Lawyers

Our lawyers have a broad range of legal experience, described in detail below:

Peter Swanson

Partner

Peter is a founding partner of the firm with over 35 years of professional legal experience. He practices primarily in… more »

Thomas S. Hawkins

Partner

Tom is a founding partner of the firm and practices in the areas of maritime law, insurance defence and commercial… more »

David S. Jarrett

Partner

David practices in the areas of maritime and transportation law, insurance defence, product liability and civil and commercial litigation.  He… more »

Jason Hicks

Partner

Jason is a senior business lawyer and co-managing partner of Bernard LLP.  He advises a broad spectrum of local, national… more »

Buck Hughes

Partner

Buck practices in the areas of civil and commercial litigation, insurance defence, environmental law and employment law. His experience includes… more »

Jeffrey Wu

Partner

Jeffrey articled with Bernard LLP, joined the firm as an associate in July of 2020 and became a partner in… more »

Tom F. Beasley

Associate Counsel

Tom’s practice includes representation of employers and employees in all aspects of the employment relationship with an emphasis on human… more »

Robert Galletti

Associate Counsel

Robert joined Bernard LLP as Associate Counsel in 2025, having maintained a wide-ranging corporate, commercial, and securities law practice for… more »

Julie Gaydar

Associate

Julie Gaydar joined Bernard LLP in February 2024 as an associate in the business law group. She brings a combination… more »

Brogan G. Pastro

Associate

Brogan obtained his BA (Law with French Law) from New College at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.… more »

Eliza Lynn Brown

Associate

Eliza articled with Bernard LLP and joined the firm as an associate in September 2021. She practices in the areas… more »

Baljinder Bains

Associate

Baljinder is an associate lawyer in the Business Law Group at Bernard LLP, where he advises clients on a wide… more »

Alexandra King

Associate

Alexandra is an associate in Bernard’s Business Law group. She assists clients with a variety of corporate and commercial matters,… more »

Wana Wafa

Associate

Wana articled with Bernard LLP and joined the firm as an Associate in September 2023. She practices primarily as a… more »

Patty Salas

Associate

Patty started her law career in the Philippines where she had an extensive practice, including civil, commercial and criminal litigation,… more »

Catherine A. Hofmann

(Retired March 31, 2025)

Catherine acts for both private and public companies in a wide range of industry sectors including marine, transportation, vessel construction,… more »

Lorna A. Pawluk, K.C.

(Retired December 31, 2022)

Lorna has been Associate Counsel with the firm for many years, and advised employers almost exclusively in the occupational health… more »

Peter G. Bernard, K.C.

(Retired June 15th, 2012)

Although Peter has chosen to retire from the practice of law, he will continue to sit as a Member of … more »

Joan L. Rush

(Retired)

Joan Rush is a retired lawyer who worked with Bernard LLP for many years assisting our client insurance underwriters, P&I… more »

Elyn Underhill

(Retired)

Elyn has been practising law since 1985 after completing her Masters of Laws at the University of London (LSE) in… more »

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