Richard A. Cleveland - Trial Lawyer


Richard has a significant client base in both litigation and commercial matters. He has extensive experience before all levels of the Courts in British Columbia and has successfully litigated matters ranging from shareholder's disputes and commercial enforcement issues through to complex estate and family law litigation. Richard has successfully handled a number of matters before the British Columbia Court of Appeal.

In addition to Richard's litigation preference, he enjoys a significant practice in the area of Wills, Estates, and Trusts, serving the large base of retired citizens in the White Rock and Surrey region. He also has varied experience teaching seminars and courses in the areas of Will and Estates, Family Law and Business legal matters.  Read more...

Dale R. Doan - Business Lawyer


Dale's preferred area of practice is business law. He has extensive experience in commercial mortgages and general security agreements, commercial leasing, buying and selling businesses, shareholders agreements and corporate organizations and reorganizations.

On the litigation side, he handles enforcement and receivership matters, secured transactions and commercial lease court cases. He has appeared before most levels of the Courts in Saskatchewan and British Columbia and has presented 3 applications to the Supreme Court of Canada in secured transaction cases.  Read more...

Shawn M. Smith - Strata Lawyer


Shawn practices primarily in the areas of wills and estates, condominium law and real estate law and has appeared as counsel in Provincial Court, Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal on a variety of matters.  Shawn frequently lectures on the subject of wills and estate planning for financial institutions and community organizations and edits the firm’s publication on Wills and Estate Planning. 

Professionally, Shawn is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia, the Fraser Valley Estate Planning Council,
the Canadian Bar Association Wills & Trusts and Real Property subsections and the Canadian Condominium Institute.   Read more...