Samantha Simpson
(she/her)
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Partner
Samantha Simpson
(she/her)
Profile
Samantha is a Partner at JML. In her family law practice she acts as a Litigator, Collaborative Family Lawyer, Family Law Mediator, Arbitrator, and Parenting Coordinator. Samantha has extensive experience with complex parenting disputes, property issues, as well as spousal and child support matters, and drafting sophisticated marriage and cohabitation agreements. Whether the family law dispute in front of her pertains to children or is solely financial, Samantha approaches all legal challenges with empathy, patience, and diligence.
In addition to her client work, Samantha regularly volunteers within the legal community. She has presented on various topics to the legal community including multiple times at the National Family Law Conference, and served as an adjunct professor at the Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia teaching Family Law.
Expertise
Education & Bar Admissions
- BSW, McGill University, 2005
- M.Sc., Social Work, Columbia University, 2006
- J.D., University of Victoria, 2010
- Called to the Bar of British Columbia, 2011
- Collaborative Family Law Certification, 2015
- Family Law Mediator, 2017
Appointments & Activities
- Board of Directors, BC Parenting Coordination Roster Society
- Co-editor, Family Violence section, JP Boyd on Family Law, Clicklaw Wikibooks
- Contributing author, Family Violence section, Family Law Act Transition Guide
- Volunteer, Rise Women’s Legal Center
Memberships & Associations
- Law Society of British Columbia
Seminars & Speaking Engagements
Samantha presented at the 2022 National Family Law Conference on the topic of Polyamorous Families in Family Law. The paper is titled “Put Bluntly, We need to Contemplate Polyamory”.
Samantha has written papers and presented at several conferences on a variety of topics including, “Evidence in Family Law” for the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia and “Access to parents and children’s counselling records” for the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia.