Mark S. Weintraub



Direct Tel. (604) 643-3113
Email msw@cwilson.com





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800 - 885 West Georgia Street
Vancouver B.C. V6C 3H1
Main Tel. (604) 687-5700
Fax (604) 687-6314

www.cwilson.com

 Area of Practice

Estate and Trust Litigation, Elder Law and Commercial Litigation.

Profile

Mark Weintraub is a partner with Clark Wilson LLP and is a senior member of the firm’s Litigation Department.

Mr. Weintraub received his Master of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia in 1978 and his LL.B. from the University of Toronto in 1982.

Mr. Weintraub has acted as counsel in a wide spectrum of actions, including estate and trust litigation, commercial fraud, real estate, and shareholder and partnership disputes. His areas of concentration include disputed estates – such as Wills Variation Act claims, negligent or fraudulent estate administration, committeeships and claims including elder abuse. A number of his cases have involved novel points of law and complex factual issues related to legal obligations of executors and committees, powers of attorney, trust claims, gender discrimination and generally elder law.

Memberships & Associations

Member, Law Society of British Columbia

Member, Canadian Bar Association (Civil Litigation; Wills and Trusts)

Member, Vancouver Bar Association

Member, BC Trial Lawyers Association (Estate Litigation Section)

Member, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

Member, Canadian Association of Gift Planners

Presentations & Writings

Mr. Weintraub has written for and presented courses and seminars for various industry groups. Additionally, he has undertaken various continuing professional education projects for The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia under the auspices of the Law Society (CLE) and other legal education providers.

  • Contributing Author: CLE Practice Manual: BC Probate and Estate Administration: Chapter 4 Devolution of Assets on Death, 2007, 2008

  • Contributing Author: CLE Practice Manual: BC Estate Planning and Wealth Preservation: Chapter 6 Asset Protection, 2002 – 2008

  • Contributing Author: Law Society Professional Legal Training Bar Admission Practice Material, The Estates of Mentally Incompetent Persons and the Public Guardian and Trustee, 2000-2002

  • Course Presenter: Dye & Durham Law Seminars, Selected Topics on Estate Administration and Litigation

  • Course Presenter and Contributing Author: Canadian Association of Gift Planners National Conference, Topics in Estate Litigation for Gift Planners

  • Course Presenter: CLE Wills & Estates Conference: Asset Protection Techniques: How Effective Are They?

  • Course Presenter and Contributing Author: Pacific Business & Law Institute Trust Conference, Restricting Attacks on the Trust

  • Course Presenter: Pacific Capability Evaluation Clinic, Mental Competency Seminar Testamentary Capacity Issues

    • Community Involvement

    Omni 10 BC Multi-Faith Community Advisor

    Chair, Canadian Jewish Congress Pacific Region

    Co-Author, Japanese War Crimes: The Search for Justice (Rutgers University) Transaction Publishers, 2003

    Global Television Network, Cultural Diversity Advisory

    Advisory Member, City of Vancouver Parks Board, Jericho Beach Foreshore Use

    Chair, Planned Giving Canadian Cancer Society (BC & Yukon)

    Co-Chair, Revenue Development Canadian Cancer Society (BC & Yukon)

    Member, British Columbia Law Society, Multiculturalism Committee