Jimmy E. Peterson
Associate
Disability Law, Employment Law, Family Law, Wills & Estates, Insurance Law
Practice
Jimmy became an associate at Paine Edmonds in May 2020. Jimmy is an author of the Continuing Legal Education (CLE) British Columbia Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Practice Manual and has been a presenter for the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) on family law. He clerked at the Nova Scotia Supreme Court (Family Division) and worked as a researcher for the Access to Justice and Law Reform Institute of Nova Scotia.
Education
Called to the British Columbia Bar, 2020
Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University – Juris Doctor (Dean’s List), 2019
Received the Horace E Read Award for the greatest overall contribution to scholarship and student life in the law school in 2019
Received the Tory Writing Award for the top paper in the law school in 2018/2019
Received the G.O. Forsyth Essay Prize as the top Legal Research and Writing student at the law school in 2017
Simon Fraser University - Master of Arts (with Distinction), 2015
Simon Fraser University - Bachelor of Arts (First Class with Distinction), 2013
Received the Governor General’s Academic Silver Medal as the top student in the undergraduate class at Simon Fraser University in 2013
Professional Activities
Member, Law Society of British Columbia
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Personal Notes
Jimmy was born in Tokyo, Japan and moved to North Vancouver when he was 4 years old. He coaches basketball and soccer with Special Olympics. Jimmy coached the gold medal winning BC basketball team at the 2014 National Games and represented Canada as a basketball coach at the 2015 Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles. Jimmy was a 3-time national chess champion in his age-group in elementary school. He enjoys going to breweries, playing tennis, following the University of Arizona Wildcats, and taking his dog, a puggle, to work.
