Bruno De Vita KC

Bruno De Vita KC


Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP

Recognized since 2006

Vancouver, British Columbia

Practice Areas

Insurance Law

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Bruno De Vita, K.C. is a member of the firm’s litigation practice and the former Managing Partner of the firm. He practices in the area of civil litigation with an emphasis on insurance law, governmental liability, class action and personal injury litigation. His clients include major insurance companies, self-insured corporations, local governments, religious institutions and athletic associations.

Mr. De Vita’s practice involves the handling of complex insurance coverage cases, and the prosecution and defence of large property damage and business interruption claims. He regularly acts for underwriters on large property and liability coverage issues and has successfully defended insurers in disputes involving policy interpretation, bad faith, arson and fraud. He is also regularly involved in defending catastrophic injury claims. Bruno has also acted for professionals, including lawyers, real estate agents, insurance brokers and psychologists in both liability and disciplinary matters. He has acted as defence counsel in a number of civil cases dealing with allegations of sexual abuse and vicarious liability for sexual abuse.

In 2016, Mr. De Vita was appointed Deputy Chair of the Investigatory Chamber of the Independent FIFA Ethics Committee.

In 2015, Mr. De Vita was appointed as an arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he is a member of the general panel and the football panel.

In 2014, Mr. De Vita was awarded “Insurance Lawyer of the Year” by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association.

Contact & Links
Location
  • TD Tower, 2700 – 700 West Georgia Street
    Vancouver, BC V7Y 1B8
    Canada
Languages
  • English
Education
  • University of Calgary, LL.B., graduated 1983
  • University of British Columbia, B.A., graduated 1980
Bar Admissions
  • British Columbia, 1984
Affiliations
  • Archdiocesan Synod - Member, (2002 – 2003)
  • Canadian Bar Association, Insurance, Class Action, Civil Litigation and Municipal subsections - Member
  • Canadian Defence Lawyers - Member
  • Canadian Institute Insurance Law and Litigation Journal - Editorial Board and Member, (2016 – Present)
  • Catholic Family Services - Director, President and Chair, (1996 – 2005)
  • Corpus Christi / St. Mark’s College, Director and Chair of the Governance Committee - (2009 – Present), Chair (2019 – Present)
  • Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), appointed by the International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) - Arbitrator, (2015 – 2018)
  • Investigatory Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee - Deputy Chair, (2016 – Present)
  • Law Society of British Columbia - Member
  • Law Society of British Columbia Ethics Committee - Member (2018)
  • Professional Legal Training Course - Guest Instructor
  • The Office of Marriage and Family Formation – Archdiocese of Vancouver - Former Instructor
  • Vancouver Bar Association - Executive Member, (1991 – 1993)
  • Vancouver College - Honorary Alumnus
  • Vancouver College - Chair (Legal and Insurance Committee), and Director, (1997 – 2005)
  • Vancouver College Limited - Trustee, (2005 – Present)
  • Vancouver Regional Marriage Tribunal - Former Lay Auditor

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2024 for work in:
  • Insurance Law
Awards:
  • 2006 – 2023 Best Lawyers® in Canada Insurance Law
  • 2000 – 2022 Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory consistently recommended in the area of Litigation – Commercial Insurance
  • 2016 Appointed Queen’s Counsel
  • 2017 – 2022 Benchmark Canada Litigation Star, Class Action and Insurance Law
  • 2018 Lexpert® Special Edition on Canada’s Leading Litigation Lawyers

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