Happy Lawyer Profiles

Curtis LeGeyt still remembers the exact moment he decided to pursue a career in law. At the age of seven, police caught him, and his friend engraving their names into a wall and asked them to perform community service as reparation.

Although Phil spent the first 30 years of his career entrenched in music, he always had an interest in social justice and the law. From his junior high years in Qualicum Beach Phil spent hours captivated by Eddie Greenspan and George Jonas’ radio show The Scales of Justice which focused on Canada's infamous criminal cases and trials.

Settling into life in a new country with two young children is hard. Doing so as a foreign trained lawyer conquering the hurdles of re-licensing in Canada, while simultaneously completing diplomas in paralegal studies and immigration consulting is much harder.