About our Lawyers - Jason Rohrick

areas of practice | experience | education | professional and other associations | approach

Jason Rohrick was called to the bar in 2002 and joined Access Law Group in 2004. Raised and educated in Alberta, he has a civil litigation and administrative law practice in association with Derek Creighton. Prior to joining Access Law Group Jason practiced in construction litigation.

Areas of Practice

Civil litigation with a non-exclusive focus on contract litigation, administrative law, and municipal law. Jason has appeared before all levels of the British Columbia court, the Federal Court of Canada, the Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal, the B.C. Labour Relations Board, and in private arbitration proceedings.

Experience

Experience in contract litigation includes legal work for individuals and institutions large and small:

a national company in a lawsuit to enforce a non-competition clause in a franchise agreement against a franchisee in Ontario
commercial tenants in lease disputes with shopping mall owners or managers
shareholders attempting to resolve disputes with former business partners
the purchaser of a goggle manufacturing company in a commercial arbitration involving pre-contractual misrepresentation
parties to wrongful dismissal lawsuits (employees in some cases, employers in others)
a party to a matrimonial dispute to obtain a worldwide injunction to freeze assets and seize electronic documents
an individual on a disability pension in a construction dispute over a deficient addition to his family home
a retail store owner challenging a liquidated damages clause in his neon sign lease
the inventor of a standing stem helicopter logging in patent litigation in the Federal Court against most of Canada’s largest forestry companies
several non-profit housing societies in a set of complex, multi-million dollar, multi-party “leaky condo” actions funded by BC Housing

Experience in administrative and municipal litigation includes legal work for:

a nature conservancy in Vancouver in an appeal to the B.C. Court of Appeal opposing the rezoning of Hastings Park to allow slot machines
a worker disabled by a repetitive strain injury in her appeal to the Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal
an individual in proceedings before the BC Labour Relations Board and in a subsequent grievance arbitration with his employer the Vancouver Board of Variance

Education

2002 – Called to the British Columbia Bar
2001 – L.L.B. University of Alberta
1997 - M.A. (Philosophy), University of Alberta

Professional & Other Associations

Member, Civil Litigation, Canadian Bar Association, B.C. Branch
Adherent, First Baptist Church, Vancouver
Member, Pacific Bluegrass and Heritage Society (plays fiddle)
Member, Karate BC, Gima-Ha Shoto-Ryu Karate-do Association

Jason’s approach to civil litigation:

The law gives us a set of procedures and rational principles to protect ourselves from or confront and remedy unfair treatment and to assist us to treat others fairly. The law empowers and it constrains power. My job is to work with you to use these procedures and principles to resolve disputes practically, economically, and justly, preferably through pre-trial proceedings but if necessary in court.