Please see below to learn more about each of our lawyers and their areas of specialty. Should you wish to inquire further, please do not hesitate to contact us at (604) 852-5110 or send us an email at office@johnconroy.com. John W. Conroy, Q.C.   John W. Conroy QC has been practicing law since 1972. He was appointed Queens Counsel in 1996. He practices primarily as a criminal defence lawyer as well as in related constitutional, administrative and other civil matters. He has appeared in the courts at all levels including several appearances before the Supreme Court of Canada. Notable cases and clients have included the Steinhauser Hostage taking at the BC Pen (1977), the Squamish 5, (1983), Renee Boje, Marc Emery, Michelle Rainey, Watermelon, Philippe Lucas, Ken Hayes and Randy Caine. He is also counsel to the BC Compassion Club Society, the Vancouver Island Compassion Club Society and the West Coast Prison Justice Society (that runs BC Prisoners legal Services). He has acted in numerous cannabis and other drug cases as well as a wide variety of criminal and prison law matters and test cases. He is on the Board of the Pivot Legal Society and is counsel to VANDU in its efforts to keep open the safe injection facility Insite. He is also the founding President of Norml Canada since 1976 and is the only Canadian member of the Norml Legal Committee in the USA. Ondine Snowdon   Ondine Snowdon is a criminal defence lawyer with a strong interest in social justice and law reform. She also practices some prison law and civil litigation. Ondine is a Board member of Pivot Legal Society and has been involved with Pivot in a number of capacities since 2001. She has participated in Pivot projects aimed at reforming police practices and institutions and in law reform in the area of drug policy and prostitution. While a law student at UBC, Ondine coordinated Pro Bono Students Canada, and national organization which places law students with non-profit organizations. Bibhas Vaze   Bibhas D. Vaze is a human rights lawyer. He concerns himself with assisting those who have had their constitutional rights violated, and his broader interests relate to the unequal treatment by the law of di erent groups, including issues of access to justice by and for the poor and marginalized as well as the disparate treatment of ethnic minorities. Bibhas conducts a broadbased criminal practice and generally engages in civil litigation against public authorities, including on behalf of prisoners and against corrections systems. He holds an LL.B from the University of British Columbia and an LL.M from Columbia Law School, where he was recognized as a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar. Kirk Tousaw   Kirk has practiced law on both sides of the US/ Canada border since 1998. He has trial and appellate experience in both small-scale and large-scale criminal and civil litigation and is prepared to service all your legal needs. Kirk is a member of the Board of Directors of the BC Civil Liberties Association and the Chair of the Association’s Drug Policy Committee. He is also the President of the BC chapter of End Prohibition. Kirk has researched, written and spoken extensively on drug and criminal policy issues, including testimony before the Justice Committee of the House of Commons. His Master’s in Law thesis explored constitutional issues surrounding cannabis prohibition and he writes frequently on the laws related to drugs.