Bernard LLP

Bernard LLP is a Vancouver-based law firm founded in 2002 with a unique focus on specific industries, including shipping, health care and insurance. The firm provides emergency response, regulatory compliance, claims handling, litigation, and corporate and commercial support across admiralty and maritime, insurance, business, environmental, employment, health, occupational health and safety, personal injury, infrastructure and construction, and family law. Its lawyers are active in organizations such as the Canadian Maritime Law Association and the Chamber of Shipping of British Columbia.

Practice areas

Insurance Law Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution Business & Corporate Law Administrative & Regulatory Law Employment & Labour Law Health Law Personal Injury Construction Law Family Law

Good to know

Wheelchair accessibleBy appointment

Lawyers 13

This firm’s lawyers at a glance

Called to the bar

1982–2023 · median 13 years in practice 12 of 13 lawyers

Law schools

University of British Columbia (3), Thompson Rivers University (2), University of Victoria (2), Dalhousie University, University of British Columbia, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of Saskatchewan and 1 more 11 of 13 lawyers

Languages on the roster

Dari, French, German, Japanese, Punjabi, Urdu

Who handles what

• Business & Corporate Law
  Alexandra King, Areej Fatima, Baljinder Bains, Jason Hicks, Julie Gaydar, Robert Galletti
• Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  Brogan G. Pastro, Buck Hughes, David S. Jarrett, Thomas S. Hawkins, Tom F. Beasley, Wana Wafa
• Health Law
  Baljinder Bains, Julie Gaydar, Peter Swanson, Tom F. Beasley, Wana Wafa
• Personal Injury
  Buck Hughes, David S. Jarrett, Thomas S. Hawkins, Wana Wafa
• Construction Law
  Jason Hicks, Julie Gaydar, Robert Galletti
• Employment & Labour Law
  Brogan G. Pastro, Tom F. Beasley
• Family Law
  Brogan G. Pastro, Wana Wafa
• Insurance Law
  David S. Jarrett, Thomas S. Hawkins
• Administrative & Regulatory Law
  Buck Hughes