Ridgway & Company
Ridgway & Company is the oldest law firm in the Cowichan Valley. We are located on southern Vancouver Island within one hour’s drive of both Nanaimo and Victoria.
For over 100 years, individuals, families, community organizations, businesses, government agencies, and professionals have trusted our firm to deliver high quality, cost-effective legal advice and assistance. We take great pride in the reputation and trust our firm has earned over the decades since it was established in 1920.
Today we are a progressive firm with the experience, expertise, and resources to effectively assist you with all your personal and business legal needs. To maintain our firm’s tradition of providing high quality legal services, our legal professionals are committed to updating their legal skills and knowledge on an ongoing basis and developing new areas of expertise to meet the ever changing needs of our clients.
Our Committment
As a valued client of Ridgway & Company, you will feel confident in knowing your legal team is working diligently with your best interests in mind. Also, you will feel secure in knowing that at all times a qualified member of our team is available to assist you and promptly respond to your legal needs – in a friendly, and caring way.
Areas of Law
Within our firm we have the wide range of experience and diversity of skill necessary to effectively assist you with most business and personal legal matters, including:
- Estate Panning and Administration
- General and Estate Litigation
- Business and Corporate Law
- Family and Divorce Law
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We take great pride in the reputation and trust our firm has earned over the decades since it was established in 1920.
To maintain our firm’s tradition of providing high quality legal services, our legal professions are committed to updating their legal skills and knowledge on an ongoing basis and developing new areas of expertise to meet the ever changing needs of our clients.
From our wheelchair accessible and centrally located office building in downtown Duncan, we serve the legal needs of clients throughout Vancouver Island, as well as the rest of British Columbia and the world.
Why choose us
As a valued client of Ridgway & Company, you will feel confident in knowing your legal team is working diligently with your best interests in mind. Also, you will feel secure in knowing that at all times a qualified member of our team is available to assist you and promptly respond to your legal needs – in a friendly, and caring way.
In addition to being recognized for their contributions to the legal community, as individuals, they participate in a variety of community service organizations, serving in both elected and volunteer capacities in the Cowichan Valley.
We are happy to answer any questions you may have. See our Frequently Asked Questions page and contact us for further assistance.
Our Commitment to You
- Our primary goal is to achieve positive results for our clients – in an efficient, ethical, and cost-effective manner.
- We are committed to working closely with our clients to analyse their legal needs, to help them fully understand their legal matters, and to establish realistic budgets for the legal services they require.
- We do our best to communicate clearly and openly with our clients. We understand the importance of discussing and explaining legal matters in easy-to-understand language
- We keep our clients informed and up-to-date regarding the progress of their legal affairs as well as regarding the legal expenses they have incurred to date.
- To best serve our clients, we utilize a team approach in delivering our services. This approach, which combines the talents of our lawyers who concentrate their practices in “preferred” areas of law, ensures clients access to the level of legal expertise they require. As appropriate, clients are referred within our firm to the lawyer best qualified to provide assistance.
- Our clients benefit from our creative approach to problem solving and negotiation. We have the expertise to use mediation and arbitration as a means to effectively resolve legal issues and problems for our clients.
- Our competent and highly trained legal support staff assist our lawyers in providing the prompt, efficient, and personalized service we feel our clients deserve.
Our Lawyers
Colleen M. Johel
Preferred Area of Practice: Buying and Selling Businesses, Corporate Reorganizations, Wills and Estate Planning, Estate Administration and Probate Matters.
Alix L. Reid
Preferred Area of Practice: Family Law including Divorce, Child & Spousal Support, Parental Responsibilities and Parenting Time (guardianship, custody & access), Property Division, Cohabitation and Separation Agreements.
Elizabeth Robinow
Preferred Area of Practice: Estate Planning and Administration, including Wills, Probate Matters, and Estate Litigation; Family Matters including Cohabitation Agreements, Separation Agreements, Divorce and Property Division.
Elliot P. Rowe
Preferred Area of Practice: Corporate and Commercial Matters, including Incorporations and Buying and Selling Businesses, and Estate Planning and Administration, including Wills and Probate Matters.
R. Brian McDaniel
Preferred Area of Practice: Civil litigation and dispute resolution, corporate commercial law, real estate law, and in wills, estate and succession law.
Allison A. Read
Preferred Area of Practice: Estate Planning and Administration, including Wills, Powers of Attorney, and Probate Matters, and Corporate Matters.
Career Opportunities
We have opportunities for either experienced Solicitors
or newly called or Junior Lawyers