Course Chair
Abbas Sabur — Shapray Cramer Fitterman Lamer LLP, Vancouver
About the Course Chair
Abbas Sabur is a partner with the commercial litigation boutique Shapray Cramer Fitterman Lamer LLP, Vancouver. Prior to coming to Vancouver in 2008, Abbas practiced commercial and securities litigation in Toronto. He has acted in an array of civil, quasi-criminal, criminal, and administrative cases. Since his call to the bar in 2004, Abbas has appeared before various courts and administrative tribunals in BC, Ontario, and Alberta.
Faculty
The Honourable Mr. Justice Geoffrey B. Gomery — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Eric S. Bojm — Bojm & Funt LLP, Vancouver
Robert W. Cooper, QC — McEwan partners, Vancouver
Malcolm B. Funt — Bojm & Funt LLP, Vancouver
Ludmila B. Herbst, QC — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver
Claire E. Hunter — Hunter Litigation Chambers, Vancouver
Emily Kirkpatrick — McEwan Partners, Vancouver
Alexandra C. Luchenko — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Joseph C. McArthur — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
J. Kenneth McEwan, QC — McEwan Partners, Vancouver
D. Ross McGowan — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Abbas Sabur — Shapray Cramer Fitterman Lamer LLP, Vancouver
Peter R. Senkpiel — Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
Sheila M. Tucker, QC — Shapray Cramer Fitterman Lamer LLP, Vancouver
Scott A. Turner — Burns Fitzpatrick LLP, Vancouver
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