Background
Vince Orchard is a litigation partner at our Vancouver office.
- Admitted to the British Columbia Bar in 1976
- Appointed Q.C. in 2004
- Certified as Chartered Arbitrator
- Graduate from Dartmouth College and the University of Manitoba
- Former Supreme Court of Canada law clerk
- Began practice of law at the Federal Department of Justice in Vancouver before joining Ladner Downs in August 1976
Areas of Practice
- Regional Leader of the Insurance and Tort Liability Group at the firm’s Vancouver office.
- Has appeared as counsel at all levels of courts and tribunals in British Columbia as well as the Supreme Court of Canada and Federal Court, Trial Division and Federal Court of Appeal.
- Practice focused in the area of civil litigation, arbitration and mediation of civil disputes including personal injury, insurance, product liability, class actions, professional negligence, media law including defamation and aspects of aboriginal law and commercial disputes.
- Acts for a broad range of insurers and manufacturers. Involved in insurance coverage disputes, property claims, life and disability, products liability and class actions.
Professional and Community Activities
- Appears regularly as a speaker at CLE seminars
- Author of published papers and articles
- Member of Defence Research Institute, Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, Canadian Bar Association, Vancouver Bar Association, Canadian Defence Lawyers' Association, American Bar Association, Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, Dartmouth Lawyers Association and BC Arbitration and Mediation Institute
- Past Chair of Insurance Law subsection of Canadian Bar Association/British Columbia Branch
- Past Chair of the Canadian Bar Association/Insurance Corporation of British Columbia Liaison Committee
- Past President of Vancouver Bar Association
- Fundraising activities including CBA Law for the Future Fund
- Director of the Vancouver Golf Club
