Our People
Martha Rans is the Legal Director of the ALO. She has been practicing law in British Columbia since 1997, and works extensively with arts organizations, not-for-profit societies and visual and multimedia digital artists. She is the Project Lead in Vancouver of Creative Commons Canada. She teaches copyright at Emily Carr University.
Steve McKoen is a partner at Blakes, and practices in the areas of securities, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and corporate governance. He has been active in the arts community both in Vancouver and New York, where he was a volunteer for Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts New York.
Rodney Kyle is a sole practitioner. He is experienced in all intellectual property matters. He is a Chartered Arbitrator in IP or IP-related disputes, e.g. domain name disputes and an experienced advocate.
David Wotherspoon is an intellectual property litigator and partner at Fasken Martineau LLP. He has extensive expertise in trademark litigation and arbitration, technology disputes, and business transactions. His experience in the arts includes involvement with the Emily Carr University, Capilano University and the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada.
Others who have stepped up: David Wotherspoon, Andrew Atkins, Kyle Fogden, Bennett Lee, Margaret Mason, Harvey Meller (Board member), Denis Walz, and Michael Blatchford.
LAW STUDENTS and VOLUNTEERS
Scott Nelson (Board member)
Sharon J Mah
Michael Scholar Jr. (Board member)
Mike Reid
Nikoletta Read
Achilles Ziakris
Judi Piggott
Andrea Ryer
Millie Bajic
Jennifer Chew (Board member)
Joshua Dedora
Ilia Korkh
Katie McConchie
Andrei Mincov
Eric Laxton
Jeremey Hessing-Lewis
Dereck Toker
Peter Eirickson
Robert Galletti
Denis Walz
Richard Sehmer
Jeremy Fung
Jennifer Jackson
Christina Bulbrook
Michelle Adams
Ben Eberhard
Jaime Mellott
Paul Parker