Jeff was called to the Bar in 1997 and has established a solid reputation as litigation counsel for local governments. Jeff regularly represents local governments in liability claims, contractual and regulatory disputes, and in crisis management and injunction-related circumstances. Jeff has extensive experience representing local governments in hearings, trials and appeals. He regularly assists local governments facing urgent, complex and evolving problems which require strategic advice, effective communications and focused solution management. Jeff is a sought after presenter and contributor at local government conferences and is a board member of the BC Courthouse Libraries Society.
Jeff enjoys music, cooking, spending time with his family and keeping up with his garden.
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Ryan Bortolin is a partner with Stewart McDannold Stuart. He is a member of the Firm’s solicitor’s group. He advises clients on the full range of legal matters that confront local governments, including bylaw drafting, procurement and tendering, development matters, privacy, real estate transactions, and governance issues. He has represented local governments at all levels of court in BC on matters ranging from bylaw enforcement to contractual disputes.
Ryan has presented on several different topics related to local governments.
Ryan has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a Masters of Education from the University of Calgary. He received his LL.B. from the University of Victoria in 2009. Before going to law school, Ryan taught English in Asia, the Middle East and South America. After completing his articles, Ryan completed a one year clerkship with the B.C. Supreme Court in Victoria.
Peter Johnson is a partner and member of our solicitor’s group. Peter graduated with his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of British Columbia in 1988. He was a Law Clerk with the County Court of Vancouver, and then completed his articles in Vancouver. He was called to the Bar in 1990. Peter practiced civil litigation for a number of years with a major Vancouver firm, appearing before all levels of court in British Columbia. In 1997 he became the Assistant City Solicitor with a large and growing municipality in the Lower Mainland of Vancouver.
In 2001 Peter joined the firm and continues to practice as a partner with our solicitors group. Peter provides legal advice and assistance to local governments throughout the province on a wide variety of matters, including interpretation of local government legislation, planning and development law, real estate and other commercial transactions, contract tendering issues, bylaw drafting, expropriation, environmental law issues, freedom of information and privacy issues, and conflicts of interest.
Peter is a frequent contributor to the firm newsletter “LoGo Notebook”. He has made numerous presentations on a variety of local government law topics. He is the past Chair of the Municipal Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch), and is the contributing author of Canada Law Book’s Annotated British Columbia Local Government Act and Community Charter.
