Louise McLeod,

In joining the incredible Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group at Lawson Lundell, I know that I am well positioned and resourced to serve my existing and future clients. Lawson Lundell offers a combination of broad-based expertise and support for specific practice areas, like estates and trusts litigation, a team which I am thrilled to join.

Louise McLeod is an associate in the Vancouver office of Lawson Lundell and a member of the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. Her practice focuses on general commercial litigation with an emphasis on estates and trusts litigation. She assists clients on a wide variety of matters, including wills variation, wills validity, capacity issues, unjust enrichment, constructive and resulting trusts, breach of fiduciary duties, committeeship applications, accountings and contract and property disputes.

After completing an undergraduate degree at Queen's University where she played on the university volleyball team, Louise attended law school at Thompson Rivers University, earning the Law Society Gold Medal and Prize on graduation. She clerked at the Court of Appeal for British Columbia from 2015 to 2016, after which she completed her full articles in 2016.

Louise has appeared before all levels of court in British Columbia. She also assists clients in resolving claims through negotiation and mediation.

• Law Society of British Columbia, Member
• Canada Bar Association, Member
• Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch), BC Wills and Trusts Section, Executive Member
• Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch), Student Mentorship Program, Mentor

• Mom2Mom Charity, Volunteer

• Best Lawyers in Canada: 'Ones to Watch' 2025 - Corporate and Commercial Litigation
• Law Society Gold Medalist, June 2015
• Alvin & Lydia Grunert Scholarship, 2014
• Certificate of Recognition Second Year Scholarship
• Neill and Margaret MacGregor Memorial First Year Scholarship

Louise has acted for: 

• A global snack food company was sued in negligence, which resulted in a dismissal
• A BC winery in a passing off claim, which resulted in the other party changing its name
• Various regional charitable foundations and organizations in wills variation claims
• Various trust companies in accountings and wills variation claims