Victoria is a solicitor practicing in the areas of corporate/commercial, real estate, and lending. Victoria is experienced in preparing and negotiating various contracts (including shareholder agreements and limited partnership agreements), advising on business and commercial real estate transactions, and dealing with corporate restructurings and other corporate matters.
Lawyer Profiles
Lina is a member of the Litigation Group who specializes in insurance defence, family law and estates litigation. Lina is fluent in Korean and is a certified family law mediator.
Lina obtained her juris doctorate from Thompson Rivers University in 2020. She then articled and worked as an associate for a well-known litigation firm in Vancouver, where she handled issues of varying complexity in the areas of insurance defence, family law and estates litigation. Lina has appeared before the Supreme Court and the Provincial Court of British Columbia.
Kimberley practices family law and is also a family law mediator.
With a litigation and dispute resolution practice focused on family law, Kimberley is experienced in arbitration, mediation, and negotiation. Kimberley regularly appears in the BC Supreme Court. Kimberley’s expertise spans all matters affecting families in British Columbia, including property division, spousal support, child support, parental responsibilities, guardianship, relocation and mobility, and parenting time. She helps clients resolve complex property division matters and disputes involving corporations, partnerships, trusts and real estate. She also prepares cohabitation, pre-nuptial, marriage and separation agreements. In all circumstances, Kimberley takes a practical, solution-orientated approach.
Kaitlin Smiley’s litigation practice focuses on complex civil and commercial disputes, including shareholder disputes, oppression claims, corporate disputes, negligence and professional liability, class actions, product liability and societies matters. She also advises underwriters on complex insurance coverage issues and disputes.
In the course of her varied practice, she has acted for major corporations in the pharmaceutical industry, financial sector, and real estate industry, as well as insurance companies in complex legal disputes before the courts of British Columbia and the Federal Courts. Her class action practice has involved defending proposed product liability, pharmaceutical, competition and consumer protection class actions.
Kaitlin has appeared before all levels of court in British Columbia, as well as the Canadian Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal, handling complex interlocutory applications, petition hearings, and conducting trials. She also works with societies with respect to interpretation and enforcement of their bylaws.
Brett is an associate lawyer at Owen Bird Law Corporation specializing in wills, estates, trusts and corporate law. Rooted in her desire to help clients navigate the invaluable yet often emotionally charged areas of estate and trust law, Brett finds great fulfillment in the human connections made throughout her files.
In her estate planning practice, Brett has experience drafting estate and incapacity plans to suit her clients’ needs, as well as family business succession plans to help prepare families for the next generation. Brett has attended hospitals and care homes to take instructions from her clients and has worked with blended families to ensure their estate planning documents capture their specific family dynamic.
Isabella has a broad litigation practice at Owen Bird in areas including insurance defence, construction, property damage, product liability, occupier’s liability, and personal injury claims. Isabella has appeared on behalf of clients in the BC Provincial Court and the Supreme Court. She has also represented clients in alternative dispute resolution processes.
Prior to joining Owen Bird, Isabella practiced at a boutique insurance litigation firm in Vancouver. Isabella received her Juris Doctor from the University of Victoria, and her B.A. from the University of British Columbia.
Outside of work, Isabella enjoys spending time hiking in and around Vancouver.
Andrew Stainer is a Vancouver-based lawyer with a litigation practice emphasizing commercial, maritime, transportation and insurance-related disputes. He has extensive experience with matters involving casualty and emergency response (including dealing with the Transportation Safety Board, Transport Canada and other regulatory agencies), fires, floods, bodily injuries and fatalities, pollution incidents, maritime collisions and claims, cargo claims, and property loss. He represents a diverse array of clients, including underwriters, ship owners, P&I clubs, corporations, professionals, and individuals.
He is experienced with vessel arrest and the application of international conventions to maritime proceedings. Andrew has represented clients in proceedings before the courts of British Columbia, Ontario and Alberta as well as the Canadian Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal and various tribunals. He has also achieved many successful results for clients through mediation.
Geoff’s practice focuses on resolving construction disputes, including relating to procurement. Geoff is also well-known for helping his clients take practical and strategic steps throughout the life of a project to reduce legal risk and resolve disputes efficiently.
Geoff also has experience in insurance defence and technical cases, specifically professional negligence of architects and engineers, acting as a long-standing advisor to the largest professional liability insurer in Canada. In addition to his proficiency in construction and insurance, he assists clients on a broad range of general commercial disputes. He is a former chair of the CBABC construction subsection.
Outside of the office Geoff enjoys spending time with his family, very often in hockey rinks.
Jennifer completed her law degree in her hometown of Liverpool, England and moved to Vancouver shortly thereafter, joining Owen Bird in 2017. Prior to being called to the British Columbia Bar, Jennifer worked as a paralegal, gaining valuable experience and contacts in the areas of Business Law and Securities. Outside of work, Jennifer enjoys reading, painting, and making cocktails.
