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Paul Barclay has left Peck and Company to join provincial Crown Counsel in Vancouver.

Allison Catherwood has joined McQuarrie Hunter as an associate where she will practise in the New Westminster office in the areas of civil litigation with a focus on personal injury.

Dev Dley, former Commissioner of the Western Hockey League, has opened a law firm in Kamloops. Mr. Dley will continue to practise civil litigation with an emphasis on insurance and personal injury law.

Keith J. Engel, formerly a partner at Gowlings in Calgary, has joined the Kelowna law firm Benson & Co. where he will continue his securities and corporate commercial practice.

Richard J. Enns (providing legal services through Compass Law Corporation) has joined the firm of Allan Francis Pringle as a partner and will continue his practice as a solicitor.

Two new associates have joined the ranks at Sliman, Stander & Company as solicitors. Both Sheila G. Evani and Drew Lawrenson will practise in the areas of general corporate and commercial law.

Julie D. Nichols has left Ogilvy Renault and joined Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. She continues to practise labour and employment law.

Ruth Magnusson has left Clay & Co. to join Straith and Company where she will continue to serve her clients, particularly in the areas of commercial leasing, real estate, wills, trusts, and adult guardianship.

Dennis Ryan has left the partnership of Lang Michener LLP to join the partnership of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP where he will continue his forestry law practice.

Clay & Company is pleased to announce that Margaret Sasges and Neil Vallance have joined the firm, where they will continue to practise as solicitors.

Winnie Sung has joined Hungerford Tomyn Lawrenson and Nichols in Vancouver after articling there to practise civil and commercial litigation as well as general corporate/commercial law.

Roger S. Watts, formerly of Camp Fiorante Matthews, has joined the firm of Slater Vecchio in Vancouver as a litigation associate.

This article was published in the June 2005 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.