Dennis J. Pelkie QC

Dennis Pelkie is Counsel in our Tax Group in our Calgary office. Dennis practises in the area of wills, estates, and wealth management. He handles all aspects of estate planning, including will drafting, estate administration,  drafting inter vivos trusts, enduring powers of attorney, and personal directives. He also handles a variety of estate and fiduciary litigation matters including dependant relief matters, contested wills, will interpretation and mental capacity issues. As well, Dennis has a lengthy and comprehensive background practising corporate law for small business clients.

For many years, Dennis has acted as a presenter on topics related to wills, estates and estate and fiduciary litigation for a wide variety of educational institutions, professional associations and clients. These include the Legal Education Society of Alberta, Canadian Bar Association (Alberta Branch), Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and other organizations. In addition, Dennis was a sessional course instructor of Wills at the University of Calgary Faculty of Law from 1997 to 1999 and taught wills and estates at the bar admission course for the Legal Education Society of Alberta.

• Selected by peers for inclusion in the 2013 edition (and since 2006) of The Best Lawyers in Canada® (Trusts and Estates).
• Recognized in the 2012 edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Estate and Planning).
• Martindale-Hubbell® BV® Distinguished™ 4.4 out of 5 Peer Review Rated.