Meet Alexander Holburn’s Business Disputes Team
Judy Rost is a Partner at Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, and is the group leader of their Business Disputes Practice. She has acted for plaintiffs and defendants in all types of business disputes including shareholder, partnership, and franchise matters, just to name a few. Often clients seek her out to enforce their intellectual property rights or to get an injunction to preserve assets. She also has experience handling complex trust and estate matters. Judy has successfully built her practice by being responsive to her clients’ needs and finding creative solutions to resolve their disputes.
If you would like to learn more about Judy, you can read her full biography here.
David Garner is a Partner at Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, is a member of the Business Disputes Practice, and is active in several litigation related practices at the firm. He recently completed a six and a half year term as the firm’s Managing Partner. While David’s practice is primarily litigation-based, he places considerable emphasis on alternate dispute resolution solutions, including mediation and arbitration approaches. He represents a diverse range of individual, professional and corporate clients in disputes spanning a broad range of issues and business sectors. He has appeared in all levels of courts in British Columbia and Alberta, as well as handled matters in the courts of other Western Canadian provinces. David is an active writer and presenter on a variety of legal topics for clients and for other lawyers through the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia.
If you would like to learn more about David, you can read his full biography here.
Karen Zimmer is a Partner at Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP. Her practice is primarily focused on the following areas of civil and commercial litigation: libel and slander claims, directors and officers liability, complex commercial litigation, society litigation matters, professional regulatory matters, privacy and intellectual property disputes.
She is experienced in pursuing her clients’ interests in urgent interlocutory applications, short and lengthy trials, appeals, arbitrations and mediations. She has appeared at all levels of Court in British Columbia as well as the Yukon Supreme Court and the Human Rights Tribunal.
If you would like to learn more about Karen, you can read her full biography here.
Derek Frenette is a Partner at Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, and is a member of the firm’s Wills, Estates + Trusts; Labour + Employment; Business Disputes; Intellectual Property + Technology; and Insurance practice groups. He has a broad business litigation practice which includes contractual, shareholder, employment, human rights, and intellectual property disputes. His practice takes him to multiple jurisdictions, to the British Columbia Supreme Court, the Federal Court of Canada, and to numerous tribunals including the British Columbia and Canada Human Rights Tribunals, the Canada Industrial Relations Board, the British Columbia Employment Standards Tribunal, and the federal Trade-Marks Opposition Board.
If you would like to learn more about Derek, you can read his full biography here.
Iman Hosseini is a member of the firm’s Labour + Employment, Business Disputes, Corporate/Commercial, Wills, Estates + Trusts, and Construction + Engineering practice groups. Iman is experienced in a broad range of complex litigation matters including disputes arising from corporate and commercial contracts and relationships, employment, construction, estates, and real estate transactions. He has appeared at every level of Court in British Columbia as well as various provincial and federal tribunals and has successfully resolved matters through mediation and arbitration. Iman takes a client-centric approach to disputes and thrives to achieve practical solutions that meet his clients’ unique needs.
If you would like to learn more about Iman, you can read his full biography here.
Matthew Desmarais’ practice is litigation focused, and includes a wide variety of legal matters which are relevant to businesses of any size. Such matters include labour and employment, shareholder disputes, franchise disputes, debt collection, litigation and drafting of commercial agreements, and intellectual property matters. Matthew prides himself on providing clients with practical legal advice in an efficient manner, and has represented clients at the Human Rights Tribunal, the Civil Resolution Tribunal, the Provincial Court of British Columbia, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, and in arbitrations.
If you would like to learn more about Matthew, you can read his full biography here.
Matthew Nakatsu is a member of Alexander Holburn’s Business Disputes, Labour + Employment, and Wills, Estates + Trusts Practice Groups. His practice is primarily and predominantly litigation-based. Matthew has assisted clients in matters before all levels of Court in British Columbia, as well as the BC Human Rights Tribunal and WorkSafeBC’s Review Division.
If you would like to learn more about Matthew, you can read his full biography here.
Alireza Alimadad is a member of our Insurance, Labour + Employment and Business Disputes Practice Groups. His practice is predominantly litigation-based and includes a wide range of legal matters related to both individual and corporate commercial disputes. Alireza is focused on providing in-depth assessments of litigation risk in such matters and has represented clients in actions before all levels of Court in British Columbia, the BC Human Rights Tribunal and the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal.
If you would like to learn more about Alireza, you can read his full biography here.
Allison Macdonald is a member of our Business Disputes, Labour & Employment, Franchise, and Aviation practice groups. She has experience in a broad range of litigation matters, including shareholder, partnership, employment and franchise disputes. Allison focuses on providing strategic and practical litigation advice to clients operating in a diverse range of industries. She has represented clients at the British Columbia Supreme Court, Nova Scotia Supreme Court, the Provincial Court of British Columbia, the Civil Resolution Tribunal, and numerous other provincial courts across Canada.
If you would like to learn more about Allison, you can read her full biography here.
Niki Vaahedi is a member of the Business Disputes, Labour + Employment, and Insurance Practice Groups. Niki has a general commercial litigation practice, which includes shareholder, contractual, and employment disputes. She has also assisted clients with insurance and human rights matters. Prior to attending law school, Niki graduated from the Sauder School of Business.
If you would like to learn more about Niki, you can read her full biography here.