Barb was called to the bar in 1990. As a litigator, she has appeared at all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada and a wide variety of statutory and appellate tribunals.

For the last 20 years Barb has focused her practice on mediation and arbitration and has experience in a broad range of areas including:

• Insurers and claimants in bodily injury, errors and omissions and property claims
• Insurers, property owners, lessees, design professionals and others involved in construction, property, commercial leasing and expropriation disputes
• Transportation disputes - marine, aviation, rail
• Employers, contractors, and employees involved in employment, WCB, OHS, privacy and discrimination disputes

Barb is a Distinguished Fellow and Governor of the International Academy of Mediators.  From 2011 to 2022 she was named in both the Canadian and International Who's Who of Commercial Mediation and in Best Lawyers in Canada (ADR) from 2013 to 2023.

• Speech Sciences Licentiateship, University of Leeds, United Kingdom - 1978
• Bachelor of Arts (Psychology/Linguistics), University of Alberta - 1985
• Doctor of Jurisprudence, University of Victoria - 1988
• BC Court of Appeal – Law Clerk to the Honourable Carrothers & Hinkson J.J.A. 1988-1989
• Called to the Bar of British Columbia - 1990

• Distinguished Fellow, International Academy of Mediators
• Judical Justice of the Peace for the Provincial Court of British Columbia
• Chartered Arbitrator, Alternate Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada
• Member, British Columbia Arbitration and Mediation Institute
• Appointee, Panel of Arbitrators, American Dispute Resolution Center
• Governor (2016-17), International Academy of Mediators
• Chartered Mediator, Alternate Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada
• Registrant, BC Mediator Roster Society
• Certified Mediator, International Mediation Institute

Please contact our office at vquinn@cmbmediation.com or 604-639-3171 for more information

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