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Who’s Moving Where and When

Ashley Dalla Zanna

joined Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP as an associate after summering and articling with the firm. Ashley maintains a broad litigation practice focusing on commercial and workplace disputes.

Alegria Indio

joined Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP as an associate after summering and articling with the firm, where she maintains a construction litigation practice.

Sharla Johnson

joined Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP as an associate after articling with the firm. Sharla maintains a broad litigation practice in numerous practice areas.

Adam Rose

joined Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP as an associate after summering and articling at the firm, where he focuses on resolving challenging disputes for large-scale construction projects.

Cen Yang

joined Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP as an associate after summering and articling at the firm. Cen maintains a broad litigation practice in various practice areas.

Robin Dean

joined Clark Wilson’s Indigenous Law group. Robin has particular expertise in Indigenous rights, title and governance issues, judicial reviews of government action, and dispute resolution.

Hailey Laycraft

has moved her Real Estate and Corporate Commercial practice to Synergy Business Lawyers LLP.

The Honourable Richard B.T. Goepel, KC

returns as senior counsel to Watson Goepel following his retirement from the BC Court of Appeal. He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the firm after serving on the Bench for over 20 years.

Todd Bell

joined Farris as a partner. Todd Bell is a highly skilled family law litigator and trial lawyer with wide-ranging courtroom experience spanning all levels of court in British Columbia.

Wally Braul

an energy, Indigenous law and environmental lawyer joined DLA Piper (Canada) LLP as senior counsel in their Litigation, Arbitration, and Investigations group.

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Harninder Dhillon

joined Legacy Tax + Trust Lawyers’ Tax Litigation practice group. She will assist clients on audits conducted by the CRA and clients who are disputing income tax and GST assessments.

Jessica H. Chung

joined Lawson Lundell as an associate in their Real Estate group. Jessica was called to the British Columbia Bar in 2020.

Blair Hobkirk

joined Lawson Lundell as an associate in their Corporate Commercial group. Blair was called to the British Columbia Bar in 2021.

Liyan Wu

joined Lawson Lundell as an associate in their Asia Pacific group. Liyan was called to the British Columbia Bar in 2018.

Kevin Chen

joined Lawson Lundell as a Land Owner Transparency Act Coordinator in their Real Estate group. Kevin was called to the British Columbia Bar in 2022.

Virginia Richards

joined Clark Wilson’s Family Law group where she will advise clients on a range of matters, including marriage, separation and divorce agreements, as well as the division of property and business interests.

Nicole Iaci

joined Mandell Pinder LLP as an associate. Nicole advises Indigenous governments on the resolution of historical claims and the negotiation of agreements between Indigenous and Crown governments.

Betty Nguyen

joined Mandell Pinder LLP as an associate. Betty advises Indigenous governments and their businesses on land transactions, commercial transactions of all types, policy and law development, and governance issues.

Mahir Mohamed

joined Mandell Pinder LLP as an associate. Mahir advises Indigenous governments and their businesses on commercial and land transactions and supports clients in treaty negotiations.

Mario Checchia

joined Branch MacMaster LLP as a litigation associate. His practice is focused on litigation, class actions, insurance coverage, subrogation, and defence.

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