Donald Brenner, QC
has joined Farris as Senior Counsel. After 17 years on the Bench, Mr. Brenner recently retired as Chief Justice of the B.C. Supreme Court. As Senior Counsel at Farris, Mr. Brenner will advise Farris clients and lawyers.

Olga Rivkin
has joined Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP as an associate with the local government group. Prior to joining the firm, Olga practised at McCarthy Tétrault in their Real Estate Group focusing on municipal law.

Kevin Hyde
has joined the firm of McQuarrie Hunter LLP in the New Westminster office as an associate. Mr. Hyde practises in the areas of personal injury litigation, commercial litigation, real estate disputes and employment law.

Lisa Holland
(formerly Pape) has joined RBC Dominion Securities as an investment advisor. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, Lisa helps business owners and professionals manage their investments and coordinate their wealth.

Ming Song
is working on her own as Songbird Law Corporation. Ming specializes in the area of Aboriginal Law providing legal services as a consultant to law firms and directly to First Nation clients. She formerly worked at McDonald & Company.

Justine Kates
has joined McCullough O’Connor Irwin LLP as an associate.

Geoffrey Trotter
has joined Gudmundseth Mickelson LLP as an associate practising commercial and civil litigation and administrative law.

Lisa Phillips
has joined Gudmundseth Mickelson LLP as an associate practising commercial and civil litigation and administrative law.

Tim Thielmann
was called to the Bar in September, 2009 and stayed on to practise aboriginal law with Devlin Gailus as an associate.

Kwang Lim
has joined Farris as an associate. Kwang joins Farris as a solicitor, with a practice that focuses on general corporate and commercial transactions, securities and mergers and acquisitions.

Joel Hill
has joined Hakemi & Company Law Corporation as an associate practising commercial litigation. Hill brings experience in representing clients before all levels of court in B.C. and administrative tribunals.

Robert Janes, Robert Freedman, Rosanne Kyle, Eric Woodhouse, Karey Brooks and Barbara Harvey
have established Janes Freedman Kyle Law Corp., focused on civil litigation and Aboriginal law.