Vista Trethewey
has joined Dolden Wallace Folick LLP. Vista will be practising insurance law. Prior to joining Dolden Wallace Folick LLP, Vista was an associate in the Labour and Employment group of a large national law firm.

Colin Galinski
has joined the newly-formed boutique human resources law firm, Spectrum HR Law LLP, with offices in Calgary and Vancouver. Colin’s practice, in the Vancouver office, will focus on pension, employee benefits and executive compensation.

Meika Lalonde
has joined the newly-formed boutique human resources law firm, Spectrum HR Law LLP, with offices in Calgary and Vancouver. Meika’s practice, in the Vancouver office, will focus on business immigration.

Craig Natsuhara
has joined the newly-formed boutique human resources law firm, Spectrum HR Law LLP, with offices in Calgary and Vancouver. Craig’s practice, in the Vancouver office, will focus on business immigration.

Christine Baron
(nee Martindale) opened her practice in the spring of 2010 in Coquitlam and Gastown. She advises family businesses and business start-ups as well as doing wills and estate planning.

Emma Butt
has joined Boughton Law Corporation Aboriginal and Litigation practice groups. Ms. Butt practises in the areas of commercial litigation and aboriginal law, and has expertise in the area of legal research.

Michael Weiler
has been admitted as a Shareholder of Boughton Law Corporation. Mr. Weiler will continue to lead Boughton’s Employment and Labour practice group.

Ryan Chalmers
has joined the Engineering and Construction firm of SNC-Lavalin Inc. as legal counsel focusing on corporate commercial and business law. He was previously with Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.

Mandy Cheema
has joined Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP Real Estate and Banking and Lending practices. She completed her LL.B. at York University in 2001.

James Ball
has joined Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP Transportation practice. His practice is predominantly litigation-based with a focus on aviation law. James completed his LL.B. at Dalhousie University in 2009.

Tamara Olding
has joined Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP as associate and will be practising with their First Nations group.

Merle Alexander
has joined Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP as Partner and will be practising with their First Nations group.

Nicholas Ellegood
has joined Hakemi & Company Law Corporation, focusing on complex commercial litigation matters and government investigations in areas that include securities, shareholder and partnership disputes, defamation and commercial contracts.

Daniel Remick
previously with Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, has joined Koffman Kalef LLP as an associate practising commercial real estate and corporate/commercial law.

Mark Bickford
after successfully completing his articles at Koffman Kalef LLP, has joined the firm as an associate practising corporate and commercial law.

Kate Jenkins
has joined the Law Society of British Columbia as the Claims Manager of the Lawyers Insurance Fund.