JP Boyd on Family Law Blog by Collaborative Divorce Vancouver
Description: John-Paul E. Boyd, KC is a lawyer, arbitrator, mediator, parenting coordinator, researcher, lecturer, author and consultant, and the principal of John-Paul Boyd Arbitration Chambers. He offers mediation, arbitration and parenting coordination services in family law disputes throughout British Columbia and Alberta, Canada.
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John-Paul E. Boyd, KC is an accredited family law arbitrator, family law mediator and parenting coordinator. He is the principal of John-Paul Boyd Arbitration Chambers and counsel to the preeminent Calgary family law firm, Wise Scheible Barkauskas . He is a senior family law lawyer nationally known for his big-picture approach to family justice issues, contributions to public and professional legal education on family law, and special expertise in disputes concerning parenting, support and jurisdictional is
John-Paul practiced family law in Vancouver for 14 years before joining the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family at the University of Calgary as executive director in 2013. He returned to private practice in 2018 and was appointed Queen's Counsel, now King's Counsel, in 2019. He took his training as a mediator in 2005, as a parenting coordinator in 2006 and 2007, as an arbitrator in 2011, and as a collaborative practitioner in 2012. John-Paul has particular interests in law and procedural refo
John-Paul is a practicing member of the law societies of Alberta and British Columbia. He is also a member of the ADR Institute of Canada, Family Mediation Canada and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. John-Paul is a former fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers, and was a founding director of the BC Hear the Child Society and the BC Parenting Coordinators Roster Society.
JP Boyd on Family Law Blog by Collaborative Divorce Vancouver