Background

Gary Wilson is a senior estates and trusts lawyer at our Vancouver office. Gary was admitted to the British Columbia Bar in 1976. He is a graduate of the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Laws in 1972. Prior to that, he received a Bachelor of Arts from Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, in 1968. Gary worked for Royal Trust as a trust officer, administering estates and trusts, until 1975 when he began articling.

Areas of Practice

• Gary practises in the areas of estate planning, probate, trusts, and estate litigation and mediation.

Rankings and Recognitions

• Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada® 2012 (Trusts and Estates)
• Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rating
• Recognized in the 2011 Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Estate & Personal Tax Planning)

Professional Experience

• Gary's legal career and practice have been concentrated on estates and trusts since 1976, with an emphasis on wills, estate and trust planning, administration and litigation.

Professional and Community Activities

• Lecturer for the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, the Pacific Business and Law Institute, and the Canadian Tax Foundation.
• Member of the Estate Planning Council of Vancouver.
• Member of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
• Member of Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
• Director of the Community Legal Assistance Society, of Vancouver, British Columbia, a non-profit society which provides legal assistance to persons who are disadvantaged by poverty, physical disability or mental illness.