Arnon A. Dachner

Suzanne has a general corporate and commercial practice with a very wide range of experience. She provides ongoing legal advice to mainly private sector clients of all sizes in a broad variety of industries, including hospitality, pulp and paper, forestry, mining, construction materials, real estate, health professions and retail. She regularly drafts, reviews and advises on commercial contracts relating to all types of business matters and operations. These include agreements for supply and ...

Dean is a leading authority in Canada on employee competition litigation and strategy. He has litigated disputes in this area in every province from British Columbia to Ontario, as well as cross-border Canada-US disputes. Appointed King’s Counsel in 2014, his practice ranges from wrongful dismissal and employee competition litigation to labour relations and human rights. He frequently appears in court and before administrative tribunals and conducts an active mediation practice. Clients...

Murray Braaten is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Real Estate Law. Murray practices law in Vancouver, British Columbia Best Lawyers has recognized Murray Braaten since 2020. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Murray Braaten is held by other lawyers.

Ted Sutcliffe received his B.A. and LL.B degrees from the University of Manitoba. He was called to the bars of Ontario and British Columbia in 1995 and the bar of Manitoba in 2004. Ted is a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation and the tax subsection of the BC Bar Association. He has lectured and published on a variety of tax topics. Ted’s practice is focused on corporate and personal tax planning, estate planning and representation of taxpayers in disputes with Canada Revenue Agency.

Andrea Akelaitis advises and represents clients on a broad range of environmental law, regulatory and commercial litigation matters in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is a partner at Farris LLP and was a founding partner of Letcher Akelaitis LLP. Andrea has appeared before all levels of court in British Columbia and is also called to the bar in Alberta. Her practice includes contaminated sites litigation, environmental compliance, permitting, environmental assessments, environmental prosecut...

Karey Brooks, K.C. , is a litigation lawyer in Vancouver, British Columbia, with JFK Law LLP . Her practice includes Aboriginal Law / Indigenous Practice , constitutional law, Aboriginal and Treaty rights, class actions, judicial review, and First Nation governance. Karey has acted as lead counsel, appellate counsel, and counsel for interveners in more than 50 reported decisions, including cases before the Supreme Court of Canada. She is a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers ...

Jean is a Shareholder practicing primarily in the area of Indigenous Law, with a special emphasis on First Nations economic development. She is ranked as a leading Canadian Indigenous Law lawyer by LEXPERT and has extensive experience in advising on land issues and development projects in respect of reserve land. She has assisted both First Nations and developers in structuring partnerships and other business arrangements to pursue commercial and residential developments on reserve land, and ...

Stacey Silber is a Family Law lawyer with Farris LLP in Vancouver, British Columbia. She advises clients on a wide range of family law matters, including parenting arrangements, parenting disputes, division of property, child support, spousal support, and divorce. Stacey also assists clients with cohabitation agreements, marriage agreements, and separation agreements, and represents clients in mediation, arbitration, negotiations, and court proceedings. Stacey earned her Bachelor of Commerce ...

Paul C. Wilson is Chair of the firm’s Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources group. His practice focuses on energy, infrastructure, transportation and natural resources projects, with an emphasis on environmental and Indigenous matters. Paul negotiates project contracts, concession agreements and deals with environmental assessments and permitting for major infrastructure, port infrastructure, energy and mining projects. Paul is also recognized for his experience related to project...

Mr. Clemens has practised as counsel in the field of civil litigation and administrative law since being called to the Bar in British Columbia in 1976. His practice has included appearances in all of the Superior Courts of British Columbia and the Supreme Court of Canada and before arbitration panels involving shareholders and partnership disputes, professional negligence claims, real estate, employment, securities, banking, insurance and maritime litigation. Mr. Clemens is experienced in adm...