Lawyers
Congratulations to all of our lawyers who are recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada.
Please see below for a listing of all our lawyers. Click on their photo for their bio.
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Georgia Barnard
Georgia is a member of our Trusts, Estates and Estate Planning practice group. Georgia works with clients to craft estate plans personalized to their individual circumstances and priorities. She also helps clients navigate the legal system…
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Alistair G. Campbell
Alistair practises exclusively in the areas of tax litigation and tax dispute resolution.
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Robert B. Carrothers
The primary focus of Robert's practice has been and remains advising family businesses and families in relation to tax matters and estate planning.
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Aakriti Dewan
Aakriti assists clients in tax, trust, and estate planning with a focus on U.S./Canada cross-border transactions. She also assists U.S. citizens and green card holders with expatriation tax issues. Prior to joining Legacy, Aakriti was in…
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Areet Kaila
Areet is a Principal with Legacy Tax + Trust Lawyers where she assists clients with personal and corporate tax matters including corporate reorganizations, estate freezes and restructuring for business succession purposes. Areet also…
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Cody Kessler
Cody’s practice focuses on corporate and personal tax planning. Cody routinely assists clients with corporate reorganizations, business succession planning, tax structuring on the acquisition and sale of businesses, and trust and estate…
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Susan Lin
Susan assists clients with personal and corporate tax planning and estate planning. Susan articled at Legacy and was called to the Bar in the Province of British Columbia in 2025. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of British…
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Kate Marples
Kate’s practice focuses on the areas of trust and estate planning, personal and corporate tax planning, corporate reorganizations and charitable gift planning. She routinely assists clients with estate freezes and family trusts, and a…
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David McCormick
David is a member of the firm’s tax litigation practice group. He represents clients in conflicts with the Canada Revenue Agency and provincial tax authorities. David has appeared before the Tax Court of Canada, Federal Court, Federal…
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Christine M. Muckle
Christine practices in the area of estate planning, trust administration, estate administration, and related tax matters, with a focus on cross border U.S.-Canada transactions.
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Jessica Park
Jessica is a member of Legacy’s Estate and Trust Litigation Group. Prior to joining Legacy, Jessica articled at a large regional firm. Jessica received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University in 2017 and her law degree…
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Laura M. Peach
Laura assists clients with personal and corporate succession planning, including corporate reorganizations, estate planning and trust and estate administration.
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Cheyenne Reese
Cheyenne assists clients with estate and trust planning and tax matters.
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Betony Rowland
Betony is a member of Legacy’s Estate and Trust Litigation Group. She represents clients on a variety of complex estate and trust matters including the validity of wills, wills variation claims, contentious issues with the administration…
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Stephen J. Rukavina
Stephen practices both income tax and sales tax. His income tax work focuses on private-company planning and wealth management, trust taxation, and assisting non-resident clients with all aspects of inbound investment into Canada. He also…
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Allison Sharkey
Allison practices in the area of trust and estate planning and administration. Allison assists clients with the preparation of Wills, Powers of Attorney, Representation Agreements, and Trusts. She also assists clients in obtaining Grants of…
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Stephanie Shi
Stephanie’s practice involves tax planning and tax dispute resolution.
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Nicholas P. Smith
For over 25 years, Nick’s practice has focused on Federal, Provincial and international tax and estate planning.
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Charlotte Tan
Charlotte assists clients with personal and corporate tax planning, estate planning, and tax dispute resolution. Charlotte articled at Legacy and was called to the Bar in the Province of British Columbia in 2024. She received her Juris…
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Genevieve N. Taylor
Genevieve is a Legacy principal who practices in the areas of Wills, Estates, Trusts, and Adult Guardianship.
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James Trougakos
James’ practice focuses on personal and corporate tax planning. James routinely assists clients with corporate reorganizations, business succession planning, tax structuring on the acquisition and sale of businesses, and trust and estate…
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Ian Worland
Ian advises clients in personal and corporate tax planning, corporate reorganizations, estate planning, charitable gift planning and international tax and trust planning.
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James Zaitsoff
James Zaitsoff is a Principal and is the head of Legacy’s Estate and Trust Litigation Group