Preferred Areas of Practice
Construction and Insurance Litigation
General Civil Litigation
Stephen has extensive expertise in the defense of design consultants at mediations and arbitrations as well as at the trial level. A principal with Shapiro Hankinson & Knutson Law Corporation, Stephen has been recommended by LEXPERT Canadian Legal Directory as a "Leading Practitioner" in construction law for British Columbia and is Peer Review Rated for Ethical Standards and Legal Ability by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell.
Stephen has been a guest speaker and author of papers for the Canadian Law Institutes' Construction Superconference for Western Canada. He is also a past Chairman of the Canadian Bar Association-Construction Law Section.
Education
B.Comm, Dalhousie University
LL.B., Dalhousie University
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