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ERIN SHAW Family Law
Providing compassionate, thoughtful and affordable legal support to
families going through separation and divorce.
1127 Fort Street
Victoria BC
phone: 778.433.0863
Website: Erinshawfamilylaw.ca
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The lawyers below offer a range of family law services dealing with: mediation, divorce & separation agreements or litigation | custody / access disputes | Government-Ministry-Child-Welfare Apprehensions etc.
Some family lawyers after an initial contact-consultation by phone -- may offer an initial appointment at a reduced hourly rate to help you assess your case. It is still up to the prospective client to ask if the lawyer will provide an initial consultation - and what fees they would charge for this and what their regular fees would be, should you formally retain their services.
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2011-2018 Victoria Family Lawyers: pro bono listings, updates & news
BARRI MARLATT, LLB
Whether you are seeking a prenuptial agreement, adopting a child or dealing with a family breakup, Hutchison Oss-Cech Marlatt’s family lawyers are available to assist you with your delicate legal matters go to hom-law.com /practices/family-law
Practice areas of firm include:
- BC Corporate Law
- Civil Litigation
- Employment law
- Harassment, abuse & assault
- Construction law
- Family Law
- Medical Malpractice
- Estates planning & wealth management
Hutchison Oss-Cech Marlatt
505 Fisgard St,
Victoria
BC
V8W 1R3
P: 250.360.2500
Website: www.hom-law.com/
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BOOTH, Matthew
B.Comm. J.D.
(Update location - 2025.08.26)
Associate Lawyer
Cox Taylor, Barristers | Solicitors
3rd Floor, Burnes House
26 Bastion Square
Victoria, BC, V8W 1H9
Phone:
250 388-4457
- BUCHAN, Crystal I.
Barrister & Solicitor | Accredited Family Law Mediator |
"practices in the area of family law including separation, divorce, child custody, access, adoption, and child apprehension."
Crystal has been a family law mediator since 1998. ... [quote from website 2017.12.07 esqlw]
Crystal Buchan, Family Lawyer
Browne Associates
109 - 1633 Hillside Avenue
Victoria, B.C.
V8T 2C4
Phone: 250 598-1888
Website: http://browneassociates.ca/crystal-buchan/
- BUTTERFIELD LAW - Michael Butterfield
Barristers & Solicitors - Lawyers
Practice Areas:
Family Law including: Custody | Access |
Divorce | Ministry Child Apprehensions
- Family Law Mediation
- Collaborative Law / Mediation
- Family Law Arbitration
Butterfield Law
402-2020 Richmond Rd
Victoria, BC V8R 6R5
Telephone 250.382.4529 [382.4LAW]
Web Site www.butterfieldlaw.ca
updates 2025.08.26 / 2012.12.07 /
2012.10.31 / 2012.01.03
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SANDRA J. HARPER, Barrister & solicitor
Preferred Area of Practice: Family Law
Harper & Birney
201 747 Fort St. Victoria, BC, V8W 3E9
Phone: 250.381.8100
Esteban T. K&aum, JD LLM
Esteban was called to the British Columbia Bar in 2016. He obtained his Juris Doctor at the University of British Columbia, and Master of Laws (LLM) at the University of Calgary.
Esteban T. Kähs,
"I am a general litigator, practicing primarily in the areas of family, employment and personal injury law."
(quote fr. zvmllp.com/esteban-kahs 2025.08,26)
Zacharias Vickers McCann LLP
388 Harbour Road
#200
Victoria, BC ,
V9A 3S1
Phone:
1 604 392-8644
- KLASSEN, Robert J., BA, LLB
Lawyer and Family Law Mediator
Preferred Area of Practice: Family Law
"Member of the collaborative family law group. Initial half-hour consultation - No Charge"
[update 2011.03.07 quote from 2004 tel. directory]
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Founder and past Chair of the Victoria Collaborative Family Law Group
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Member of the Family Law Sections in Vancouver and Victoria
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Member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Victoria
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Former Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Victoria for 3 years
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Ad hoc Professor at the University of Victoria Law School teaching the Collaborative Family Law Course 343
quote from robertklassenlaw.com
ROBERT KLASSEN,
Family lawyer
1508 Despard Ave
Victoria, BC V8S 1T3
Phone: 250-388-4344
Web site: robertklassenlaw.com
Website: www.robertklassenlaw.com
- McManus, Mary S.
RETIRED
Attorney at Law - Lawyer
Practice included - Collaborative Family Law · Criminal Defence · Real Estate
- Mouat, Mary E.
Barrister & Solicitor - Lawyer
Practice includes: Family Mediation & Litigation
Quadra Legal Centre
101 - 2750 Quadra St.
Victoria, British Columbia V8T 4E8
Telephone: (250) 380-1566
Web site: www.quadralegal.com
[Note - this group also handles Criminal law | Personal Injury / ICBC claims |
Corporate | Real Estate | Wills & Estate ... "reasonable rates" - fr. tel. dir 2004 ]
JOHN NELSON, BA LLB
Over the years, John has helped clients obtain unsupervised parenting time, change the residence for children, increase and reduce child support payments, block applications on procedural grounds, successfully negotiate property settlements, and has argued spousal support for high income earners. John excels at technical arguments.
John works exclusively in family law and ... practices at all three levels of court and provides the following services:
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Trials
- Appeals
- 2nd opinions.
- Summary advice.
- Variation hearings.
- Relocation applications.
- Drafting cohabitation agreements.
- Independent Legal Advice on Cohabitation Agreements and Separation Agreements.
- Chambers applications, including applications for interim support orders and interim parenting orders.
JOHN NELSON
Family Lawyer
TH3 - 834 Johnson St., Victoria, B.C. V8W 1C4
Victoria, BC
V8W 1C4
Phone: 250.940.3593
Website: www.swiftsurelaw.ca
We suggest you interview several law firms in advance of making a choice -- it can be a very expensive decision in both time, money and of course consequences.
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This site lists lawyers with areas of practice including FAMILY LAW
we advise you to verify if the lawyer is still maintaining their membership
with the Law Society of BC by going to www.lawsociety.bc.ca
as lawyers move or change areas of specialization over time.
The intent of this web-site is to provide "starting points" for people looking for sources of
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Twenty Questions to Ask - Before You Hire a Lawyer
An excellent Checklist for someone to use in selecting a lawyer, has been prepared by the publishers of
www.lawyers-bc.com/tips.htm. You will find these
guidelines useful for many types of lawyers.
2011-2018 Victoria Family Lawyers: pro bono listings, updates & news
Surnames starting with "L"
ERIN LUMLEY,
Family Lawyer & Accredited Family Law Mediator
Lumley Mediation and Law Practice
785 Viaduct Avenue East
Victoria, BC
V8Z 3E4
Phone: 778 977-5559
Practice:
Erin focuses primarily in the area of family law and BC Government, Ministry of Children and Families Child Protection files. ...
She is a qualified family law mediator on the Law Society Roster...
Background:
Erin graduated from the University of Calgary Law School in 2006.
Portia Tang, LLB Lawyer
Is fluent in Mandarin & Cantonese Chinese Dialects
Her legal practice includes the following areas of law:
- Business Law
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Commercial Legal Services
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Corporate Law
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Family & Divorce Law
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Canada Immigration Applications
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Civil Litigation
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Real Estate
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Wills & Estates
Portia Tang, LLB
Tang & Company, Barrister & Solicitor
Market Square
Suite 316, 560 Johnson Street
Victoria, BC
V8W 3C6
Phone: 250 881-6262
- REID, Nichola (Nicki) J. W.
Barrister & Solicitor - Lawyer
Preferred Practice Area: Family Law · Mediation
(also does ICBC Personal Injury Law)
N.J. Reid Law Corp.
214 - 284 Helmcken Rd.
Victoria, BC V9B 1T2
Tel: 250.744.1844
Karina V. SACCA
Barrister, Solicitor & Family Law Mediator
Called to the BC and Ontario Bar
B.C. appoints new provincial court judges
BC Government News - Attorney General - March 5, 2020 12:30 PM
Appointed as a Provincial Court Judge, 2020
see news.gov.bc.ca/ releases/ 2020ag0019-000377
"Judge Karina Sacca has been assigned to Victoria, effective April 8, 2020. Sacca practises family law in Victoria and has extensive experience with the Family Law Act. Her career began in Ontario, where she worked with the Office of the Public Trustee and as a children's lawyer. After moving to Victoria, she volunteered her time with Access Pro Bono and provided pro bono services for clients within her practice. She has more than two decades of experience as a mediator and spent the last two years as chair of the Canadian Bar Association's Women Lawyers Forum. Sacca holds an LLB from the University of Manitoba and was called to the Ontario bar in 1997 and the B.C. bar in 2007."
above quoted from news.gov.bc.ca/ releases/ 2020ag0019-000377
ERIN SHAW Family Law
Providing compassionate, thoughtful and affordable legal support to
families going through separation and divorce.
1127 Fort Street
Victoria BC
Telephone: 778.433.0863
Website: www.erinshawfamilylaw.ca
Marjorie L. Thompson,
B.Hsc. B.Ed. J.D.
Family Law Mediator & Arbitrator
Collaborative Lawyer
RETIRED
Portia Tang, LLB Lawyer
Is fluent in Mandarin & Cantonese Chinese Dialects
Her legal practice includes the following areas of law:
- Business Law
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Commercial Legal Services
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Corporate Law
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Family & Divorce Law
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Canada Immigration Applications
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Civil Litigation
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Real Estate
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Wills & Estates
Portia Tang, LLB
Tang & Company, Barrister & Solicitor
Market Square
Suite 316, 560 Johnson Street
Victoria, BC
V8W 3C6
Phone: 250 881-6262
- TODD, Deborah
Barrister & Solicitor - Lawyer
Practice - Family Law Mediation
"There is an alternative to divorce litigation.
In mediation you and your spouse work together to solve issues that develop due to your separation or divorce.... " [fr. tel. directory ad 2004]
MacMinn & company
846 Broughton St.
Victoria, BC
250.381.6444
dtodd@macminnco.com
Web site: tbc
- Tyhurst, Catherine H.
Barrister & Solicitor - Lawyer
Practice areas: Criminal Law · Family Law
301 - 919 Fort St.
Victoria, BC
24 hours 250.386.1112
- WEBBER, Bruce D.
Barrister & Solicitor - Lawyer
Practice Areas: Family Law · Real Estate · Child Apprehension ·
Criminal / Civil Law [quote fr. tel. directory]
300 - 848 Courtney
Victoria, BC
Phone: 250.382.7775
Updates 2015
Marjorie L. Thompson,
B.Hsc. B.Ed. J.D.
RETIRED
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WILTSE, Heather R.
Barrister, Solicitor & Mediator
Wiltse Law Group
1027 Pandora Avenue
Victoria BC,
V8V 3P6
Phonte: (250) 590-2133
Email: wiltselawgroup@viclawyer.ca
Website: www.viclawyer.ca
[pb updated 2012.01.18]
- ZIMMERMAN, Wendy K.
Barrister & Solicitor - Lawyer
Family Law Office
Preferred Area of Practice - family law
"Practical Child-Centered Advice"
[quote fr. tel. dir. 2004]
#600 - 620 View Street
Victoria, BC V8W 1J6
Tel: 250.384.1804
GEOFREY SIMAIR, LLB
Preferred area of practice: criminal law
Geof has served criminal defense clients from his offices in the heart of downtown Victoria for over 20 years.
serving Victoria, Colwood, Duncan, Nanaimo and Vancouver Island.
- Impaired Driving and other Driving Offences
- Drug Offences,
- Assault and Violent Offences
- Theft and Fraud
- Bail Hearings & Reviews
- Trials and Appeals
- All Criminal Charges
"I strive to give my clients clarity and understanding during a stressful and challenging time in their lives. Often people feel left in the dark when it comes dealing with the criminal justice system. I feel it is important to keep my clients informed and engaged in their defence.
Call For Your Free Consultation."
Geofrey D. Simair Law Corporation
204 - 26 Bastion Square
Victoria, BC
V8W 1H9
Phone: 250.385.4500
website: www.simairlaw.com
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BC's Ministry of the Attorney General states:
"Please note: The federal government introduced Bill C-22 in December 2002.
This bill proposes significant amendments to the Divorce Act and a number of other pieces of federal legislation."
"The provincial and federal governments share responsibility for family law matters.
The Department of Justice Canada's Parenting After Divorce website provides information and links to federal programs, services and legislation."
[fr. BC Ministry of the Attorney General 04.04/06]
FEDERAL / PROVINCIAL LEGAL JURISDICTION
The Dept. of Justice Canada states:
"In Canada, the federal government shares responsibility with the provinces
and territories for family law matters.
When making decisions about children after separation and divorce,
the federal Divorce Act applies to parents who were married and are now
divorced or are planning to divorce. Provincial or
territorial laws apply to parents who were never married or are not planning to divorce.
[emphasis added - quote from
Dept. of Justice Canada 04.04/06]
See Also ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICES [ADR]
Family Mediators from the Mediate B.C. Society
www.mediatebc.com/Find-a-Mediator.aspx
Update 2010: "Mediate BC is the new name for the integration of the B.C. Mediator Roster Society and D. R. Innovation Society. The two Societies formally integrated their operations in June 2010. (fr. website 2010)
"Mediators in ... family directory mediate a variety of family-related matters,
including reorganization of the family after separation or divorce, parenting,
financial support and property matters connected to separation or divorce, child protection,
family business, family property or finances, family inheritance and estates, responsibility
for care of elderly parents, adoption, pre-nuptial issues, and intra-family conflicts."
[quote fr. website 04.04.07]
Mediate BC (Society Office)
Phone: 604-684-1300
Email: info@mediatebc.com
Outside the Lower Mainland, call toll-free: 1-877-656-1300
Website: www.mediatebc.com
Mailing address:
Mediate BC Society
Suite 177-800 Hornby Street
Vancouver, B.C., V6Z 2C5
For Reference Information
Family Law in BC - issues introduction from Legal Services Society of B.C.
http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/legal_issues/
BC Association of Specialized Victim Assistance and Counseling Programs
www.endingviolence.org
"... Since 1992, the Association has been a provincial voice for survivors of violence
and the community-based services that support them.
We have created a strong communication network among Sexual Assault Centres, Woman Assault Centres,
Specialized Victim Assistance programs and Since 1992, the Association has been a provincial voice for survivors of violence and the community-based services that support them. We have created a strong communication network among Sexual Assault Centres, Woman Assault Centres, Specialized Victim Assistance programs and Stopping the Violence Counselling programs across BC. We have also established important links with government, policy makers, legislators and other provincial organizations across BC.
We have also established important links with government, policy makers, legislators and other provincial organizations.
" [quote fr. www.endingviolence.org 04.04.07 ]
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www.GetDiversity.com
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Geof Simair, LLB
downtown Victoria
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- REID FRASER
· B.Sc., University of British Columbia (2013)
· LL.B., James Cook University, Honours First Class (2016)
Since being called to the Bar in early 2018 Reid has represented clients at all levels of court in British Columbia and has trial experience in both the Provincial Court and Supreme Court of British Columbia.
When not in the office Reid enjoys spending time exploring Vancouver Island with his wife and Miniature Australian Shepherd as well as challenging his patience on the golf course.
His Practice Areas Include:
- Civil Litigation
- Creditors' Remedies
- Employment Law
- Family Law
- Personal Injury
- Wills, Trusts & Incapacity Planning
REID FRASER, JD Family Lawyer
McConnan Bion O'Connor & Peterson Law Corp.
Suite # 420 - 880 Douglas Street,
Victoria, B.C. Canada V8W 2B7
Phone: 250-385-1383 Toll free: 1-888-385-1383
For his expanded profile click: www.mcbop.com/reid-fraser
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Vancouver BC Family Lawyers
Leena Yousefi,
410-1122 Mainland Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5L1
Mark Perry, family lawyer and mediator for high net-worth litigation cases, in Vancouver
Marla Gilsig, family lawyer and mediator office in Vancouver, BC
www.gilsig.ca
"family lawyer, works exclusively on divorce law and family related matters including cohabitation, prenuptial and post nuptial agreements and separation agreements." [quote fr. web site 2023.11.21]
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Vancouver, BC
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