairman, Construction Law Section, British Columbia Branch, Can. Bar, 1984-1986. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Administrative Law; Environmental Law; Engineering. Email: Robert W. Hunter | | Grant K. Weaver (Partner) admitted to bar, 1977, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1969; LL.B., 1976). Editor-in-Chief, North American Corporate Lawyer. Member: Canadian Tax Foundation; International Fiscal Association; International Bar Association; Inter-Pacific Bar Association; British Columbia & Yukon Chamber of Mines; Inter-Pacific Bar Association; Vancouver Enterprise Forum (Member, Operations Committee); West Vancouver Arts Centre Trust (Chair). Languages: English, French. Practice Areas: Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Securities; General Corporate; Tax; Technology. Email: Grant K. Weaver | | Alan N. Robertson (Partner) admitted to bar, 1975, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Mus., 1968); Queen's University and Dalhousie University (LL.B., 1974). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Past Chair, Taxation Law, British Columbia Branch); Canadian Tax Foundation; Vancouver Board of Trade. Practice Areas: Taxation; Customs and International Trade; Corporate. Email: Alan N. Robertson | | R. Brian Wallace (Partner) admitted to bar, 1975, British Columbia; 1999, Alberta. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Comm., 1969; LL.B., 1974). Member: Canadian Institute of Resources Law, Calgary (Director); Canadian Petroleum Law Foundation, Calgary; Canadian Institute of Energy, British Columbia Branch; Independent Power Producers Association of British Columbia; Vancouver Community College Foundation (Director). Practice Areas: Regulatory; Natural Resources; Energy; Environmental; Oil; Natural Gas; Electricity; Energy and Infrastructure. Email: R. Brian Wallace | | Nils E. Daugulis (Partner) admitted to bar, 1974, British Columbia. Education: Simon Fraser University (B.A., 1970); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1973). Co-Chair: Third International Maritime Law Conference, 1986; Fourth International Maritime Law Conference, 1994. Member: Canadian Maritime Law Association (Chair and Member, Carriage of Passengers by Sea Committee); Canadian Bar Association (Past Chair, Maritime Law, British Columbia Branch). Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Environmental Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: Nils E. Daugulis | | D. Larry Page (Partner) admitted to bar, 1971, British Columbia. Education: McGill University (B.A., 1967); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1970). Member: Human Resources Management Association of British Columbia; Canadian Bar Association (Member, Labour Law Section, British Columbia Branch). Practice Areas: Labour Relations; Labour and Employment. Email: D. Larry Page | | Philip B. Webber (Partner) admitted to bar, 1970, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Comm., 1968; LL.B., 1969). Member: Canadian Tax Foundation; Canadian Bar Association (Past Chairman, Tax and Member, Succession, Trusts and Fiduciary Relationships, British Columbia Branch); International Fiscal Association. Practice Areas: Taxation Law; Corporate Law; Commercial; Trusts, Wills and Estates. Email: Philip B. Webber | | Daniel A. Webster, Q.C. (Partner) admitted to bar, 1969, British Columbia; 1977, Yukon Territory. Education: McGill University (B.A., 1965); University of Toronto (LL.B., 1968). Inducted Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 2001. Speaker, World Health Organization, Conferences on Tobacco Control. Appointed Queen's Counsel, 1989. Director, Medical-Legal Society of British Columbia, 1986. Counsel, Board of Trustees of St. Paul's Hospital. Member: British Columbia Bar Association; Yukon Territory Bar Association; Canadian Bar Association (Former Member, Provincial Council, British Columbia Branch); Medical Legal Society of British Columbia (Executive Member; Past President). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Health Law; Insurance Law; Personal Injury. Email: Daniel A. Webster, Q.C. | | Richard Sarabando (Partner) admitted to bar, 1999, British Columbia. Education: Queen's University (B.A., Economics, Hons., 1994; LL.B., 1997). Languages: English and Portuguese. Email: Richard Sarabando | | Kimberly-Anne Kuntz (Partner) admitted to bar, 2000, British Columbia. Education: Queen's University (B.A., Hons., 1996; LL.B., 1999). Practice Areas: Tobacco Litigation; Health Care. Email: Kimberly-Anne Kuntz | | Pamela Jane Jefcoat (Partner) admitted to bar, 2001, British Columbia. Education: University of Victoria (B.A., 1995; Masters of Public Administration, 2001; LL.B., 2001). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate. Email: Pamela Jane Jefcoat | | Christian J. Petersen (Partner) admitted to bar, 2002, British Columbia. Education: University of Victoria (B.A., with distinction, 1998; LL.B., 2001). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation. Email: Christian J. Petersen | | William G. Gooderham (Partner) admitted to bar, 1969, British Columbia. Education: University of Manitoba and McGill University (B.A., 1965); University of Toronto (LL.B., 1968). Member: Terminal City Club of Vancouver (Honoury Member); Soong Ching Ling Children's Foundation of Canada (Director); Inter-Pacific Bar Association. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Finance; Technology. Email: William G. Gooderham | | John W. A. Bromley (Partner) born Sudbury, Ontario; admitted to bar, 1983, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1979); University of Toronto (LL.B., 1982). Former Chair, Maritime Law Section, Canadian Bar Association (B.C.). Former Executive Member, Association of Maritime Underwriters of British Columbia. Member: Canadian Maritime Law Association; Vancouver Maritime Arbitrators Association. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Transportation Law. | | Shelley A. Chapelski (Partner) born Edmonton, Alberta; admitted to bar, 1991, British Columbia. Education: University of Alberta (B.A., with distinction, 1986; LL.B., 1990). Former Executive Member, Association of Maritime Underwriters of British Columbia. Member: Canadian Bar Association (B.C.) (Former Chair, Maritime Law Section; Former Chair, International Law Section); Canadian Maritime Law Association (Director); Vancouver Maritime Arbitrators Association. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Transportation Law. | | Janet P. Grove (Partner) admitted to bar, 1992, British Columbia. Education: University of Victoria (B.Sc., Biochemistry, 1989; LL.B., 1992). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada; Canadian Bar Association; Licensing Executive Society. Practice Areas: Health Care; Business Law; Technology Law. Email: Janet P. Grove | | ASSOCIATES | | Katie H. Seymour (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, British Columbia. Education: University of Manitoba (B.A., with distinction, 2004); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 2007). Member: Canadian Bar Association; Law Society of British Columbia; Rotary International. Practice Areas: Energy and Infrastructure. | | Helen Yu (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Sc., Biopsychology, 1997); Queen's University (LL.B., 2001). Member: Kelowna and Canadian Bar Associations; British Columbia Technology Industries Association; Patent and Trademark Association of British Columbia; Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. Practice Areas: Business Law. | | Ryan Austin (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, British Columbia. Education: Queen's University (B.A., Hons, 2004); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 2007). Member: Canadian Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. | | John Gorton (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, British Columbia. Education: University of Alberta (B.Sc., with distinction, 2002); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 2007). Member: Canadian Bar Association; British Columbia Civil Liberties Association. Practice Areas: Engineering and Construction(100%). | | Erica Toews (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, British Columbia. Education: University of Toronto (LL.B., 2005). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. | | Susan Ben-Oliel (Associate) admitted to bar, 1994, British Columbia. Education: Queen's University (B.Sc. Honours, Life Sciences, 1986); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1993). Member: Canadian Bar Association; Law Society of British Columbia. Practice Areas: Business Law. | | Ann Behennah (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Alberta. (Not admitted in British Columbia). Education: University of Victoria (B.A., 1996); University of Alberta (LL.B., 2006). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Municipal Lawyers Section, Calgary Branch). Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Local Government. | | Michael Kleisinger (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., History and German, 2000; LL.B., 2005). Member: Vancouver and Canadian Bar Associations; Law Society of British Columbia. Practice Areas: Engineering and Construction. | | Eric Kerr (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, British Columbia. Education: University of Victoria (B.A., 1999); Dalhousie University (LL.B., 2004). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Canadian Bar Association (Member, Real Property Law Section, British Columbia Branch). Practice Areas: Real Estate. | | Kristy Sim (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 2001; LL.B., 2005). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Canadian Bar Association. Practice Areas: Labour and Employment. | | Adeline Kong (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Comm., Honours, 2002); University of Toronto (J.D., 2005). Member: Vancouver and Canadian Bar Associations; Law Society of British Columbia. | | Sanjukta Tole (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, British Columbia. Education: University of Toronto (B.Sc., Hon., with high distinction, 2004); Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.B., 2007); York University. Practice Areas: Business Law. | | Alexander Fane (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, British Columbia. Education: McGill University (B.A., 2000); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 2007). Practice Areas: Real Estate. | | Andrew Schafer (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 2004); Queen's University (LL.B., 2006). Practice Areas: Labour and Employment. | | Rina R. Maharaj (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Kenya; 2007, British Columbia. Education: University of Warwick, England (LL.B., Hons.,1996); London School of Economics and Political Science, England (LL.M., Merit, Banking and Finance Law, 1998). Called to the Bar, England, Gray's Inn, 1997. Member: Canadian Bar Association (Member, Banking Law Subsection, British Columbia Branch); Law Society of British Columbia; General Council of the Bar of England and Wales; Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, England; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Canada Branch; Law Society of Kenya; Institute of Certified Public Secretaries, Kenya. Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; Banking Law. | | Sarah M. Harbottle (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (LL.B., 2006). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Member, Health Law Section, British Columbia Branch); Law Society of British Columbia; UBC-Providence Health Care Research Ethics Board. Practice Areas: Health Care; Commercial Law; Corporate Law. | | Joseph A. Pagé (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, British Columbia. Education: University of Ottawa (Bachelor of Social Sciences, 1993); Grande Prairie Regional College, Alberta (Bachelor of Applied Forest Resource Management, 1999); University of Ottawa (LL.B., French Program, 2005). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Member, British Columbia Branch); Law Society of British Columbia; College of Alberta Professional Foresters (Syllabus Member). Practice Areas: Business Law. Email: Joseph A. Pagé | | Kieran P. Moore (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, British Columbia. Education: Concordia University (B.A., 2002); University of Victoria (LL.B., 2005). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Canadian Bar Association (Member, British Columbia Branch: Entertainment Law Subsection; Media Law Subsection; Communications Law Subsection; Computer Law Subsection; Intellectual Property Subsection; Civil Litigation Subsection). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Kieran P. Moore | | Jana K. McLean (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, British Columbia. Education: Queen's University (B.A.H., Political Studies, First Class, 1997); University of Victoria (LL.B., 2000); University of Cambridge (LL.M., International Law, First Class, 2005). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Member, Subsections on: Environmental; Natural Resources; International Law); Law Society of British Columbia. Practice Areas: Tobacco Litigation. Email: Jana K. McLean | | Emma A. McArthur (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, British Columbia. Education: University of Victoria (B.A., 2001); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 2004). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Member, British Columbia Branch); Law Society of British Columbia; Canadian Tax Foundation. Practice Areas: Tax Law; Trusts and Estates. Email: Emma A. McArthur | | Lance W. Bredeson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, British Columbia. Education: Simon Fraser University (B.A., First Class, Honours, 2000); University of Ottawa (LL.B., 2003); University of Toronto (LL.M., 2007). Member: Canadian Bar Association (Member, British Columbia Branch); Law Society of British Columbia. Practice Areas: Business Law. Email: Lance W. Bredeson | | Scott Riddell (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.C., 1994); Dalhousie (LL.B., 1997). Practice Areas: Tobacco Litigation; Health Care. Email: Scott Riddell | | James Duvall (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, British Columbia. Education: Simon Fraser University (B.A., 1996); Dalhousie University (LL.B., 2000). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Tobacco Litigation. Email: James Duvall | | Michael Clete Purcell (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1996; LL.B., 2000). Practice Areas: Litigation; Engineering and Construction; Admiralty and Maritime. Email: Michael Clete Purcell | | Jeremy T. Lovell (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1997); University of Victoria (LL.B., 2000). Member: Canadian Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Construction and Engineering. | | Robert V. Gunnarsson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, British Columbia. Education: University of Iceland (B.A., 1993); University of British Columbia (M.A., 1996); University of Victoria (LL.B., 2002). Email: Robert V. Gunnarsson | | Matthew Mulligan (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, British Columbia. Education: Queen's University (B.Sc., Honours, 1998); University of Victoria (LL.B., 2002). Member: Interpacific Bar Association. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Energy Law; Infrastructure; Construction and Engineering. Email: Matthew Mulligan | | Michael Welters (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, British Columbia. Education: Simon Fraser University (B.A., 1st Class Honours, 1999); University of Victoria (LL.B., 2003). Member: Canadian Tax Foundation; Cascadia Prosperity Forum. Practice Areas: Tax Law. Email: Michael Welters | | Ryan Dalziel (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 2000; LL.B., 2003). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Ryan Dalziel | | James H. Atherton (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (LL.B., 2003). Practice Areas: Securities. | | Susan Grabovac (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B. Comm., with honours, 2000; LL.B., 2004). Languages: Serbo-Croatian. Practice Areas: Corporate; Commercial. Email: Susan Grabovac | | Michael Posnikoff (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Nova Scotia; 2005, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (LL.B., 2001). Practice Areas: Business Law. | | Geoffrey Bowman (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia, (B.A., 1991; LL.B., 2004). Practice Areas: Construction Law; Architectural Law; Builders Liens; Construction Accidents; Construction and Design Law; Construction and Engineering; Construction Claims. | | Taryn Mackie (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, British Columbia. Education: University of Victoria (B.A., 2001; LL.B., 2005). | | Neil Davie (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Sc., 1997; LL.B., 2001). Practice Areas: Real Estate. | | Kate Misurka (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Ontario; 2006, British Columbia. Education: University of Manitoba (B.A. Advanced, 1998; LL.B., 2002). Practice Areas: Business Law. | | Holman Wang (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, British Columbia. Education: University of Toronto (B.Sc., 1994); University of British Columbia (B.Ed., 1995; M.A., 1998; LL.B., 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Litigation. | | Vince Aldridge (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, British Columbia. Education: (B.Sc, 1991; B.S.F., Resource Management, 1998); University of Victoria (LL.B., 2003). | | James Wishart (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, British Columbia. Education: McGill University (B.Sc., Chem., 1999); Trinity College Dublin (LL.B., 2004). | | Robin Longe (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Sc. 1996); University of Toronto (J.D., 2005). | | Sonia Sahota (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A.S., Civil, 1990; LL.B., 2005). Languages: Punjabi. | | Matthew Choi (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, British Columbia. Education: Simon Fraser University (B.A. Sc., 2001); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 2005). Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin. | | Mimi Chen (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (LL.B., 2001). Internship, U.N. Global Partnership Program, Institute for Leadership Development, 2002. Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Canadian Bar Association. Languages: English, French, Cantonese. Practice Areas: Corporate Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Mimi Chen | | Riley Burr (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, British Columbia. Education: Malaspina University-College (B.A., with distinction, 2003); University of Victoria (LL.B., 2007). Member: Canadian Tax Foundation; Canadian Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Business; Charities and Non-Profit Law; Wills & Trusts). Practice Areas: Tax and Trusts. | | Jason R. Kostyniuk (Associate) born Toronto, Ontario; admitted to bar, 1999, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., History, 1995; LL.B, 1998). Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law. | | Steven Dalton Dvorak (Associate) admitted to bar, 1991, Manitoba; 1994, British Columbia. Education: University of Manitoba (B.A., 1986; LL.B., 1989). Member: Manitoba and Canadian Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Finance. Email: Steven Dalton Dvorak | | ASSOCIATE COUNSEL | | William A. Esson (Associate Counsel) admitted to bar, 1958, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1953; LL.B., 1957). | | Michael J. Bird (Associate Counsel) admitted to bar, 1974, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1968); University of Chicago (M.B.A., 1970); Dalhousie University (LL.B., 1973). Chair, Host Committee, 38th International CMI Conference, Vancouver, 2004. Co-Chair, Fourth International Maritime Law Conference, Vancouver, 1994. Member: Canadian Maritime Law Association (President); Comiteé Maritime International (CMI) (Titulary Member; Canadian Bar Association (Past Chair, Maritime Law Section, British Columbia Branch); Vancouver Maritime Arbitrators' Association. Practice Areas: Admiralty Law; Maritime Law; Insurance Law; Civil Litigation. | | Alex A. Shorten (Associate Counsel) admitted to bar, 1973, British Columbia. Education: University of Saskatchewan (B.A., 1967; LL.B., 1972). Member: Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (Former Director); International Bar Association. Practice Areas: Manage Canadian Law Department; Corporate Commercial; Trade Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation. | | Barbara Janzen (Associate Counsel) admitted to bar, 1994, Alberta; 2006, British Columbia. Education: University of Calgary (LL.B., 1993). Practice Areas: Tax and Trusts. | All BULL, HOUSSER & TUPPER LLP Lawyers are members of the Law Society of British Columbia. |
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