Lawyers and Staff
The lawyers and staff at Lidstone & Company are part of your team, your creative solution, your security and your effectiveness in every area of local government law.
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MoreMarisa Cruickshank assists local government clients with a wide range of workplace matters, including preparation and review of employment contracts and policies, sick leave and disability issues, human rights,...
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MoreSara Dubinsky has practiced local government law at Lidstone & Company since her call to the bar in 2009. She is a litigation lawyer and provides legal opinions on...
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MoreDon Lidstone Q.C. is licenced in BC, Alberta, and Yukon. He practices generally in the area of local government law. His municipal law focus is in the areas of...
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MoreLindsay Parcells is the head of our Alberta office and practices municipal law with an interest in land use, real property, corporate, commercial, indigenous relations, and environmental matters. Lindsay...
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MoreJames’ practice mainly involves litigation and dispute resolution, although he also provides advice on a broad variety of local government matters. James has practised law involving local governments since...
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MoreRob focuses on major project negotiations, law drafting, aboriginal law, resource law and advocating on behalf of clients. Rob led a team that put together the Freedom of Information...
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MoreColleen studied municipal and land use planning law while attending UBC Law School and has been working with local governments in British Columbia since her articling days. Called to...
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MoreAndrew is licenced in BC, Alberta and Ontario. He advises and advocates for clients on a wide range of workplace law issues in both unionized and non-unionized environments. Andrew...
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MoreKatie is our articled student. She has worked for the Ministry of Attorney General, Office of Legislative Counsel. At the Ministry of Attorney General, she drafted provisions and amendments...
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MoreJanae is currently a law student at Thompson Rivers University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in geography with a concentration in planning and a master’s degree in community planning....
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MoreAlison is a municipal lawyer licenced in Alberta and British Columbia. She advises and advocates for clients on a wide range of municipal law issues, including land use planning...
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MoreKate is a lawyer at Lidstone & Company. She completed her law degree at the University of British Columbia. During law school, Kate was introduced to municipal law by...
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MorePaul is Associate Counsel at Lidstone & Company. Paul is the head of the law firm’s Litigation Department. He won the Gold Medal in law at the University of...
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MoreRalph is Associate Counsel at Lidstone & Company. He most recently held the position of Corporate Counsel/General Manager Legal and Legislative Services at Metro Vancouver. Prior to his ten...
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MoreMichael is Senior Counsel. He has practised law exclusively on local government matters since 1988. Michael was born in Nelson, B.C. and is a lifelong British Columbia resident. Michael...
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MoreChris has practised law exclusively on behalf of local government since 1984. Chris is a lifelong resident of B.C. and attended the University of British Columbia where he received...
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MoreWill has practiced local government law since joining Lidstone & Company in 2019. Will advises local governments on a wide variety of issues including land use planning, contracts, governance...
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MoreAnthony was born and raised in the beautiful Bulkley Valley in northern British Columbia. Since 2010, his practice has focused exclusively on providing advice and representation to local governments...
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MoreRahul advises local governments on issues related to land use planning, development, water and environment, procurements and contracts. Prior to his legal career, Rahul practised for nearly 15 years...
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MoreOlga is licenced in BC and Yukon. She is an experienced solicitor, attentive to client needs, nuanced and detailed in her approach. She advises local governments and other public...
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MoreRobert is licensed in BC and Alberta. He provides legal opinions and drafts agreements on all local government matters with an active interest in land use planning and real...
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MoreLynda’s practice consists predominantly of solicitor and advisory work with an emphasis on real property, land use regulation and development, municipal services and environmental issues. From 2014 to 2019...
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MoreRachel completed her articles at Lidstone & Company and has practiced local government law since her call to the bar in 2015. She advises local governments in relation to...
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MoreMatthew acts for local government clients on a wide variety of civil and commercial matters, including disputes involving breaches of contracts and agreements, real estate development and insurance defence....
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MoreAlex became the Office Manager at Lidstone & Company after working as their contracted accountant for several years. She oversees the administration and accounting for the firm. Previously she...
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MoreKathy provides paralegal services for civil litigation and enforcement proceedings at all levels of court in British Columbia. Prior to joining Lidstone & Company, Kathy worked at Murdy &...
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MoreRachelle joined Lidstone & Company as a Legal Assistant, following her Legal Assistant program studies at Camosun College in Victoria. Prior to joining Lidstone & Company, Rachelle had over...
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MoreTekahra is a Legal Assistant. She completed her Legal Office Assistant Program with honours at Camosun College in Victoria. Prior to joining Lidstone and Company, Tekahra gained experience working...
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MoreAnn joined Lidstone & Company in January 2019 as their bookkeeper. She comes with an accounting Certificate in level Pace from the CGA program and a Bachelor’s degree in...
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