Hi – I’m Andrew.

I’m a mediator because I want to help you obtain a timely, cost-effective, and appropriate resolution to your dispute. Sometimes mediation is the best way to do this. Mediation can give you control over the process and outcomes in ways that other routes don’t allow. It can allow you to get to the real heart of a dispute and find creative solutions that aren’t obvious.

I’ve lectured and taught dispute resolution and related topics to judges, mediators, arbitrators, lawyers, and law students. I have been involved in mediations for family disputes, construction litigation, complex multi-party commercial disputes, personal injuries, and civil disputes. I have received training in mediation and related fields from Mediate BC and the Justice Institute of British Columbia. I am accredited as a Family Law Mediator by the Law Society of BC.

Before turning to mediation, my legal practice experience included family law, construction litigation, personal injury and medical negligence matters, and a wide range of civil disputes. I have worked as a lawyer in a large national firm and in small civil litigation and family law offices. I have been a law clerk for the BC Supreme Court.

I bring a thoughtful and calm approach to mediation and strive to ensure that participants feel heard and respected throughout the process. I try to create trauma-informed processes to ensure that all participants can show up in their best way throughout the mediation. My goal is to be attentive to the needs of each party throughout the process and I’m driven by trying to create good relationships with people and to help them find creative ways to resolve problems.

My academic work has focused on access to justice issues, and I’m particularly interested in helping to ensure that self-represented people are able to use the mediation process effectively.

I hold law degrees from UBC and the University of Toronto, and a degree in biology and physics from Queen’s University.

You can read more about mediation and request a consultation here.