I am not at all pleased with services of lawyer Mary Richter (see website http://richter-law.ca),…read morewho was recommended by a banker then managing the wealth of aged parents following the sale of their Kitsilano home. He was recently downsized/retired rather sooner than he would have liked - probably for the best, in my view. Thanks for nothing. Ms. Richter was retained to update the wills - a fairly simple job as parents had no stock portfolios or other complicated holdings or second families to worry about - yet somehow an error was made identifying one beneficiary. Sloppy drafting - not that big a deal, right? However, rather than visit their care facility to own and correct her error, Ms. Richter summoned at her pleasure fragile, aged ps to her office, a huge, unnecessary inconvenience especially in view of Cadillac pricing of many hundred dollars an hour. Quaere whether parents may even have been billed for the time taken to correct the error. That was bad enough. More recently, ancient forebears asked Ms. Richter to inquire into the possibility of burial plots deceased father-in-law may have purchased for his wife and daughter at a local cemetery. A fairly simple matter, one would have thought, but Ms. Richter was disinclined to stir her lazy stumps. She didn't want the work even after ancients expressed willingness to pay to end the nagging uncertainty. Because burial plots today represent considerable real estate assets, we found this a most irksome, unsatisfactory response. Frankly, it cast doubt on Ms. Richter's efforts such that I have now suggested the file be referred to a competitor, someone who proofreads his work and considers the wishes and frailties of his clients, someone with a more enlightened approach and commitment to service. i wish parents could have paid an earnest law student instead to do the work at a fraction of the cost and inconvenience, but the Law Society of British Columbia won't allow even graduates to charge for services until they have: 1) articled a year with one of the only about three firms big enough to offer such positions, 2) re-completed law school from a six-week refresher make-work course and 3) passed a bar exam re-examining the already examined materials studied over three years at law school. Maverick young Ontario lawyers recently made a pitch to end such medieval nonsense as have some of their counterparts in the U.S. but lawyers so far maintain a tenacious grip on who can charge for services. The monopoly lawyers impose on us is nothing more than a determined effort to restrict trade in order to protect outrageous, utterly undeserved fees, which have in turn created an access to justice crisis just about everywhere. Nor does the lawyers' regulating body in ANY jurisdiction do much, if anything, to protect the public contrary to their lofty promises. Happily, the second machine age now very much upon us will soon replace these ancient, rusted has-beens with software that will do the work faster, better and cheaper. I also understand that one may contract for the drafting and litigation of a will with a freelancer at Elance, a virtual law office of some renown where clients are not expected to subsidize a high-end downtown or, in Ms. Richter's case, Kerrisdale rent.

Mary is an incredible compassionate and professional lawyer. Her entire team is so welcoming and…read moreefficient. I highly recommend her and I'm so happy she's local!

They acted fast, give advice and drafted several revisions of a Postnup. In the end their was some…read moremisunderstandings (I am not native english speaking), but they dealt with it. In the end the Postnup did not reach my goals, but that is subject to my more complex situation. Reviews are about the quality of work and that was great.

I'm fortunate to have been referred to Access Law Group, and would recommend this firm to anyone…read more My lawyer, Derek Creighton, is personable, highly intelligent, and adept at investigating a case thoroughly from all different possible angles of the law. As well, the legal support team is friendly and prompt with communication. I consistently feel welcome as a client. These lawyers are smart and hard-working, without acting above the individuals they represent. My lawyer has even accommodated after-hours meetings or weekend phone calls when appropriate. The law firm also offers a picture-worthy view of downtown Vancouver and modern office decor. I feel I have a great legal team in my corner to help ease my peace of mind through the uncertain litigation process.

Nathan Ganapathi was my attorney for 2 1/2 years: from March 2015 - October 2017. I had cause to…read moreterminate the agreement and afterwards, I hired another attorney who counseled me to file a professional negligence claim against him. Nathan Ganapathi emotionally and mentally abused me, blackmailed me for money, carried out fraud and malfeasance during his representation of me and my family, and ultimately betrayed us. Mr. Ganapathi entered the Supreme Court on my behalf after I spent hours compiling my affidavit and tens of thousands of dollars. I won two victories-the ability to appeal two former provincial court decisions. Not long afterwards, without my knowledge or consent, he secretly filed a request to the Court that would cancel my awards. He claimed that they were no longer relevant, so the Court canceled them. Therefore, I lost the ability to have my appeals heard. Nathan Ganapathi's actions nullified the pleadings that had cost my family tens of thousands of dollars-he deliberately sabotaged my appeal hearings and hid it from me. I didn't learn of his malfeasance until 2019. In 2016, I had cause to sue the Province and Mr. Ganapathi agreed to represent me. At the time, the Law Society of B.C. had initiated disciplinary proceedings against him, which later resulted in the suspension of his practice for a specified time. Mr. Ganapathi told me that he had a situation arise wherein he had to retain an attorney, but he didn't specify the details. Had he informed me, I would not have allowed him to represent my civil claim; because when he filed the pleadings against the Province he omitted a legal basis (no legal claim can be filed without one). This was elementary and as a senior attorney he knew this was fundamental. The Provincial attorneys asked him to correct his pleadings, but he would not. Mr. Ganapathi's willful negligence cost me my suit against the Province. I terminated the agreement with him. At that point I had paid him roughly $200,000.00; although he claimed that I owed him more. I hired another attorney to recover the civil claim, but due to Mr. Ganapathi's refusal to relinquish the file to us and the fact that he withheld it for a prolonged amount of time, the Court dismissed the claim and I lost tens of thousands of dollars in attorney's fees. https://www.lawsociety.bc.ca/about-us/news-and-publications/news/2021/law-society-suspends-vancouver-lawyer-nathan-sutha/ I filed a negligence claim against Mr. Ganapathi. He in turn, retained an attorney with a known reputation for refusing to answer opposing counsel's correspondence-for giving the silent treatment, and for prolonging proceedings. The law requires attorneys to act in good faith and to seek resolutions that are timely; especially to settle disputes out of court. Instead, his lawyer refused to resolve the dispute and went radio silent. According to Nathan Ganapathi's instructions, his attorney presented me with a document that was openly hostile and threatening-he wanted me to drop the claim against him and agreed to not charge me court costs. I didn't sign it. To date, there is no resolution. I do not recommend this law firm to anyone, especially when they are vulnerable.

worst than MEDIOCRE service. I arrived at this firm in early October 2017 requesting guidance and…read morehelp with my family case. they promised they would help me and told me that my case was a good one to win. they asked me for a retained amount which I willingly paid and they started to work. Days, weeks months went through and if I didn't reach out to them to ask what was the next step, I didn't have any follow up from them. The only communication was phone calls and emails letting me know that they were working on my case and they were waiting for the other party to negotiate, and OF COURSE to send me the new balance I owed them from the emails and phone calls that didn't accomplish anything in my case, I dealt with them for more than 7 months to get ABSOLUTELY NOTHING but a huge debt in their fees, more than double of the initial retainer fee. Last communication I had with them was in early December 2017. Finally, tired and frustrated to not receive an answer to my questions and seeing no progress in my case, I hired another firm, a well-known firm that at the beginning I didn't want to hire because I thought it would be more expensive. However, in less than 1month they collected all the information by themselves, contacted the other party lawyer and winning my case getting all the requests I claimed in the agreement for LESS THAN the initial retainer Ganapathi law firm charged me to accomplish NOTHING... The funny thing is that after I wrote an online review, I was contacted by them again to ask me to follow up with my case, after 4 months without hearing from them. Mr. Ganapathi asked me to rephrase my review and he was willing to review my case. I agreed, I honored my word and I'm still waiting for him to do the same. YOU MAKE YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS AND TAKE YOUR OWN RISK.

I was always at home at Kinman law office. Mr. Kinman is a brilliant lawyer. He is very thorough…read moreand takes every case as if it was the only case he had. l am super happy about the way he took care of my vehicular accident and the settlement. I recommend Kinman law to everyone. I should also add Farshad the office manage, he truly helped out in every way he could. Thank you so much Farshad.

Kinman & Associates, provided me and my wife with the support, guidance and ultimately a winning…read moreoutcome for our car accident benefits and personal injury claim. After a car accident in 2015, We were injured and unsure of where to turn for help. We were scared and worried about the additional emotional feelings it may take on us at this time. We made up our mind to call Cathy Lee, the accountant for Kinman & Associates. She was just fantastic. She made the communication feel easy and we felt very comfortable without worries. In the mean time, We made a chance to meet Kinman lawer and found out his team of professional responsive and expert legal assistants. He gave great advice for us and we were very happy. We don't think we could have done this without him and her helps ever. Thanks Kinman & Associates!

My good friend Kent recommended Carolyn to me after a long conversation between us over a few…read moredrinks (I had tea). He has been there off and on for me in regards to employment situations for the past 10 years. Often he just bends his ears to my complaints (nothing more), however, the situation I am in with my current employer was enough to ring some bells that he felt the need to professionally intervene. Kent specializes in Employment Standards, however, the issue that I was experiencing was outside scope of knowledge, therefore, he encouraged me to reach out to Carolyn. At first I did it to humor Kent but by the end of it I am so glad that I did. The truth is that if he didn't push me to get legal advice than I would've allowed the situation to get worse. Carolyn was blunt and honest with me and spoke to me in terms that I could understand in reference to what was going on with a recent employment agreement that had been made. Highly recommend.

I needed advice dealing with Strata issue. Joel was extremely helpful and provided detailed…read moresuggestions very quickly as I was under a time crunch. Great service, communication, and most importantly great advice to protect me. Go nowhere else.

I am still giving him five stars, but when I called Westjet to tell them they are still…read moreovercharging Americans around $12 a ticket for every leg of a flight (hmmm, the same difference between a Canadian charge and US charge for a bag) they pleaded dumb and acted like they had never heard of this before. Bad business to hike up the exchange for unsuspecting Americans. I wish Mr. Pigeon would take this on, too, but I am sure he has better things to do. Clearly, his baggage fight went on deaf ears and I bet Westjet is still raking over Americans in that department, too. I guess I will be finding out soon enough as unfortunately I am flying them again soon. Ugh

We are grateful Bell Alliance was recommended to us…read more Jesse Avery worked with us through some complicated, stressful issues. Jesse Avery is professional, respectful, efficient, thoughtful, reliable, down to earth and easy to communicate with. Thank you Jesse Avery, Bell Alliance and Jodi. We appreciate you

Thank you Jesse Avery for working with us, and helping us through a difficult time;…read moreWe highly recommend Jessie Avery and Bell Alliance for all legal matters.