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W. MARTIN FINCH,
Partner
Criminal and Civil Litigation,
Family Law
Chilliwack |
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Past Memberships:
- Director, Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce
- Canadian Bar Representative to the Chilliwack School District
- Director, Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce
- Director, Williams Lake Child Development Centre
- Secretary, Cariboo Bar Association.
- Chairman and Director, Chilliwack YMCA Foundation |
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Martin
Finch is married with three children and lives in Chilliwack. He was
raised in Vancouver and attended Vancouver College. He earned a Bachelor
of Arts with Honours from Simon Fraser University in 1976 and followed
this with a Bachelor of Law Degree from the University of British
Columbia in 1980. In 1991, Monash University in Melbourne, Australia
awarded Mr. Finch a Master of Laws Degree. Mr. Finch has practised
as a trial lawyer since being called to the Bar of British Columbia
in 1981. He is also admitted as a barrister and solicitor in Australia.
Mr. Finch practices in the fields of criminal and civil litigation.
He articled with the Vancouver law firm of Zlotnik, DuMoulin in 1981.
From there, he assumed a position as Crown Counsel in Vancouver, and
subsequently in the interior of British Columbia with a base in Williams
Lake. Following a three-year period lecturing in law in Melbourne
and Brisbane, Australia, he joined Baker Newby LLP
in 1991.
Mr. Finch has acted for clients in a full range of matters involving
the criminal law. He has as well a particular interest in family law.
Mr. Finch is a regular lecturer in law and has held lecturing positions
with Victoria College School of Business, Melbourne, Australia; the
School of Law Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; School of Law
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, and the
Criminology Department of Simon Fraser University. As well, he lectured
in Criminal Law at the University College of the Fraser Valley. He
has published a number of articles on legal topics and is a contributor
to the text "Essays in Commercial and Property Law".
Mr. Finch has held positions as a director of the Chilliwack Chamber
of Commerce, the Canadian Bar Representative to the Chilliwack School
District, a Director of the Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce, a Director
of Williams Lake Child Development Centre, and Secretary of the Cariboo
Bar Association. He is currently Chairman of the Chilliwack YMCA Foundation.
Mr. Finch represented the Canadian Bar Association and the Chilliwack
Bar Association at the government inquiry on the future of the Chilliwack
and Abbotsford courthouses which successfully retained a courthouse
in both communities.
Mr. Finch acts as counsel throughout British Columbia, but is happy
to live in the Fraser Valley, which he believes provides his family
the best that British Columbia offers.
Email: mfinch@bakernewby.com |
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