Course Chairs
Max R.S. Hufton — Sound Law LLP, Squamish
Sandra M. Katalinic — Eyford Partners LLP, Vancouver
About the Course Chairs
Max Hufton is a founding partner of Sound Law LLP. He was called to the BC bar in 2003 and has been defending casualty claims since. Through his extensive experience in this field, he has developed relationships with numerous insurers and companies and has a reputation for being effective, efficient, and knowledgeable counsel. Max is a trial and appellate lawyer with a diversity of experience that includes acting for insurers and their insureds in auto claims, defending a large Supermarket chain from injury claims under their self-insured retention, and defending claims in the recreation industry. He has acted for clients at mediation, trial, in the Court of Appeal, and at the Supreme Court of Canada. He has also acted on a pro-bono basis before the Law Society of BC on review of a reinstatement application.
His advocacy skills are sought out by clients. He routinely takes on late transfer files with imminent trial dates. He is the firm's principal contact for the insurance companies to whom Sound Law provides legal services.
Max is a long serving member and director of Canadian Defence Lawyers. He has chaired and presented at continuing legal education conferences and drafted submissions on behalf of CDL to the BC Rules Revision Committee. He is currently a member of the CDL executive and is expected to be president in 2020.
In his spare time Max plays guitar and, when he wants to be alone, the banjo.
Sandra Katalinic is a partner at Eyford Partners LLP. She has practiced exclusively as a litigator in Vancouver since her call to the bar in 1994. Her practice is mainly in the areas of motor vehicle defence, personal injury, and insurance claims.
Sandra has appeared as counsel at all levels of court in BC. She has considerable experience as trial counsel in both judge-alone and jury trials in the BC Supreme Court and as appellate counsel before the Court of Appeal. Sandra also has appeared as co-counsel at the Supreme Court of Canada. She acts frequently in mediations, often involving complex multi-party disputes and has represented clients in arbitrations.
Sandra is an editorial board member and contributing author for the CLEBC publication, British Columbia Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Practice Manual and has presented papers for CLEBC and Canadian Defence Lawyers.
Faculty
Nicole Cederberg — Heath Law LLP, Nanaimo
Karen E. Jamieson — Murray Jamieson, Vancouver
Marc Kazimirski — Kazlaw Injury Lawyers, Vancouver
Liz Pan — QA Law, Vancouver
Dennis C. Quinlan, QC — QA Law, Vancouver
Saro Turner — Slater Vecchio LLP, Vancouver
Mark V.C. Virgin — Virgin Hickman, Vancouver
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