Lynda’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 she served on the executive of the Municipal Law Subsection of the BC Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, including two years as Co-Chair. She currently volunteers as a director on the boards of The Vancouver East Cultural Centre (the “Cultch”) and Company 605, a contemporary Vancouver-based dance company.
Lynda joined Lidstone and Company as part of its merger with Murdy & McAllister. She began practising at Murdy & McAllister in 2011 after spending five years as in-house legal counsel with the Metro Vancouver Regional District. Before working at Metro Vancouver, Lynda spent several years with the federal Department of Justice where she provided advice on a range of First Nations’ matters to the Specific Claims Branch of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. She began her career articling and working in private practice with large corporate law firms, first in Edmonton and then in Vancouver. Lynda was called to the Bar in Alberta in 1999 and in British Columbia in 2000.