Happy Lawyer Profiles

Sara Forte describes her legal career as a steady descent down the corporate ladder, with success found at the bottom.

Lahore to Toronto to Cape Town to Whitehorse was the winding road that led Amna Bhatti to a fulfilling law practice, but finding law work was not easy for her.

After leaving big law James grew a beard, dresses casually in the office, uses emojis in client emails if it feels right and asks clients how they are feeling about challenging issues.

Kate is a musician, fabric and portrait artist. Her early 20s were spent hitchhiking through British Columbia and playing music in the mountains. Her mid-20s; bartending, playing in a band and riding motorcycles.

No two days are the same for Victoria and no two animal law cases are the same, either. Each animal and each human she works with has a story to tell.

Amy mostly works in jeanshorts. After starting her legal career at a national law firm, moving to a small, community-based firm and taking a parental leave to care for her first child, Amy decided to design a law practice that would fit into her life.