Watson Goepel Maledy LLP is pleased to announce that Scott A. Murtha has joined the business law group. If you have inquiries on taxation or corporate matters, contact Scott at e-mail: smurtha@wgmlaw.com or phone: 604-642-5653.

Delwen Stander has left Sliman, Stander & Company to form Stander & Company to specialize in Litigation and Mediation Solutions. E-mail address: dstander@standerandcompany.ca.

Catherine W. Chow has joined the business and property law practice at Kahn Zack Ehrlich Lithwick. Prior to leaving Stikeman Elliott (Vancouver), Catherine practiced expropriation law in Calgary for a number of years.

Vicente V. Asuncion, JR. has left Beck, Robinson & Co. to start his own firm, Asuncion & Company at 1200 – 805 West Broadway.

Effective January 3, 2006 Lesley Ann Kilgore will join the Department of Justice working at 222 Main Street in Vancouver. She departs Murchison Thomson & Clarke of Surrey.

The Aboriginal Law Group, Victoria, comprised of the following people, Geoff Moyse, Sandra Borthwick, Keith Brown, Simon Coley, Monna Huscroft, Geraldine Hutchings, Kathryn Kickbush, Jeff Loenen, Bruce McKinnon, Wendy McKittrick, Mark Timmis, Darlene Leavitt moved offices October 1, 2005 to: Legal Services Branch – Aboriginal Law Group, Ministry of Attorney General, 4th Floor, 1405 Douglas Street, P.O. Box 9220 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria V8W 9J1.

Stephanie O'Mahony has moved from Murchison Thomson and Clarke to set up her own practice in White Rock/South Surrey, which focuses on family, personal injury and estate law.

Ann Carlsen has opened her own law practice specializing in intellectual property law under the name Ann Carlsen & Company at 9912 Lougheed Hwy., Burnaby B.C.

Jill Leacock has left private practice to become the Law Officer for the Supreme Court of B.C.

On January 1, 2006, McQuarrie Hunter welcomed Karl Maier into the Partnership. He joined the firm as an associate in 2000, and practices in the Surrey office on 104th Avenue in the areas of estate administration and probate, trust administration, and estate planning.

Mr. Michael Feder has joined the Vancouver office of McCarthy Tétrault LLP as an associate in the Litigation Group. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Feder clerked for the Honourable Mr. Justice Major of the Supreme Court of Canada, and for the Honourable Madam Justice Huddart and Mr. Justice Oppal of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia. Ms. Ami Atal has joined the Vancouver office as an associate in the Business Law Group. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Atal practiced at Allen & Overy LLP.

Charles Hotel has left the partnership at Lawson Lundell LLP to join the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) as legal counsel.

This article was published in the February 2006 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2006, all rights reserved.