Description
December 2025
Intermediate Litigation Associate Position – Insurance Coverage Law and General Civil Litigation
About Owen Bird
We are a full‐service business law firm in Downtown Vancouver, and for more than 50 years, we have provided exceptional service and outstanding results for our clients.
Our clients are large, medium, and small businesses, including publicly traded companies, insurers, financial institutions (including chartered banks, credit unions, and non-bank commercial lenders), and leaders in real estate, telecommunications, and other sectors. Due to our affiliation with Interlaw, a network of full-service business law firms in over 150 cities around the world, a significant number of our files involve transnational aspects.
We strive for excellence in our practice but attempt to do so in an environment that is informal, collegial, and respectful. We strive to be open and transparent within our firm. We provide mentorship to our associates in practice skills and client development with the goal of training associates to be future shareholders. We believe that there is more to life than the practice of law, and all lawyers, students, and support staff are encouraged to live balanced lives and be involved in their communities.
In October 2022, we moved to new state-of-the-art premises located on the 29th and 28th floors of Vancouver Centre II, located at 733 Seymour Street. Our office has a private deck space for the use of our lawyers, staff, and clients. We invite the successful candidate to join us for this new and exciting chapter of our history.
Position
We are seeking an associate lawyer to practice in insurance coverage law and general civil litigation. This candidate will work closely with Greg Tucker, K.C. on a wide range of insurance coverage matters, including commercial property, builders risk, general and commercial liability, wrap-up liability, professional liability, directors & officers, errors & omissions, among other areas. The insurance coverage work will make up the bulk of the associate’s workload, with general civil litigation work to supplement their practice.
Our intermediate litigation associates have conduct of their own files (for cases of appropriate complexity) and assist senior counsel with aspects of more complex files.
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of three years of experience in insurance coverage and litigation practice. Experience in drafting pleadings, speaking to chambers applications, negotiating at mediations, and appearing at trial would be valuable background skills to have. The candidate should have a breadth of experience in these practice areas and be capable of conducting files from beginning to end.
Compensation
We are on a lockstep compensation model based on year of call. Our associate base salaries are highly competitive with the market for mid and large size downtown Vancouver firms, with a lucrative bonus model that rewards associates who exceed billable hour expectations.
Base salary: $143,000 – $182,000 depending on year of call.
Application process
To apply, please submit a brief cover letter (1 page maximum), a CV (2 pages maximum), and a practice synopsis if available. Please indicate your available start date in your cover letter.
Applications should be submitted by email to the Associates and Articling Committee at recruitment@owenbird.com.
The application deadline is January 30, 2026, but we’ll be reviewing and interviewing candidates as applications come in.
For more information about our firm, and our lawyers, visit Owenbird website.
For questions, please contact us at: recruitment@owenbird.com
