During his 36 years of practice, Ed has developed a robust litigation practice and is acknowledged among his peers as a highly capable trial lawyer.
He has successfully represented individuals, businesses, and non-profit societies in a wide range of civil litigation matters.
His work in personal injury matters includes serious injury claims, assault and battery, slips and falls, and also disability insurance claims.
Ed provides strategic employment law advice to both employers and employees in non-union settings on a wide variety of issues. These include termination of employment, contract matters, employment policies and practices, freedom of information and privacy issues, employment standards, restrictive covenants, and human rights issues.
He has also successfully resolved commercial disputes and general litigation matters involving property and contract disputes, injunction applications, and lease arbitrations.
Ed has conducted trials and appeals at every court level in British Columbia, as well as hearings before administrative tribunals such as the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, Employment Standards Tribunal, and Canada Labour Code adjudications. He is also skilled in negotiation, advocacy and alternate dispute resolution methods, including mediation and arbitration.
Throughout his career, Ed has devoted significant time and energy to pro-bono work, including providing free legal representation to B.C. families in their claims for compensation under the U.S. September 11th Victim Compensation Fund arising from the death of family members killed in the World Trade Center terrorist attacks.
Ed is a past President and current Governor of the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia, and a member of the Board of Governors of the Washington, D.C. based American Association for Justice (also known as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America). He is a former member of the Law Society of B.C. Ethics Committee, the B.C. Supreme Court Rules Revision Committee, and the discipline committee of the College of Speech and Hearing Health Professionals of B.C. He is also a former President and Director of the Richmond Food Bank Society.
Ed was born in Montreal, but has lived most of his life in B.C. after moving to Vancouver in 1968. After he received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia in 1981 and before he obtained his law degree, he spent two years working as a volunteer teacher in Nigeria, West Africa with CUSO.
Ed is married with two children and two grandchildren and lives in Richmond, B.C.
Ed Frequently assists clients with the following matters: