Nicole Garton

As the principal of Heritage Law, Nicole Garton, TEP is a lawyer, mediator and parenting coordinator practicing in the areas of wills and estates and family law. As President of Heritage Trust, Nicole leads a regulated financial institution offering executor, trustee, power of attorney, escrow and multi-family office services on behalf of BC resident clients.

Nicole is the Past Chair of the Canadian Bar Association Wills and Trusts Subsection (Vancouver). Nicole is a member the Society of Estate and Trust Practitioners (STEP), the Estate Planning Council of BC, the BC Collaborative Roster Society, the Civil and Family Rosters of Mediate BC and the BC Parenting Coordinator Roster Society. Nicole is a Chartered Mediator and certified by Family Mediation Canada as a Comprehensive Family Mediator. Nicole is a certified Family Enterprise Advisor.

Nicole received a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of British Columbia and was called to the Bar of British Columbia in 2001. Nicole obtained a Master of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School in Dispute Resolution in 2019, with a focus on dispute prevention and management for family businesses. Nicole co-founded and co-leads the MotherBoard Society and the North Shore Pro Bono Society.