Course Chairs
Lynda Cassels — Cassels Murray, Victoria
Catherine Wong — Saltwater Law, Vancouver
About the Course Chairs
Lynda Cassels practices with Cassels Murray Family & Estates Law in Victoria. She is a family and wills and estates lawyer. Trained in mediation and collaborative law, Lynda enjoys assisting clients with the legal issues that arise during major life transitions, including separation and divorce, planning for marriage or cohabitation, deciding to have children, or dealing with the death or diminishing mental capacity of a loved one. She has a particular interest in fertility law, adoption, and elder law. Lynda has presented at continuing legal education seminars on fertility and family law topics and formerly served on the executive of the Elder Law and Family Law (Victoria) sections of the CBA (BC branch).
Catherine Wong is a family and fertility law lawyer and mediator at Saltwater Law. Although she offers comprehensive family law services, Catherine's law and mediation practice has a particular focus on fertility law, working with the 2SLGBTQ+ communities, and also with polyamorous and multiparent families. In addition to presenting on matters related to fertility law and how the law intersects with non-traditional families, Catherine is often consulted on fertility law matters by other family law lawyers in the context of cohabitation, marriage, and separation.
Catherine is an active member of her communities and has served on a number of boards and organizations including the City of Vancouver 2SLGBTQ+ Advisory Committee and was the former board chair of Out on Screen. Professionally, Catherine is a member of Fertility Law BC, the CBA, and the TLABC. She also currently serves on the executive of the BC subsection of the CBA SOGIC committee and the Racial Justice Grants Advisory Committee of the Law Foundation of BC.
Planning Committee
Lynda Cassels — Cassels Murray, Victoria
barbara findlay, QC — barbara findlay, QC Law Office, Vancouver
Michelle Kinney — Michelle Kinney Law, Victoria
Monique Shebbeare — Monique Shebbeare Law Corporation, Vancouver
Zara Suleman — Suleman Family Law, North Vancouver
Catherine Wong — Saltwater Law, Vancouver