Patrick Williams is a partner of the firm and Chair of the Strata Property Group. He is also a member of the Alternate Dispute Resolution Practice Group.

Patrick's practice focuses on assisting strata corporations, developers and strata lot owners with dispute resolution. He is an experienced and qualified arbitrator and mediator who has managed numerous strata property, real estate and construction disputes.

Patrick has written and published many articles on issues impacting the strata property industry, including construction related problems experienced by owners, property managers and developers. He is a regular contributor to the industry periodicals and regularly delivers presentations and seminars to industry groups, strata corporations and property managers. He has also published articles regarding the use and benefit of arbitration and mediation as an alternative to court and is a frequent guest instructor for the mediation component of the Professional Legal Training Course required to be taken by all articled students in British Columbia.

Patrick received his dispute resolution training through the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia and the British Columbia Arbitration and Mediation Institute. He obtained his Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1973 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1974, from The University of British Columbia.

Law Society of British Columbia (1975)

Past President, BC Arbitration and Mediation Institute

Professional Association of Managing Agents (PAMA)

Strata Property Agents of British Columbia (SPABC)

Governing Trustee, British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre (BCICAC)

Past Director, Housing and Urban Development Association of Canada, Vernon Chapter

Past Member, Great Vancouver Homebuilders Association