Craig A. B. Ferris, KC

Lawson Lundell - British Columbia

Partner

925 West Georgia Street, Suite 1600
Vancouver, BC, V6C 3L2

+1 604 631 9197

Litigation Star

Top 50 Trial Lawyers in Canada


Practice area:

Class action
Commercial
Environmental
Insurance
Product liability and recall
Securities


Craig is a litigator and acts for clients in commercial and business disputes. His particular areas of specialization include shareholder remedies, trust, pension and fiduciary disputes, securities and transactional litigation, product liability, mining disputes and real estate litigation.

Craig has appeared in all levels of court in British Columbia as well as the Supreme Court of Canada. He has also acted in private arbitrations and in administrative settings including before the British Columbia Securities Commission. Craig has particular expertise in class actions and acted as lead counsel in the successful defences of many major class proceedings in a wide variety of industries.

Craig is a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Litigation Counsel of America. He also became a Domestic and International Arbitration Panelist at the Vancouver International Arbitration Centre, and was named one of Canadian Lawyer’s ‘Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers’ in Canada in 2021. Craig is recognised by Best Lawyers in Canada for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appellate Practice, Class Action Litigation, Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Employee Benefits Law. Chambers Canada 2024 recommends Craig for Litigation: General Commercial (British Columbia). Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory has repeatedly recommended Craig as a Leading Practitioner for Litigation - Corporate Commercial and Commercial Arbitration. Craig was named the Best Lawyers in Canada 2024 ‘Lawyer of the Year’ in Vancouver for Director and Officer Liability Practice. Craig is the current director of The Advocate’s Society.

Updated April 2024