Powell & Gray LLP

About Powell & Gray LLP

Powell & Gray LLP is a law firm based in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood, practicing in the Lower Mainland since 1965, more than 55 years. The firm has two partners. Wayne Powell studied at the University of British Columbia, was called to the bar in 1969, and became a partner in 1973 after articling at the firm. Powell's work began in family litigation and grew to include real estate, wills and estates, and corporate and commercial matters. D. Stuart Gray earned a law degree from the University of Victoria, was called to the BC bar in 1990, and joined the firm in 1994 after practicing as a trial lawyer in Victoria, becoming a partner in 1997.

Gray now serves as senior counsel in insurance defence, construction disputes, and commercial litigation, and belongs to the Canadian Bar Association, the BC Branch, and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, plus a non-practising membership in the Washington State Bar. The firm's practice spans business law, real estate, commercial leasing and lending, wills and estates, foreclosures, personal injury and insurance defence, workers' compensation in BC and Alberta, and immigration appeals. Powell has also written a guide to divorce procedure in British Columbia for Self-Counsel Press that has reached a 20th edition.