SMR welcomed Clare Qiu as an Associate at the firm on January 6, 2025. Claire was called to the bar in 2024 and recently completed a judicial clerkship at the Supreme Court of British Columbia. She received her law degree from the University of British Columbia in 2023 and prior to that received her Bachelor of Arts at Simon Fraser University as a student in the French Cohort Program. Claire has previously worked at a Vancouver criminal defence firm and looks forward to developing a broad civil litigation practice at SMR. Full bio to follow.