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From left to right: Chris Giaschi, Tracee Dooley, Brad Caldwell, Elyn Underhill and Mark Sachs OUR FIRMGiaschi & Margolis is a firm of litigation and commercial lawyers located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. We have three partners, Christopher Giaschi, Robert Margolis and Elyn Underhill. We practice in affiliation with Thomas Cooper & Stibbard, an international shipping and trade law firm based in London, England and with offices around the world. Our litigation practice is primarily in the fields of insurance, maritime and transportation law. Our clients are mostly insurance companies who specialize in marine, cargo and transportation related insurance. A large part of our practice is subrogation on behalf of underwriters although we also do a significant amount of defence work. Our commercial practice is primarily in chartering, International trade and ship building contracts.
OUR PARTNERSChristopher GiaschiChristopher Giaschi was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1988 and to the Bar of British Columbia in 1991. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto (B.A., 1982), Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.B., 1986) and York University School of Business (M.B.A., 1986). He is an adjunct Professor of Maritime Law at the University of British Columbia, the West Coast Vice-President of the Canadian Maritime Law Association, the Chairperson of the Legislative Reform Committee of the Canadian Maritime law Association and a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Maritime Law Association. He is a past Chairperson of the National Maritime Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association and of the B.C. Branch of the Maritime Law Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association. He has also served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Marine Insurance Association of British Columbia, as Chairperson of the Education Committee of the Marine Insurance Association of British Columbia, and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Ontario Branch of the Maritime Law Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association. He has practiced law in both Ontario and British Columbia and has appeared as counsel in numerous cases before the Federal Court of Appeal, the Federal Court Trial Division, the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the British Columbia Supreme Court, the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Ontario Court General Division. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars and is also the founder of and principal contributor to Admiraltylaw.com. (To review Chris' Curriculum Vitae, click here.) Robert MargolisRobert Margolis was called to the Bar of British Columbia in 1985 and was admitted as solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 1993. He is a graduate of the University of British Columbia (B.A., 1979; LL.B., 1983), the University of Western Ontario (M.A., 1980), the University of Oxford (B.C.L., 1984) and the University of London (LL.M., 1986). He has been a lecturer at the Faculties of Law of the University of British Columbia, University of Hong Kong and the National University of Singapore. He is the author of numerous learned articles on maritime law and has practiced maritime law in both Canada and Japan. (To review Rob's Curriculum Vitae, click here.) Elyn UnderhillElyn Underhill was called to the bar of British Columbia in 1985. She is a graduate of Trent University (B.A., 1981), Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.B., 1984) and University of London (LL.M., 1988). She is past Chairperson of the Air Law Subsection of the B.C. Branch of the Canadian Bar Association. Elyn has appeared as counsel in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Court of Appeal for British Columbia and the Federal Court of Canada (both at the trial and appellate level). She practices extensively in the areas of both air and marine law. (To review Elyn's Curriculum Vitae, click here.)
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