Elizabeth (Betsy) Segal is a Partner and Chair of the Insurance Law Practice Group at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP. She is also a Partner in the Construction and Infrastructure, and Commercial Litigation Law Practice Groups and a member of the Management Committee. Betsy concentrates her practice on appeals, construction related disputes, insurance coverage and defence, complex commercial litigation and professional liability defence.
Betsy specializes in resolving her clients’ problems and delivering innovative solutions for each of their unique issues. She is skilled in resolving multi-party claims, corporate disputes and challenges involving insurance coverage, which include negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation at all levels of court. Betsy regularly appears in British Columbia Supreme Court and the British Columbia Court of Appeal, acting on behalf of insurers and a wide range of construction industry clients, including owners, general contractors and design professionals, insurers and corporate clients.
In the insurance field, in addition to advancing and responding to insurance related appeals, Betsy advises her insurer clients on coverage, policy wording and regulatory compliance, and regularly drafts and facilitates negotiation of their licensing, distribution and service contracts.
- Ranked in the areas of Construction Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, and Insurance Law by Best Lawyers Canada®
- Recognized in Benchmark Canada – The Definitive Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys as a “Litigation Star”
Education:
- Called to the British Columbia Bar, 2008
- Call to the Ontario Bar, pending
- Call to the Alberta Bar, pending
- Bachelor of Laws, University of British Columbia, 2007
- Bachelor of Science, Simon Fraser University, 2003
- Member-at-Large, Canadian Bar Association, Executive National Insurance Law Section
- Member, Canadian Bar Association, Insurance Law Section
- Member, Canadian Bar Association, Construction Law Section
- Member, Canadian Bar Association, Appellate Advocacy Section
- Member, Canadian Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section