Edward (Ted) G. Mark has joined the firm of McQuarrie Hunter as associate counsel. Ted practices at McQuarrie Hunter’s 144th Street, Surrey office in the areas of corporate/commercial law, wills, estates and trusts.

Megan L. Berntt has recently joined the firm of McDonald & Company in Vancouver where she will continue to apply her business law experience in their many negotiations with industry on behalf of their Aboriginal clients.

Grant Wong has joined Lang Michener LLP as an associate counsel in the Vancouver office. He joins the thriving U.S. Securities Group to advise Canadian and U.S.-based clients on cross-border securities and corporate finance matters.

F. Andrew Schroeder and Monique Pongracic-Speier are pleased to announce that they have entered into partnership as Schroeder Speier, Barristers & Solicitors, with Arnold P. Berry as Associated Counsel to the firm.

Kristian P. Jensen and E. Darlene Mcbain, formerly of Jensen Carroll Watt, formed their own law firm Jensen McBain Lawyers. They continue to practice law in the areas of Personal Injury, Civil Litigation, and Family Law.

Joan Young has moved to Heenan Blaikie LLP where she will continue her practice in employment law, public law, and civil litigation.

Shauna Towriss has joined the firm of Clark Wilson LLP as an associate where she will be practicing in the area of general corporate and commercial law.

McQuarrie Hunter welcomed Alexander D.C. Kask into the Partnership. He practices in the areas of business litigation and dispute resolution, insurance and personal injury litigation, human rights and employment law.

Sharon Macmillan will practise as a commercial and real estate solicitor with the firm of Goodwin & Mark in New Westminster.

On Oct. 26, 2006, Christopher Lemon was appointed General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of International Forest Products Limited. Previously he was Corporate Counsel.

Davis & Company LLP is pleased to announce that Glenn Kumoi, formerly of MDSI, has joined the firm as Associate Counsel in the Vancouver office.

Davis & Company LLP (Vancouver office) is pleased to announce that the following individuals have joined the Partnership: Rhys Davies, QC, Litigation, Pension, and Benefit Trusts, Wills, Trusts and Estates; Lloyd Hong, Securities and Corporate Finance, Corporate/Commercial, Mining; Roger Lee, Litigation, Wills, Trusts and Estates.

Rhonda E. Quinton has joined the firm of Findlay Gunnell Sandor in Maple Ridge where she will continue her Wills and Estates practice.

Isabel Stramwasser has left the firm of Howard Rubin, QC and joined the firm of Findlay Gunnell Sandor, where she will continue her litigation practice.

This article was published in the February 2007 issue of BarTalk. © 2007 The Canadian Bar Association. All rights reserved.