Trudi Brown, Q.C
Partner
Tel: (250) 595-2220
tlb@brownhenderson.bc.ca

I was called to the B.C. bar in 1974 and then practiced for four years with the B.C. Crown Counsel Office in Victoria before leaving to form the firm of Buckler Metzger Brown and Milliken in 1978.

I left that firm in 1984 with Judith Kay to establish Brown and Kay, and then merged one year later with Deborah Acheson and Jane Henderson to form Brown Acheson Henderson and Kay - the “Broads on Broad Street”.

In all of these practices, I concentrated on Family Law. In 1988, Jane Henderson and myself migrated to Horne Coupar, where I remained until 2001 when we formed the firm of Brown Henderson.

My practice is still primarily family law. I have been one of the first lawyers in Victoria to embrace collaborative law and am firmly wedded to the concept of resolving family cases without trial. I am a Family Law Mediator, a Commercial Arbitrator, a Parent Coordinator, and a member of the Executive of B.C. Hear the Child Society which means that I will interview children whose parents are unable to agree on parenting plans.

I have been very involved in my profession - in the Canadian Bar Association, as a Director of the B.C. Continuing Legal Education Society, as a Bencher of the Law Society, and as the President of the Law Society in 1998. I also served as B.C. Director on the Board of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada.

In the community, I have been involved in the Victoria Women’s Transition House Society, the Sexual Assault Centre, the Canadian Red Cross Society, Mount St. Mary Hospital, the United Way, Pacific Sport, the University of Victoria, and the B.C. Law Institute.

I am the Co-Chair of the National Family Law program operated under the auspices of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. This program is for lawyers and judges across Canada and happens for a week every two years.

I am also a fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the President of the Canadian Chapter commencing in August 2008.

I have received the Women of Distinction Award in 1997 and was the recent recipient of the Community Leadership Award from Leadership Victoria for 2009.