Megan Vu Joins Sabey Rule as an Articling Student

I am pleased to announce that Megan Vu has joined our firm as an articling student. She has been with us since last fall. Megan is originally from Yellowknife and is a recent law graduate at Thompson Rivers University, where she was on the Dean's List. 

Jana Keeley Joins Sabey Rule

 

I am pleased to welcome Jana Keeley to our firm. Before joining Sabey Rule, she practiced estate and commercial litigation at a leading civil and commercial boutique firm in Kelowna. She will continue to handle estate-litigation matters, and will also be assisting clients with estate planning, estate administration and elder law.

While she has a stellar legal background, personally I am even more impressed by her previous occupation as a songwriter and musician. 

Shahdin Farsai Joins Sabey Rule LLP

I am pleased to post that Shahdin Farsai has joined our firm as an associate lawyer. She was a judicial clerk to six judges at the Supreme Court of British Columbia in 2015-2016. She articled and then was as an associate lawyer in Vancouver at a large national firm, where she practiced in civil litigation. She plans to focus her practice with us primarily in the areas of estate planning, estate administration and estate litigation. 

Most recently,  she spent a year in Finland.  

She speaks Farsi fluently, and can converse in French and Finnish. 

Sabey Rule LLP Welcomes Mark Brade

I am pleased to announce that Mark Brade has joined our firm as an associate.

Mark is currently focused on real estate law, as well as developing his estate planning, estate administration and business law practices.

He is a graduate of Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law.

Sabey Rule LLP Seeks Solicitor

[Since writing this post, I am pleased to advise that we have hired Mark Brade]

Our firm, Sabey Rule LLP, is looking for a junior associate lawyer, interested in practicing primarily as a solicitor in the areas of real estate, estate planning and administration, and business law, to join our firm. The ideal candidate will have between two and five years of experience.

We are a six-lawyer firm, based in Kelowna, British Columbia, with a diverse client base, and a practice emphasis on estate planning, administration, and related litigation. We also have practices in the areas of real estate conveyances, business law and strata law.

For those of you who live outside of Kelowna, consider some of the advantages of law practice here. We have a collegial bar, a growing economy and community, significantly more affordable housing than is available in greater Vancouver, the University of British Columbia Okanagan, hiking, boating and skiing.

I encourage interested applicants to send their resume to our firm, care of Keith A. Sabey, keith.sabey@sabeyrule.ca.

Sabey Rule LLP Welcomes Taeya Fitzpatrick

I am pleased to announce that Taeya Fitzpatrick joined our firm last week, on January 1, 2017. 

Before joining Sabey Rule LLP, Taeya practiced condominium and strata law with a boutique firm here in Kelowna, and recently successfully appealed a condominium law decision to the Court of Appeal, Terry v. The Owners, Strata Plan NW 309, 2016 BCCA 449, thereby assisting her client in having significant fines that a strata corporation had improperly levied rescinded. 

While continuing her condominium and strata law practice, Taeya is also working in the areas of wills, estate planning, estate administration and estate dispute resolution, as well as business law at our firm. 

Kimberly Wallis Presenting at the CBA, Will Estate and Trust Fundamentals for Estate Practitioners

Kimberly Wallis of our firm, Sabey Rule LLP, will be among the faculty at the Canadian Bar Association, Will Estate and Trust Fundamentals for Estate Practitioners. This five-day program will be held from October 26th through October 30th, 2016 at the Westin Prince, in Toronto, Ontario. The program, chaired by Melanie Yach of Aird & Berlis LLP, is directed to junior to intermediate trusts and estate practitioners as well as general practitioners. While held in Toronto, this program is national in scope, and will draw participants from throughout Canada.

You may read the agenda here, and the registration form is available here. Please note that there is a discount on the registration fees for those registering no later than August 8, 2016.

Kimberly will be leading a workshop on Saturday, October 29th on "Busting the Trust."

Sabey Rule LLP Announces Association with Ken M. Kramer Q.C. and KMK Law Corporation.

I am pleased to announce the association of Ken M.  Kramer Q.C.  and his firm KMK Law Corporation with our law firm, Sabey Rule LLP. 

Ken is a senior lawyer and founder and principal of KMK Law Corporation, a boutique law firm in downtown Vancouver providing Estates, Trusts, Elder Law, Litigation and Mediation services.  He has particular expertise in planning for persons with disabilities and is a frequent lecturer for the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, the Vancvouer Wills and Trusts section of the Canadian Bar Association, B.C. Branch and the People’s Law School among other organizations.  

Ken is also the current Chair of the Province of BC's Emergency Medical Assistants Licensing Board, which oversees licensing and regulates over 15,000 First Responders in British Columbia.  He has also sat on numerous boards and committees over the past 25 years with a specific focus on disability and seniors issues and is currently the Chair of the Board for the BC Centre for Elder Advocacy & Supports and the Elder Law section of the Canadian Bar Association.  Ken is also an elected member of the Canadian Bar Association, B.C. Branch Provincial Council for Vancouver and past Chair of Muscular Dystrophy Canada. 

In this regard, and in recognition of his excellence in the practice of law and his contributions to  the community, Ken was designated Queen’s Counsel in 2015

Ken will assist Sabey Rule LLP in serving our clients, particularly in the Greater Vancouver Area. We will be working together on significant estate disputes.  He will also be a valuable resource to our lawyers in Kelowna.

Ken’s office is located in downtown Vancouver at Park Place, Suite 500 – 666 Burrard Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6C 2X8.  His office phone number is 604-990-0995.  You may also get further information about Ken and his practice by visiting the KMK Law Corporation website. 

Leah Schurian Joins Sabey Rule LLP

I am pleased to write that Leah Schurian has joined our firm.

While I write frequently about estate disputes, Leah is focused on avoiding disputes through good planning, including estate and business planning. Good planning also reduces the risk of lawsuits in case of a breakdown of a marriage or marriage-like relationship. With that in mind, she drafts and advises on marriage and cohabitation agreements.

Leah also practices real estate law.

Kimberly Wallis Joins Sabey Rule LLP

I am very pleased to write that Kimberly Wallis has joined our firm. Kim has a great wealth of experience, having practiced law in a national law firm in Toronto, an international law firm in London, England, as well as in firms in Vancouver and Kelowna.

Kim specializes in estate planning and estate administration. She is especially interested in legal issues involving mental capacity.

She has a Masters of Law degree in Taxation law from the University of British Columbia, and a Bachelor of Law degree from McGill, in addition to her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia.

You can read more about her at our website here, and some of her articles for the Courthouse Libraries BC blog, The Stream, here.