Wills Week

Mike Simons will once again be speaking about estate planning at the Edmonton Community Foundation Wills Week on Wednesday October 4, 2017 at the Terwillegar Rec Centre at 6:30 p.m. 

For more information visit here.

 

New Articling Student: Andria Huculak

McCuaig Desrochers LLP is pleased to welcome Andria Huculak as an articling student. Throughout her articling year Andria will gain experience in a variety of areas of law.

Andria received her Bachelor of Arts with Distinction from the University of Alberta in 2013, majoring in both History and Anthropology. She recently moved back to Edmonton, her hometown, after spending four years in Winnipeg where she completed her Juris Doctor at the University of Manitoba in 2017.

While in law school, Andria volunteered at the University Law Centre and for Pro Bono Students Canada. During her final year, she competed in the Solomon Greenberg Jury Trial Competition in Winnipeg and the Gale Cup Moot Competition in Toronto. In 2017, she was awarded the Honorable Archibald S. Dewar Prize for Advocacy.

 

Congratulations, Chris Dawson!

Congratulations to Chris Dawson on his new role as Chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s Real Property Law- Northern Alberta Section.

 

Immigration Fundamentals Seminar

On March 14 (Calgary) and March 23, 2017 (Edmonton), Megan Dawson, from our immigration practice group, will be presenting at the Legal Education Society of Alberta’s seminar titled “Immigration Fundamentals”. This is a great learning opportunity for lawyers to attend who are not familiar with immigration law.  For more information, please see the LESA brochure here.

Judicial Appointment

We are proud to announce that on November 1, 2016, our colleague and friend Thomas W. Achtymichuk was appointed a Judge at the Provincial Court of Alberta. Click here to view the Alberta Government announcement.

We wish Tom all the best in this honourable endeavor.

 

Atelier d’information juridique – Achat d’une propriété

Me Justin E. Kingston en collaboration avec le Centre albertain d’information juridique et Accès Emploi fera une présentation gratuite sur l’achat et la vente d’une propriété le 13 octobre à 18h à la Cite francophone (202, 8627 91 rue) – pour s’inscrire ou pour plus de renseignement veuillez  voir l’affiche.

Justin E. Kingston in collaboration with the Centre albertain d’information juridique and Accès Emploi will be presenting on the ins and outs of buying and selling a property on October 13, 2016 at 6pm at the Cite francophone (202, 8627 91 rue) – for more information or to sign up please click here.

This presentation will be in given in French.