Ridgway & Company is the oldest law firm in the Cowichan Valley, established in 1920 and located in Duncan, BC on southern Vancouver Island. The firm serves individuals, families, businesses, and organizations with estate planning and incapacity planning, estate administration and litigation, cohabitation and marriage agreements, separation and divorce, corporate and commercial law, and real estate and land title matters. It currently has six lawyers, led by Managing Partner Elizabeth Robinow.

Practice areas

Wills, Estates & Trusts Family Law Business & Corporate Law Real Estate Law

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Lawyers 6

Alix L. Reid Partner Family Law Allison A. Read Lawyer Wills, Estates & TrustsBusiness & Corporate Law Colleen M. Johel Partner Business & Corporate LawWills, Estates & Trusts Elizabeth Robinow Managing Partner Wills, Estates & TrustsFamily Law Elliot P. Rowe Partner Business & Corporate LawWills, Estates & Trusts R. Brian McDaniel Lawyer Civil Litigation & Dispute ResolutionBusiness & Corporate Law

This firm’s lawyers at a glance

Called to the bar
1975–2022 · median 32 years in practice 4 of 6 lawyers
Law schools
University of Victoria (3), Osgoode Hall Law School, University of New Brunswick 5 of 6 lawyers

Who handles what

Where to find them

200 - 44 Queens Road, Duncan, BC V9L 2W4 · 250-746-7121

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Listing compiled from the firm’s public website in July 2026. Verify licence status in the Law Society of British Columbia directory ↗