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Aria Laskin is a partner at JFK Law LLP in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her practice includes Aboriginal Law / Indigenous Practice , Administrative and Public Law, constitutional law, and litigation involving Indigenous jurisdiction. Aria has appeared before all levels of court in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Nunavut, as well as the Federal Court, the Supreme Court of Canada, administrative forums, and arbitral panels. She advises and represents clients in matters involving Indigen...

In his immigration practice, Darren works with both businesses and individuals to facilitate the entry of people into Canada as temporary and permanent residents. He also assists clients who are already in Canada with permanent residence applications, citizenship applications, and the renewal of their temporary status as workers, students, or visitors. His background in corporate and commercial law helps Darren to understand and anticipate his clients’ business needs when formulating an...

Amanda provides advice in the areas of wealth management, estate planning, charity, and not-for-profit law. She advises clients on wills, trusts, powers of attorney, family business succession planning, and corporate re-organizations. Amanda also advises on the establishment, tax compliance, governance, and regulation of charities and not-for- profit organizations. She also assists financial institutions with issues pertaining to administering estate assets, registered and non-registered acco...

Ben is a business lawyer with over 20 years’ experience representing clients on M&A, private equity, angel and venture capital transactions, and a host of other business law matters. Ben is also an active investor, and is currently Chair of two tech-based companies and a Co-Chair of Tiger 21 (North America’s preeminent peer learning group for successful, active entrepreneurs who are stewarding personal wealth of $10MM and greater ( www.tiger21.com )). Clients include business ...

Brent Olthuis is an experienced litigator with a broad practice. He represents individual and corporate clients in civil and commercial matters and also regularly acts for regulated professions and their member professionals, as well as for other public bodies. He has acted as external counsel to the Auditor General of Canada in respect of the 2015 audit of the Senate and for the Attorney General of British Columbia in constitutional proceedings. He presently acts for the City of Richmond in ...

Marino Sveinson has practiced exclusively in the area of workplace law throughout his career. Marino strives to provide strategic result-oriented advice and representation to employers for all aspects of workplace law in unionized and non-union environments in both the provincial and federal sectors. Marino represents employers on human rights matters, wrongful dismissal matters, labour relations issues, collective agreement grievances, employment contract drafting and interpretation, privacy...

Peter is a senior litigator with more than 30 years of experience representing clients in complex civil and commercial disputes. His practice spans a wide range of matters, including fraud-related claims, professional negligence, product liability, insurance defence and coverage, defamation, and real property disputes. He also advises on banking and insolvency litigation, estate litigation and administration, and corporate and commercial conflicts. He has appeared before all levels of court i...

Clive Boulton is a Partner in the Insurance and Commercial and Business Litigation Practice Groups at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP. Clive has been practicing law since 1979, first at the Provincial Crown Counsel’s office in Vancouver to gain trial experience after finishing his articles. For two years he did exclusively trial work in Provincial and Supreme Court and spent six months doing jury trials. In 1981 Mr. Boulton entered private practice and has practiced in a variety o...

Laesha J. Smith is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative and Public Law and Appellate Practice. Laesha, who practices law in Vancouver, British Columbia, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Laesha is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Peter chairs Lawson Lundell's Real Estate Group. His clients include pension funds, utility, mining and pipeline companies and private entities to whom he provides advice on a variety of real estate and corporate structuring matters for all types of projects. He also negotiates a significant volume of retail, office and industrial leases for landlords and tenants.