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Victoria Office
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 David W. Johns
BA - UVic 1968; LLB - UBC 1972; Called to the British Columbia Bar 1973. Mr. Johns' preferred areas of practice are Wills, Estates and Trusts, Corporate and Commercial Law and Real Estate. He is a Member of the Board of Governors of Camosun College and a Director and Secretary of the Pacific Sport Institute Society. David is a member and Past President (1988-89) of the Kiwanis Club of Victoria, and was a Director of the Kiwanis Village Society (President 1994-1996) and of the Kiwanis Villa Society (Vice-President). He is a director of the Vandekerkhove Family Foundation. He was a Director of the Royal and McPherson Theatres Society (Treasurer 1999-2000 and Chairman of the Board 2000-2002). He is a past Director of Silver Threads Service (a United Way Agency).
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 William R. Southward
BComm - U of A 1968; LLB - UNB 1972; Called to the British Columbia Bar 1973. Mr. Southward's preferred areas of practice are civil litigation, concentrating on employment law, estate litigation and creditor/debtor remedies including foreclosure law. He was past Chairman of the Board of St. Andrew’s Regional High School, a past Director of Glendale Lodge Society and a past Director of Victoria Racquet Club Minor Hockey Association. Mr. Southward is a qualified mediator. Bill is also fluent in French for bilingual legal service.
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 Robert D. Glazier
BA and LLB - Univ. of Sask 1973; Called to the British Columbia Bar 1974. Mr. Glazier's preferred area of practice is real estate law including Indian lands. He is former Chairman of the Board of Directors for Pacific Coast Savings Credit Union. He is a former Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce and Honourary Colonel to the Canadian Forces, 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron, former Member of the Board of Governors, the Commissionaires.
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 George D. Walton
BA - UVic 1974; LLB - UVIC 1978; Called to the British Columbia Bar 1979. Mr. Walton's preferred area of practice is corporate and commercial law, including, software licencing, manufacturing and distribution. He is a past Director of the Vancouver Island Better Business Bureau, the Vancouver Island Golf Society, the University of Victoria Foundation and a past Director of the Allen and Loreen Vandekerkhove Foundation.
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 Richard S. Margetts, Q.C.
BA (Hons) Monash Univ. (Melbourne, Australia) 1976; LLB - UBC 1979; Called to the British Columbia Bar 1981. Mr. Margetts' preferred area of practice is general civil litigation. He is a Life Bencher and past President of the Law Society of British Columbia. Mr Margetts has chaired and sat on many Law Society Committees, including Executive, Discipline, Credentials and Practice Standards. Mr. Margetts is the Past President of CanLII and the Past Chair of the British Columbia Justice Review Task Force. Outside the law, Mr. Margetts is a past Secretary of the YM/YWCA (Victoria) and a past Director of the Vancouver Island Road Relay. He annually sits on the Civil Justice Working Group of the Attorney General’s office.
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 Christopher P. Kehler (1949-2009)
LLB - UVic 1979; Called to the British Columbia Bar 1980. Mr. Kehler's preferred areas of practice were family law and family law mediation. He was past President of Boy Scouts of Canada (Greater Victoria Region) and of Victoria Optimists Club. He was a Former Member of the Mt. Washington Ski Patrol and a past Member of the Board of Directors for the Child Sexual Abuse Society. He was a member of the Victoria Gyro Club and the Greater Victoria Police Chorus.
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 James C.M. Main
BA - UVic 1973; LLB - UBC 1976; Called to the British Columbia Bar 1977. Mr. Main’s preferred areas of practice is general civil litigation, including construction disputes, commercial and real estate litigation, and negligence claims. He also has experience in the law of defamation, trusts and estate claims. He has been a sessional instructor at the Victoria Law School. Mr. Main has participated in numerous mediations and arbitrations and has lectured on these subjects. Mr. Main is a Past President and Director of the Victoria Jazz Society.
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 Deborah L. Anderson
B.Ed - U of C 1987; LLB - U of A 1994; Called to the Alberta Bar 1995; Called to the British Columbia Bar 1999. Ms. Anderson's preferred area of practice is family law litigation. She practiced law in Calgary, Alberta for four years before relocating to Victoria and brings with her a broad range of experience at all levels of court. She also has experience with commercial arbitrations and mediation.
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 Peter R. Lawless
BA - UVic 1997, DPSM - UVic 1998, LLB - UBC 2001; MA – RMC 2008; Called to the British Columbia Bar 2002. Mr. Lawless' preferred areas of practice are general civil litigation and sports/recreation law. In addition to being a lawyer he is a graduate of the National Coaching Institute in Victoria with a diploma in High Performance Coaching and is a Chartered Professional Coach. Peter has represented coaches and athletes and sports organizations in selection disputes, harassment claims and with CCES. Peter also conducts anti-doping matters for CCES before the Doping Tribunal and has appeared before the International Court of Arbitration for Sport. Peter currently coaches several elite athletes including World Championships and Paralympic Games medalists. Peter also holds a reserve commission in the Canadian Forces as a Lieutenant (Navy). Peter is a member of the Sports Lawyers Association, the Trial Lawyers Association of BC and is the Treasurer of the Canadian Bar Association Civil Litigation Section (Vancouver Island). Peter also sits on the Board of Directors of the Coaches Association of BC and of Coaches of Canada (the national professional coaches association).
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 Nan K.P. Aulakh
BA - Carleton University 1991; LLB - UVic 1999; Called to the British Columbia Bar 2000. Ms. Aulakh's preferred areas of practice are corporate and commercial law, wills and estates and real estate law. In addition to her solicitor's practice, Nan has years of litigation experience including federal crown prosecutions, mediation and general civil litigation. Nan regularly authors and presents seminars to clients on a variety of subjects. She is a past board member of the Victoria Women's Transition House Society and has participated as a director or member in various organizations such as East Kootenay Community Futures, Cranbrook Women's Resource Society and Vancouver Island Cooperative Preschool Association. Ms. Aulakh was also the founding member of a multicultural resource organization for women in the East Kootenays. Nan is fluent in Punjabi and Hindi.
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 Maureen Abraham
LLB - UBC 2006; Called to the British Columbia Bar 2008. Ms. Abraham articled with Johns Southward and subsequent to her call to the Bar in January 2008 she joined the litigation department where she is developing a general civil litigation practice. Maureen is a past Member of the Board of Trustees, Student Nurses for Clean Drinks Society, and was a volunteer for the Centre for Feminist Legal Studies (UBC), co-editor of The Legal Eye (UBC Law student-run newspaper). Outside of law, she is interested in graphic design, communications, and disability and feminist issues.
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 Craig Young
BA - Wilfrid Laurier 1999; LLB - UVic 2006; Called to the British Columbia Bar 2007. Craig is developing his practice in corporate commercial law, real estate law and estate planning. Craig was a member of the International Law Club, Faculty of Law Moot Team and President of the University of Victoria Law Student's Society Golf Club. Currently, Craig is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, Law Society of BC, the Victoria Bar Association and is Treasurer of the CBA Wills & Trusts Victoria Subsection.
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 Melanie Duggan
BA English - Southern Adventist Univ. 1997; J.D. Vanderbilt Univ. 2000; Called to the California Bar in 2001; Called to the British Columbia Bar in 2008. Ms. Duggan’s preferred areas of practice are family law and family law litigation. Ms. Duggan grew up in BC but moved to the US to complete her undergraduate and law degrees. During law school she was a member of the Moot Court Board and Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity. She then practiced law in California for nearly three years before returning permanently to BC. She articled with Johns Southward and subsequently joined the firm’s family law department. Ms. Duggan is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and the Victoria Bar Association.
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Langford Office
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 Robert W. Carfra
BA - UNB 1970, LLB - UNB 1972, Called to the Bar in New Brunswick in 1972, in British Columbia in 1979 and in Alberta in 1985. Mr. Carfra’s preferred areas of practice are personal injury and disability insurance claims. Mr. Carfra is a former law lecturer at the University of New Brunswick as well as at the Faculty of Extension at the University of Alberta. Mr. Carfra has over 36 years of trial experience at several different levels of court but is also a strong advocate of the mediated approach to out-of-court settlements. Currently, Mr. Carfra is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia, the Canadian Bar Association and the British Columbia Trial Lawyers Association.
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 Shaun Eden
BA – University of Alberta 2000; LLB – University of Alberta 2005; called to the Alberta Bar 2006; called to the British Columbia Bar 2008. Shaun’s preferred areas of practice include Corporate Commercial Law, Real Estate and Wills and Estates. Shaun was a member of the Kawaskimhon Aboriginal Moot team and represented the University of Alberta at the Northwest Regional Client Counseling Competition. Shaun and his family recently moved to the West Shore and look forward to getting involved with the community. Shaun is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Victoria Bar Association, the Law Society of British Columbia and the Law Society of Alberta.
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Duncan Office
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 Michael H. Genge
BA - Simon Fraser University 1985; LLB - UVic 1990; Called to the British Columbia Bar 1991. Mr. Genge is a full-time resident lawyer in our Duncan office. His preferred areas of practice are real estate law, corporate and commercial law, and wills and estates. He was a past director and treasurer of the Ladysmith Employment Assistance Society and is a current director of the Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce.
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 Linda M.A. Slang
BA - Simon Fraser University 1987; LLB - UVic 1993; Called to the British Columbia Bar 1995. Ms. Slang’s preferred areas of practice are family law, corporate and commercial law, real estate, and wills and estates. She was a past President, Secretary and Director of the Cowichan Pre-School Association, a past Secretary and Director of the Ladysmith, Chemainus and Duncan Boys & Girls Club, and a past Vice-President of the Duncan Elementary PAC.
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