SMR and its lawyers are recognized in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada®
SMR as a firm, as well as five of our lawyers, have been included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada®. Best Lawyers is regarded by clients and legal professionals as a significant honour which is determined by votes received from local legal peers to recognize lawyers for their outstanding professional excellence. […]
Jessica Lithwick named as Benchmark Litigation Future Star (2024)
Congratulations to Jessica Lithwick, who was named this year by Benchmark Litigation as a Future Star.
SMR Welcomes Tristan Miller as an Associate
SMR welcomed Tristan Miller as an Associate at the firm on July 2, 2024. Tristan recently completed his Master of Laws at Columbia Law School, graduating with High Honours, as a recipient of the Law Society’s Scholarship for Graduate Legal Studies. He returns to Vancouver to practice with SMR with a particular interest in estates […]
SMR Receives LAPBC Lawyers Helping Lawyers Award
SMR was honoured to receive the Lawyers Assistance Program of BC “Lawyers Helping Lawyers” Award at the 38th Annual Bench and Bar Dinner at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel on June 20, 2024. SMR is proud to continue the tradition of members of the firm helping other members of the bar facing professional issues and supporting […]
Robin McFee, K.C. named one of the Top 50 Trial Lawyers in Canada by Benchmark Litigation
Benchmark Litigation Canada has once again named SMR founding partner Robin McFee, K.C. as a Litigation Star and one of the Top 50 Trial Lawyers in Canada for 2024. These 50 elite practitioners are selected after extensive research based on their excellence in trial work, unwavering peer and client reviews, and achievements in litigation practice. […]
Jessica Lithwick is presenting on January 25, 2024 at the CBABC Appellate Advocacy 2023 Year in Review section meeting
Jessica will be joined by Tom Posyniak from Fasken Martineau Dumoulin in a discussion on the top cases from last year in the areas of civil litigation and public/administrative law. This lunch and learn session will take place via webinar.
SMR obtains damages award of more than $1.2 million for firefighter
SMR lawyers David Eleff and Elizabeth Janzen were counsel for Mr. Michael Smith, a firefighter and father of two who suffered injuries in a motor vehicle accident. He sustained a concussion, post-concussion syndrome, post-traumatic headaches, PTSD, and neck and back pain that had had become chronic by the time of trial. Expert opinion was that […]
Elizabeth Allan is presenting on November 17, 2023 at the CBA Administrative Law and Labour & Employment Conference
Beth will join Jason Kully of Field Law and Annabritt Chisholm of Shores Jardine in a panel discussion on pre-hearing preparation for professional regulatory hearings, including preparing your panel as independent legal counsel. This session is part of a two-day conference in Ottawa concluding with a fireside chat with the Hon. Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin from […]
SMR obtains judgment for national union following three day summary trial
Mike Shirreff and David Eleff were recently successful on a summary trial application for a national union client: Speckling v. CEP, 2023 BCSC 1446. The claim against the unions arose from events in the late 1990s at a pulp and paper mill in Powell River, British Columbia. For the past 20+ years, the plaintiff and […]
SMR Welcomes Abrisham (Abby) Eshghi as an Associate
SMR is pleased to have Abby Eshghi join us as an Associate. Abby clerked for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, before working as an Assistant Attorney General with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office for four years. Abby worked at another Vancouver litigation boutique before joining SMR […]