Farris LLP

Farris LLP is a full-service law firm founded in 1903, with offices in Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, and Surrey, British Columbia. The firm advises on more than 50 practice areas and industries, including corporate and commercial law, litigation, real estate, and tax, and says most of its partners are independently ranked among the best in their fields. Farris has been recognized as one of Canada's Best Law Firms by The Globe and Mail for several consecutive years and as Western Canada Law Firm of the Year by Lexpert.

Practice areas

Administrative & Regulatory Law Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution Business & Corporate Law Class Actions Construction Law Wills, Estates & Trusts Family Law Indigenous Law Employment & Labour Law Technology & Startups Bankruptcy & Insolvency Intellectual Property Insurance Law Personal Injury Real Estate Law Tax Law

Good to know

Wheelchair accessibleLGBTQ+ friendly

Lawyers 101

This firm’s lawyers at a glance

Called to the bar

1966–2026 · median 14 years in practice 100 of 101 lawyers

Law schools

University of British Columbia (42), University of Victoria (10), University of Toronto (7), Thompson Rivers University (6), Queen's University (4), McGill University (3) and 24 more 101 of 101 lawyers

Languages on the roster

Cantonese, English, French, Mandarin, Punjabi, Spanish

Who handles what

• Business & Corporate Law
  Albert J. Hudec, Amy Blandford, Arshia Aboonabi, B. Sunny Aujla, B.R. Brian Canfield, Ben Kaardal, Bo Rothstein, Brendan J. Piovesan, Cassandra Enns, Daniel Everall, David J. Selley, Dean A. O'Leary, Denise C. Nawata, Doris Wang, Duncan J. Reid, Forrest Finn, Ian Meikle, Isabel L. Romeral, James P. Hatton, Jamie R. Matthews, Jay Sujir, Jeffrey A. Hart, Jenifer A. Chilcott, John A. Doolan, Kirsten Kjellander, Kristil Hammer, Kurtis Harms, Ludmila B. Herbst, Lyndsay Schooley, Maria K. McKenzie, Mark W. Chu, Megan Wood, Michael Gianacopoulos, Michael Rawluk, Mitchell H. Gropper, Mohnaam K. Shergill, Nick Allen, Peter M. Roth, R. Hector Mackay-Dunn, Robert Veitch, Ronald G. Murray, Ryan McCracken, Sean Galloway, Thomas D. Ciz, Vanessa Locke, Zachary Kay
• Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  Allison Render, Andrea C. Akelaitis, Ben Sedrish, Chad Bush, Cindy Chai, Daxton Boere, Erica C. Miller, Forrest Finn, Jacob N. Harrigan, Jason K. Yamashita, Jeffrey Jay Kay, Jonah Brook, Kevin Smith, Ludmila B. Herbst, Mallory Wyant, Matthew W. Pierce, Megan Walwyn, Michael Gianacopoulos, Mike Wagner, Mohnaam K. Shergill, Nathan Illsley, Nav Shukla, Nicholas T. Hooge, Nicholas Vaartnou, Pamela Sheppard, Rachael Breeze, Rebecca Morse, Robert J. McDonell, Robert S. Anderson, Sandy Lun, Sara Finnegan, Thomas Rodgers, Tim Louman-Gardiner, Wayne N. Fernandes, Yasmin D'Costa, Yun Li-Reilly
• Wills, Estates & Trusts
  Andrea E. Frisby, Daxton Boere, Erica C. Miller, Isabel L. Romeral, Jacob N. Harrigan, Kevin Smith, Krista Vaartnou, Kristil Hammer, Mallory Wyant, Megan Walwyn, Michael Gianacopoulos, Rachael Breeze, Rebecca Morse, Roselie Villareal, Sara Finnegan, Sarah B. Jenkins, Stephanie J. Daniels, Tim Louman-Gardiner
• Real Estate Law
  Amy Blandford, B. Sunny Aujla, Brendan J. Piovesan, Cassandra Enns, David Adams, Emma Grolla, Jamie R. Matthews, John A. Doolan, Kristil Hammer, Maria K. McKenzie, Mitchell H. Gropper, Peter M. Roth, Ryan McCracken, Sarah B. Jenkins, Vanessa Locke, Zachary Kay
• Administrative & Regulatory Law
  Allison Render, Andrea C. Akelaitis, Erica C. Miller, Jason K. Yamashita, Kevin Smith, Maria K. McKenzie, Megan Walwyn, Milica Palinic, Nicholas T. Hooge, Nicholas Vaartnou, Rachael Breeze, Robert J. McDonell, Robert S. Anderson, Ronald A. Chin, Sandy Lun
• Family Law
  Betty L. Gabriel, Catrina Chisholm, Jeffrey Jay Kay, Mallory Wyant, Meghan C. Sahlstrom, Nikki L. Charlton, Pamela Sheppard, Stacey Silber, Todd R. Bell, Wayne N. Fernandes, Yasmin D'Costa, Yun Li-Reilly
• Tax Law
  Cindy Chai, Dorothy Ying Zhou, Jeff Glasner, Kirsten Kjellander, Mark W. Chu, Michelle Moriartey, Samantha Mason, Stephanie J. Daniels, Thomas D. Ciz
• Class Actions
  Ludmila B. Herbst, Mike Wagner, Mohnaam K. Shergill, Nathan Illsley, Nicholas T. Hooge, Robert S. Anderson
• Employment & Labour Law
  Alexander D. Mitchell, Allison Render, Danielle Temple, Marylee A. Davies, Michael H. Korbin, Milica Palinic
• Indigenous Law
  Albert J. Hudec, Andrea C. Akelaitis, Duncan J. Reid, Emma Grolla, John A. Doolan, Megan Wood
• Bankruptcy & Insolvency
  Daxton Boere, Nav Shukla, Rebecca Morse, Sandy Lun, Tim Louman-Gardiner
• Construction Law
  Erica C. Miller, Rebecca Morse, Thomas Rodgers, Tim Louman-Gardiner
• Technology & Startups
  James P. Hatton, Jenifer A. Chilcott, Ronald A. Chin
• Intellectual Property
  James P. Hatton, Jenifer A. Chilcott
• Insurance Law
  Thomas Rodgers
• Personal Injury
  Michael Gianacopoulos

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