Michael J. Hewitt

Michael J. Hewitt


Harper Grey LLP

Recognized since 2019

Vancouver, British Columbia

Practice Areas

Corporate and Commercial Litigation

Insurance Law

Professional Malpractice Law

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Professional Malpractice Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Professional Malpractice Law
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Michael is a tested litigator with 30 years of demonstrated performance and results in complex litigation within British Columbia and elsewhere in Canada.

Michael is primarily dedicated to representing his corporate and individual clients in litigation.

With broad experience in civil, criminal, administrative and constitutional law cases, including a great deal of trial and appellate work, he represents the interests of those clients in formal disputes involving professional liability and discipline, civil fraud and conspiracy, as well as shareholder oppression, corporate and directors’ misconduct, insurance coverage and bad faith, securities regulation, bankruptcy, contract, real estate, strata and construction disputes, and other commercial litigation.

He regularly conducts litigation in all levels of the British Columbia court system, and has appeared as counsel in the Alberta and Ontario courts, as well as the Supreme Court of Canada, regulatory tribunals, administrative boards, private arbitrations and mediations. His record includes a long list of successful results in both judge and jury trials, tribunal rulings and appeals, as well as negotiated settlements.

Since the 1990s, Michael has dedicated considerable time to professional development and training for the legal and accounting professions, the insurance industry and fraud investigators. He regularly provides instruction and commentary to such groups about current legal issues affecting their areas of expertise, and provides legal and strategic advice on an ongoing basis.

Michael spent his earliest days in the legal profession apprenticing in his father’s law firm in Ottawa, and later was mentored as a litigator by leading members of the legal profession in Vancouver, Toronto, and London, England. He had the honour of serving a law clerk to justices of the Court of Appeal for Ontario in 1991-2 before beginning his career as a lawyer at the Federal Department of Justice and then moving into private practice in 1993.

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Location
  • 650 West Georgia Street, Suite 3200
    Vancouver, BC V6B 4P7
    Canada
Education
  • University of Victoria, J.D., graduated 1991
Bar Admissions
  • British Columbia, 1993
Affiliations
  • Advocates’ Society - BC Regional Advisory Committee, Past Member
  • Advocates’ Society - Education Committee, Past Member
  • Advocates’ Society - Justice Reform & Diversity Committee, Member
  • Continuing Legal Education - Arbitrations, Arbitrator Selection, Presenter
  • Association of Certified Fraud Examiners - Claims in Fraud, Presenter
  • Community Associations - Past President and Director
  • Canadian Defence Lawyers - Defence of Fraudulent Claims, Presenter
  • Canadian Institute - Expert Evidence, Presenter
  • Injunctions: British Columbia Law and Practice (3rd Edition) - Co-Author
  • Private Investigators Association of British Columbia - Legal Training Manual, 2012, Author
  • Chartered Professional Accountants of B.C. - Risk Management for Accountants, 2010-2021, Presenter
  • The Law Society of British Columbia - Past Moot Court and Advocacy Instructor
  • University of British Columbia - Advocacy Instructor
  • University of British Columbia - Past Legal Ethics Instructor
  • WorkSafe BC - Video Surveillance, Inter-Agency Forum, Presenter
  • Advocates Society - Member
  • The Law Society of British Columbia - Member

Harper Grey LLP
Headquarters: Vancouver, British Columbia

34 The Best Lawyers in Canada awards

11 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Professional Malpractice Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Professional Malpractice Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Professional Malpractice Law, Vancouver, Canada (2024)
  • Professional Malpractice Law, Vancouver, Canada (2022)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2025 for work in:
  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • Professional Malpractice Law

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