Our Lawyers
Pivot Legal LLP is a growing law firm with lawyers from a wide background offering their expertise in many areas of law. Please visit our lawyers' individual web pages (click on the names below) to view their biographical information and to learn about the areas of law they practise. Pivot Legal LLP lawyers also do public interest legal work for Pivot Legal Society.
Pivot Legal LLP lawyers provide free legal workshops for members of the public in their areas of practice. Please see our events page for a list of workshops and information on how to register.
Our lawyers will take Legal Aid Referrals. If you need to apply for Legal Aid please contact the Legal Services Society at 604-408-2172, or 1-866-577-2525.
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Doug King practices in the area of Criminal Defence and is one of Pivot's advocates for police accountability. Douglas is originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, but immigrated to Canada with his family in 1998. After completing his undergraduate degree in Political Science at the University of Washington Douglas attended law school at the University of British Columbia. Read more... |
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John Richardson practices in the area of Law for Social Change. John is the managing partner of Pivot Legal LLP and the Executive Director of Pivot Legal Society. A graduate of the University of Victoria law school, John was called to the BC bar in 2001. Before law school, John received a B.Sc in math and philosophy at the University of Toronto, and an International Baccalaureate at Pearson College. Read more... |
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Katrina Pacey is the managing partner of Pivot Legal LLP and practices in the area of Criminal Defence, mental health, prison and constitutional law. Katrina is also lead counsel in two Pivot Legal Society campaigns - the sex work and human rights campaign and the health campaign. Katrina received her law degree and a Master of Arts in Women’s Studies from the University of British Columbia. Read more... |
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Lobat Sadrehashemi shares her time equally between serving individual clients in Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship law at Pivot Legal LLP and providing legal advocacy for Pivot Legal Society's campaigns on child welfare reform and violence against women. Lobat graduated from the University of Toronto's Joint Law and Master's of Social Work program in June 2005 and articled or Lorne Waldman, one of Canada's leading immigration and refugee lawyers. Read more... |
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Mary Childs practices in the area of Business, Nonprofit and Charity law. She has law degrees from UBC law school and Oxford University and practiced law in two of Vancouver's largest law firms before joining Pivot Legal LLP in late 2007. She also has many years of experience teaching business law in universities in Canada and the United Kingdom and currently teaches business law at at UBC Law School. Read more... |