Experienced Lawyer and Mediator, Nanaimo, British Columbia

Mr. Saunders has practiced law in British Columbia for more than 30 years. His practice has involved a wide variety of civil litigation cases, including personal injury in which he has acted both for injured parties and defendants, in the latter instance, being retained by general insurance companies and the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. As counsel he has represented clients in both the British Columbia Supreme Court and the British Columbia Court of Appeal. During the last ten years Mr. Saunders has acted on many occasions for both plaintiffs and defendants at mediation sessions. Since the year 2000 he has been actively engaged in the mediation process as a mediator.

A native of Nanaimo, Mr. Saunders attended the University of British Columbia, where he obtained his law degree in 1971. Before, and while attending university, he worked in the logging and pulp mill industries. He established his own law firm in 1975. Mr. Saunders retired from full-time practice at the end of the year 2000 and at the present time handles only a few court cases, concentrating instead on his civil mediation practice. He is available to act as mediator anywhere on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.

Mr. Saunders is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia, Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia, and the British Columbia Mediator Roster Society.

Mr. Saunders has been involved in several community activities, including the Nanaimo Heritage Advisory Committee and the Nanaimo Hospital Foundation. He is a Past President of the Nanaimo City Bar Association. He has been a Director of the Nanaimo Lions Club and the Nanaimo Flying Club and is currently a member of the Nanaimo Yacht Club.