Happy Lawyer Profiles

Has anyone ever told you that you were not cut out to be a lawyer? Maybe that you didn’t fit the mold, or would be better suited for another career? Jason Demers has been told all of those things and more, but law is what he wanted to do, and he is no stranger to fighting for what he wants.

In law school, were you told that working at a small firm would be unprofitable or unchallenging? Diann Castle was, but she did not listen.

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.