Commercial Litigation Associate
Top Benefits
About the role
Yan Muirhead LLP
Published
July 20, 2026
Location
1100-736 Granville Street, Vancouver, Canada
Category
Lawyer
Job Type
Full-time
Minimum
130000
Maximum
180000
Description
Yan Muirhead is a litigation boutique looking for an associate to join our team. We have a broad civil litigation practice, including shareholders disputes, real estate litigation, and professional negligence. We pride ourselves on providing service to our clients in a collegial environment.
The ideal candidate will have between three and five years of experience in commercial litigation, excellent writing and advocacy skills, good organization, and a desire to grow as an advocate. We offer a supportive environment, excellent benefits, and a competitive compensation package with a negotiable hourly target. We expect the base salary to be between $130,000 and $180,000 based on a target of 1,700 hours. We do not have fixed billable targets and will be flexible to accommodate a candidate who prefers a lower target.
Please submit, in confidence, your resume and a piece of legal writing you’re proud of to employment@ymlaw.ca by August 14, 2026.
About BC Legal Management Association
We are a non-profit organization with more than 625 individual and 35 honorary members representing more than 185 member firms. Our member firms are predominantly located in the Metro Vancouver area, but also reach as far as Prince George, the interior and Vancouver Island. More than 80 percent of our members work in small law firms of 15 lawyers or less.
The BCLMA is focused on providing you with the professional development, support and networking opportunities you need to enjoy and advance your career in legal management.
We know that success is rarely achieved alone. We create comfortable opportunities to ask questions, make enquires, identify professional landmines, share war stories and connect with respected like-minded colleagues. At BCLMA, you are supported.
With BCLMA, you are:
- surrounded by colleagues
- part of a community
- supported by resources
- invited to learn, network, experience, enquire, share and gather together
- building your professional reputation
- getting answers to questions you didn’t know to ask
- invited to join any of our nine subsections
Together, we learn and advance.
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Commercial Litigation Associate
Top Benefits
About the role
Yan Muirhead LLP
Published
July 20, 2026
Location
1100-736 Granville Street, Vancouver, Canada
Category
Lawyer
Job Type
Full-time
Minimum
130000
Maximum
180000
Description
Yan Muirhead is a litigation boutique looking for an associate to join our team. We have a broad civil litigation practice, including shareholders disputes, real estate litigation, and professional negligence. We pride ourselves on providing service to our clients in a collegial environment.
The ideal candidate will have between three and five years of experience in commercial litigation, excellent writing and advocacy skills, good organization, and a desire to grow as an advocate. We offer a supportive environment, excellent benefits, and a competitive compensation package with a negotiable hourly target. We expect the base salary to be between $130,000 and $180,000 based on a target of 1,700 hours. We do not have fixed billable targets and will be flexible to accommodate a candidate who prefers a lower target.
Please submit, in confidence, your resume and a piece of legal writing you’re proud of to employment@ymlaw.ca by August 14, 2026.
About BC Legal Management Association
We are a non-profit organization with more than 625 individual and 35 honorary members representing more than 185 member firms. Our member firms are predominantly located in the Metro Vancouver area, but also reach as far as Prince George, the interior and Vancouver Island. More than 80 percent of our members work in small law firms of 15 lawyers or less.
The BCLMA is focused on providing you with the professional development, support and networking opportunities you need to enjoy and advance your career in legal management.
We know that success is rarely achieved alone. We create comfortable opportunities to ask questions, make enquires, identify professional landmines, share war stories and connect with respected like-minded colleagues. At BCLMA, you are supported.
With BCLMA, you are:
- surrounded by colleagues
- part of a community
- supported by resources
- invited to learn, network, experience, enquire, share and gather together
- building your professional reputation
- getting answers to questions you didn’t know to ask
- invited to join any of our nine subsections
Together, we learn and advance.