Karl is a solicitor (transaction lawyer) whose practice has for many years focused on wills, estates and trusts.
Karl and his legal assistants work as a team to give confidential advice and practical assistance. The decisions facing their clients range from the routine to the most difficult and personal in anyone's life and often involve delicate family situations.
Their goals are to avoid future problems, to provide timely professional service, and to leave their clients with peace of mind.
Contemplating death or mental incapacity and dealing with its aftermath are rarely easy. Karl and his team know from experience that with careful planning and focused action, these challenging tasks can be overcome.
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Memberships & Professional Affiliations
- Canadian Bar Association
- New Westminster Bar Association
- Douglas College Foundation
Positions / Community Involvement
- Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of BC, former president
- Fraser Valley Estate Planning Council, former president
- Douglas College Foundation, board member
Lectures / Publications / Seminars
- Continuing Legal Education of BC, lecture on dealing with family law claims in estate planning and estate administration
- public information seminars on estate planning topics
Representative Work
- helping a woman whose common law husband died without a will to arrange for his house, car and investment accounts to be transferred into her sole name
- preparing a comprehensive set of estate planning documents for a young couple whose second child is mentally disabled so that in the event that either or both of them dies or is incapacitated, they and their children are all taken care of
- guiding a tense group of siblings, all appointed as co-executors in their father's will, through the process of having his will accepted to probate, identifying and collecting his assets, ensuring all his debts are paid, winding up his company, dividing his late wife's jewellery between the daughters, and arranging for the remaining estate to be distributed to the children by mutual agreement
- creating and implementing an estate freeze and trust plan for semi-retired husband and wife owners of a successful small business, working with their personal accountant, to reduce the income taxes and probate fees payable during their lives and after their deaths
- negotiating a reasonable and fair settlement among the beneficiaries of a will and the deceased's two disinherited children, avoiding a long and expensive court battle
Hobbies / Interests
- cycling
- running
- ecology and conservation
- live music
- outdoor activities with family and friends
Education
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Victoria, 1997
- Bachelor of Arts (History and Economics), McGill University, 1994
- International Baccalaureate Diploma, United World College of South East Asia in Singapore, 1990
Years of Call & JurisdictionCalled to the BC Bar in 1998
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