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| | Address | | Three Bentall Centre, 2900-595 Burrard Street, P.O. Box 49130 | | Vancouver, British Columbia V7X 1J5 | | (Vancouver Co.) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 604-688-0401 | | Telecopier: 604-688-2827 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.owenbird.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Owen Bird Law Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
Administrative Law, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Alternate Dispute Resolution, Appellate Practice, Bankruptcy, Banks and Banking, Business Law, Civil Law, Collections, Commercial Law, Communications and Media Law, Company Law, Computers and Software, Construction Law, Contracts, Copyright, Corporate Law, Debtor and Creditor, Elder Law, Entertainment and the Arts, Environmental Law, Finance, Guardianship and Conservatorship, Human and Civil Rights, Immigration, Insolvency, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Internet Law, Labor (Labour) and Employment Law, Leases and Leasing, Libel, Slander and Defamation, Litigation, Media Law, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Mortgages, Municipal Law, Native Populations, Negligence, Non-profit and Charitable Organizations, Probate, Real Estate, Regulatory Law, Resorts and Leisure, Securities, Sports, Taxation, Technology and Science, Trademarks, Transportation, Trusts and Estates, Wills, Zoning, Planning and Land Use. | | Year Established: 1969 | Firm Profile:
Owen Bird is a mid-size regional business law firm with established and respected clients. To meet their needs our services focus on corporate commercial law, financial services, real estate and construction, insurance litigation, media and communications, employment and labour (labor), arbitration and mediation, tax and wealth preservation.Other areas we excel in are technology, intellectual property, private care, municipal, immigration, maritime, securities, administrative and transportation law. We also have a continued success with matters involving resort development, including waterfront commercial development. To serve our clients' international needs, we are a member of Interlaw, an international association of law firms with member firms in major cities in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. | | Firm Size: 35 | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards
 Visa
MasterCard | | SHAREHOLDERS | | Walter S. Owen, Q.C. (1904-1981). | | John I. Bird, Q.C. (1917-2005). | | D. Barry Kirkham, Q.C. (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1968, Alberta; 1971, British Columbia. Education: University of Alberta (B.A., 1966; LL.B., with distinction, 1967). Member: American College of Trial Lawyers (Provincial Chair, 1998, 2000). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Arbitration. Email: D. Barry Kirkham, Q.C. | | Robin C. Macfarlane (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1971, British Columbia. Education: McGill University; Dalhousie University (B.Comm., 1967); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1970). Practice Areas: Banking Law; Taxation; Commercial Law; Corporation Law; Business Law. Email: Robin C. Macfarlane | | J. David Dunn (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1972, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Comm., 1969; LL.B., 1970). Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Development Law; Real Property Law. Email: J. David Dunn | | Douglas R. Johnson (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1973, Alberta; 1981, British Columbia. Education: University of Calgary (B.A., 1969); University of Alberta (LL.B., 1972); Osgoode Hall (LL.M., 1979). Practice Areas: Securities Law; Corporate; Commercial Law. Email: Douglas R. Johnson | | James D. Burns (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1979, British Columbia. Education: Simon Fraser University (B.A., Econ/Comm., 1977); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1978). Practice Areas: Tax; Wills; Trusts; Probate; Probate Administration. Email: James D. Burns | | Duncan J. Manson (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1980, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1972; LL.B., 1979). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Duncan J. Manson | | Alan A. Frydenlund (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1983, British Columbia;1992, Yukon Territory. Education: Simon Fraser University (B.A., 1978); Victoria University (LL.B., 1982). Practice Areas: Insolvency; Creditors Remedies; Banking Law; Entertainment Law; Sports Law. Email: Alan A. Frydenlund | | Allison R. Kuchta (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1984, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Sc., 1979; LL.B., 1983). Lecturer: "Overview of the Bank Act," The Advocate, January 1994; "Negotiable Instruments - Overview," Continuing Legal Education Society, 1993. Practice Areas: Banking and Lending Law; Communications Law; Corporate Finance. Email: Allison R. Kuchta | | Daniel W. Burnett (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1988, British Columbia. Education: University of Victoria (B.A., 1983; LL.B., 1986). Member, Advocates in Defence of Expression in Media (Ad Idem). Practice Areas: Media Law; Libel; Civil Litigation; Estate Litigation. Email: Daniel W. Burnett | | Harvey S. Delaney (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1988, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Comm., 1984); Dalhousie University (LL.B., 1987). Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Employment Insurance Law; Labour Litigation. Email: Harvey S. Delaney | | James L. Carpick (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1988, Ontario; 1991, British Columbia. Education: University of Manitoba (B.A. Hons., 1982); University of Toronto (LLB., 1986). Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Partnership Law; Shareholders Law; Commercial Real Estate; Real Estate Litigation. Email: James L. Carpick | | Christopher P. Weafer (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1989, British Columbia. Education: Simon Fraser University (B.A., 1985); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1988). Adjunct Professor, Media and Communications Law, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia. Practice Areas: Communications and Media; Regulatory Law; Administrative Law; Commercial Law. Email: Christopher P. Weafer | | Paul J. Brown (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1990, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Comm., 1989; LL.B., 1989). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Real Property Law. Email: Paul J. Brown | | Patrick J. Haberl (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1990, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1989). Special Agencies: Registered Trademark Agent. Practice Areas: Business; Technology; Corporate Reorganization; Commercial Transactions. Email: Patrick J. Haberl | | Gregory J. Tucker (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1991, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1986; LL.B., 1989). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Gregory J. Tucker | | Heather E. Maconachie (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1994, British Columbia. Education: Carleton University (B.J., Hons., 1989); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1993). Lecturer: "Public Finds Lawyers Difficult to Understand," The National, Canadian Bar Association April 1992; "The New British Columbia Election Act: Promoting a Fair Democracy or Stifling Debate?," The Advocate, March 1996; "Aboriginal Title: The Australian Experience," The Advocate, September 1998; "Aboriginal Title in Canada," The Interlawyer, January-March 1999. Languages: English, some French. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Media Law; Aboriginal Law. Email: Heather E. Maconachie | | Harley J. Harris (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1995, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1991); Dalhousie University (LL.B., 1994). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Law; Administrative Law; Transportation; Real Estate Litigation; Builders Liens; Administrative Hearings and Appeals; Administrative Litigation; Judicial Review; Professional Regulation; Public Law; Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Labor Law; Wrongful Dismissal; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Arbitration; Collections; Contract Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation. Email: Harley J. Harris | | Jonathan L. Williams (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 2001, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1985; LL.B., 2000). Practice Areas: Financial Services Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Jonathan L. Williams | | Susan E. Lloyd (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1984, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Comm., 1979; LL.B., 1984). Practice Areas: Real Estate Development; Media Law; Entertainment Law. Email: Susan E. Lloyd | | Michael F. Robson (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 2002, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1996; LL.B., 2001). Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Labor (Labour) and Employment; Civil Litigation; Expropriation; Construction Law. Email: Michael F. Robson | | ASSOCIATES | | Michael P. Vaughan (Associate) admitted to bar, 1990, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Arch., 1972); Manchester University, England (M.A., Urban Design, 1977); University of Victoria (LL.B., 1989). Member: Canadian Institute of Planners; Architectural Institute of British Columbia; Royal Architectural Institute of Canada; Royal Institute of British Architects. Practice Areas: Real Estate Development Law; Land Use; Municipal Law; Construction Law; Administrative Law. Email: Michael P. Vaughan | | Gary M. Yaffe (Associate) admitted to bar, 1993, Ontario; 1994, British Columbia. Education: McGill University (B.A., 1987); University of Toronto (LL.B., 1991). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Finance; Land Development. Email: Gary M. Yaffe | | Greg A. Fabbro (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1996); Dalhousie University (LL.B., 2000). Member: Canadian Bar Association; Law Society of British Columbia. Practice Areas: Real Estate Development; Commercial Law; Company Law. Email: Greg A. Fabbro | | James H. McBeath (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, British Columbia. Education: University of Hertfordshire (B. Eng., Aerospace, 1995); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 2002). Practice Areas: Corporate; Commercial Law; Intellectual Property; Real Estate. Email: James H. McBeath | | Paul A. Brackstone (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, British Columbia. Education: University of Victoria (B.Ed., 1999; LL.B., 2004). Member: Canadian Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Paul A. Brackstone | | Elizabeth A. Reid (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, British Columbia. Education: University of Victoria (B.Sc., Hons. with Distinction; B.F.A., with Distinction, 2000; LL.B., 2005). | | Scott Stephens (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, British Columbia. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Poli. Sci., with honors, 2002); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 2006). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Scott Stephens | | Ramneek S. Padda (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, British Columbia. Education: Queen's University (B.Sc., Hons., 2003); University of Victoria (LL.B., 2006). Languages: Punjabi and Hindi. Practice Areas: Labor (Labour) and Employment; Civil Litigation; Administrative Law. Email: Ramneek S. Padda | | Zachary Ansley (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 2000; LL.B., 2006). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Zachary Ansley | | Susan Gilchrist (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, British Columbia. Education: Faculté de Droit et d'Economie, Université de Savoie, Chambéry, France (Certificate de Droit Français, 2004); University of Glasgow (LL.B., Law with French, with honours, First Class, 2005); Queen's University (LL.B., 2007). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Law; Corporate Law; Estate Planning. | | ASSOCIATE COUNSEL | | William E. Ireland, Q.C. (Associate Counsel) admitted to bar, 1959, Manitoba; 1970, British Columbia. Education: University of Manitoba (B.A., 1955); Manitoba Law School (LL.B., 1959). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Real Estate Development; Finance. Email: William E. Ireland, Q.C. | | Carl J. Pines (Associate Counsel) born Montreal, Quebec, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, British Columbia. Education: McGill University (B.Sc., 1967); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1971). Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; First Nations Law. Email: Carl J. Pines | | R. Keith Thompson (Associate Counsel) admitted to bar, 1975, British Columbia. Education: University of Victoria (B.A., 1969); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1974). Practice Areas: Commercial Finance; Real Estate Development; Hotel and Resort Development. Email: R. Keith Thompson | All lawyers are members of the Canadian Bar Association and the British Columbia Bar Association. |
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