Headquarters:
300-612 View Street, Victoria, BC
Year founded:
1945
Number of partners and employees:
41
Phone:
250 388 6631
Email:
jill@hc-law.com
Website:
hornecoupar.com
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/horne-coupar-barristers-&-solicitors
“We put our customers at the centre of our business, responding to brokers in a proactive and timely manner and working with the customer to understand their unique risk profile and tailor appropriate solutions”
Erica Kofie, QBE
Mark Horne, KC
Partner
Fiona Hunter
Partner
John Coupar
Partner
Leadership
Mark Horne, KC has practised in Victoria since 1979, principally in the Wills, Estates, Trusts and Charities area within the firm and is the senior member of the firm’s Inheritance and Incapacity Planning Group.
Partner
Mark Horne, KC
Fiona Hunter has a Master’s of Law in trusts and enjoys assisting clients in avoiding disputes in estates through careful planning, with a particular emphasis on trusts. Where disputes become inevitable, she helps clients reach resolutions through mediation and advises on litigation options.
Partner
Fiona Hunter
John Coupar has been practising law with Horne Coupar LLP since 1983, principally in the areas of wills and estate planning, incapacity planning, probate, estate administration, and related fields.
Partner
John Coupar
“We put our customers at the centre of our business, responding to brokers in a proactive and timely manner and working with the customer to understand their unique risk profile and tailor appropriate solutions”
Erica Kofie, QBE
“We continue to see cyber as a key opportunity and will be further developing customer-centric solutions across various geographies and segments in line with our growth aspirations”
Erica Kofie, QBE
Leadership
“We continue to see cyber as a key opportunity and will be further developing customer-centric solutions across various geographies and segments in line with our growth aspirations”
Erica Kofie, QBE
“We put our customers at the centre of our business, responding to brokers in a proactive and timely manner and working with the customer to understand their unique risk profile and tailor appropriate solutions”
Erica Kofie, QBE
Leadership
Heather Fisher
Partner
Heather has been practising law since 2002 and became a partner with Horne Coupar in January 2007. She practises primarily in the areas of estate and trust litigation, elder law including contested committeeship applications, estate and incapacity planning, and estate and trust administration.
Partner
Heather Fisher
Paula Bosenberg
Partner
Paula Rosenberg’s practice focuses on personal succession planning to ensure that assets are protected during a client’s lifetime and transferred to the next generation in a tax-efficient, orderly manner. She is a Trust and Estate Practitioner designated by the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and is a member of the Victoria Estate Planning Council.
Partner
Paula Bosenberg
For over 77 years, the lawyers at Horne Coupar LLP have been providing clients with expert legal advice in wills, estate and trust planning; estate administration; estate litigation; family law; incapacity planning; corporate law and real estate law.
“We continue to see cyber as a key opportunity and will be further developing customer-centric solutions across various geographies and segments in line with our growth aspirations”
Erica Kofie, QBE
Caroline Deane
Partner
Howard R. Blitstein
Partner
Renée Vinett
Partner
Stephen Birman
Partner
Caroline Deane’s practice focuses on assisting clients with wills, trusts and estate planning needs with emphasis on taxation. She is also counsel to a number of non-profit organizations and charities, assisting them with starting up to winding down and a multitude of issues experienced in between.
Partner
Caroline Deane
Howard R. Blitstein is a partner and personal injury lawyer committed to helping those who have suffered harm obtain the financial security and the medical and rehabilitative services they need to get them on the road to recovery. He has always been willing to fight for his clients’ rights all the way to trial when necessary, even in the most complex cases. Howard is dedicated to giving back to the community. He hosts an annual charity tennis tournament, Law Slam Tennis Challenge, which raises funds for hospitals and organizations that provide legal services to those in need.
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Howard R. Blitstein
Renée Vinett is a partner and lawyer with a focus on personal injury cases. She has successfully conducted trials and hearings in Ontario courts and has over 30 years of nursing experience in disability management. Renée prioritizes her clients’ long-term quality of life and holds memberships in legal and professional associations, where she frequently chairs and lectures at their continuing education programs. She is also a member of the College of Nurses of Ontario.
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Renée Vinett
Stephen Birman’s practice is focused largely on personal injury and class action litigation. He has successfully litigated significant claims as lead counsel in the Ontario Superior Court and at the Licence Appeal Tribunal and Financial Services Commission of Ontario. Stephen is relentless in pursuing claims against insurance companies and led the team that achieved the largest-known punitive damages jury award in an LTD claim on record. He takes pride in his ability to help clients understand and feel informed and in control throughout the various stages of the litigation process.
Partner
Stephen Birman
Liane Brown is committed to representing individuals who have suffered serious personal injuries and to families who have suffered the loss of a loved one. Her practice concentrates on personal injury law, including accident benefits, motor vehicle collisions, medical malpractice, occupiers’ liability, product liability and wrongful death cases.
Partner
Liane Brown
Liane Brown is committed to representing individuals who have suffered serious personal injuries and to families who have suffered the loss of a loved one. Her practice concentrates on personal injury law, including accident benefits, motor vehicle collisions, medical malpractice, occupiers’ liability, product liability and wrongful death cases.
Partner
Liane Brown
“Despite the challenging claims environment, QBE’s coverage and risk appetite have remained consistent. Brokers and customers know and understand our risk appetite and the cover we offer, providing them with certainty for the future,” says Erica Kofie, head of cyber proposition. “We put our customers at the centre of our business, responding to brokers in a proactive and timely manner and working with the customer to understand their unique risk profile and tailor appropriate solutions.”
Kofie adds, “Through 2022, QBE successfully delivered significant growth in the cyber sector, reflecting the depth and strength of our team. We continue to see cyber as a key opportunity and will be further developing customer-centric solutions across various geographies and segments in line with our growth aspirations.”
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Deanna Gilbert
Partner
Simon Williams
Chief Strategy & Distribution Officer, Arch Insurance International
and Active Underwriter, Syndicate 1955
Ben Irantalab enjoys the complexities of personal injury litigation. His practice is exclusively devoted to representing clients with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and severe orthopedic injuries. For Ben, the cases that require special creativity and thinking outside the box are most gratifying.
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Ben Irantalab
Ben Irantalab enjoys the complexities of personal injury litigation. His practice is exclusively devoted to representing clients with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and severe orthopedic injuries. For Ben, the cases that require special creativity and thinking outside the box are most gratifying.
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Ben Irantalab
Deanna Gilbert is a partner at Thomson Rogers, where her practice is devoted to representing seriously injured plaintiffs in personal injury litigation. She is an LSO-certified Specialist in Civil Litigation, and holds high rankings within the Lexpert, Best Lawyers, and Martindale-Hubbell publications. Deanna has successfully appeared before the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Licence Appeal Tribunal. Her advocacy has resulted in a number of precedent-setting and reported judicial and arbitral decisions. She is the Contributing Editor of the Ontario Accident Benefits Case Summaries and a Contributor to the Personal Injury Module, both published by LexisNexis Canada.
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Deanna Gilbert
Ben Irantalab enjoys the complexities of personal injury litigation. His practice is exclusively devoted to representing clients with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and severe orthopedic injuries. For Ben, the cases that require special creativity and thinking outside the box are most gratifying.
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Ben Irantalab
Ben Irantalab enjoys the complexities of personal injury litigation. His practice is exclusively devoted to representing clients with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and severe orthopedic injuries. For Ben, the cases that require special creativity and thinking outside the box are most gratifying.
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Ben Irantalab
Jeff Wilker
Partner, Municipal and Planning
George Karahotzitis
Partner, Family Law
George Karahotzitis is a partner with Thomson Rogers, and his practice is devoted to litigation with an emphasis on matrimonial litigation and matters involving commercial disputes. He has co-authored numerous articles for use in continuing legal education seminars. He is also a regular contributor speaker at continuing legal education seminars, having spoken at seminars conducted by the Law Society of Ontario, the National Judicial Institute, Osgoode Professional Development, and the Advocates’ Society.
George is the co-chair of the “Complex Issues” series of conferences held by Osgoode Professional Development related to complex issues in family law. He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers.
Partner, Family Law
George Karahotzitis
Jeff Wilker focuses his practice on land use law and routinely develops novel approaches to resolve complex legal problems. The provision of top-shelf legal guidance to his clients is a hallmark of his practice. Jeff acts on cutting-edge matters and prides himself on his ability to “think outside of the box”. His practice involves all aspects of municipal and planning law, including land use litigation, expropriation, environmental and constitutional matters.
He appears before Municipal Councils, at provincial tribunals such as the Ontario Land Tribunal, and in the Courts, on behalf of municipalities, public agencies, corporations, and private individuals. He is the Town/Township solicitor for a number of municipalities.
Partner, Municipal and Planning
Jeff Wilker
Simon Williams
Chief Strategy & Distribution Officer, Arch Insurance International
and Active Underwriter, Syndicate 1955
Simon Williams
Chief Strategy & Distribution Officer, Arch Insurance International
and Active Underwriter, Syndicate 1955
Ben Irantalab enjoys the complexities of personal injury litigation. His practice is exclusively devoted to representing clients with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and severe orthopedic injuries. For Ben, the cases that require special creativity and thinking outside the box are most gratifying.
Partner
Ben Irantalab
Ben Irantalab enjoys the complexities of personal injury litigation. His practice is exclusively devoted to representing clients with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and severe orthopedic injuries. For Ben, the cases that require special creativity and thinking outside the box are most gratifying.
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Ben Irantalab