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Jigar Patel*

"Most cases are won in preparation. The courtroom is just where the work shows."

— ROLE
Lawyer
— PRACTICE
Civil litigation →
— CALLED
2023, BC · 2012, NY
— LANGUAGES
English, Punjabi, Hindi, Gujarati
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— About

A litigator who treats every file like trial preparation.

Jigar leads the civil litigation practice at GSG. His clients are business owners, professionals, and high-net-worth individuals who arrive at his office because the dispute they are facing has become serious enough that the answer cannot be wrong.

His approach is methodical. Every file is built as though it will go to trial — pleadings drafted to be tested, evidence assembled with the discipline of cross-examination in mind, theories of the case stress-tested before they are committed to. The discipline of full preparation is what gives clients the leverage to resolve matters on their own terms.

Most cases settle. The question is whether they settle on the client's terms, or the other side's. Jigar's practice is built around making sure it is the former.

— Practice focus

Areas of concentrated experience.

I.Commercial & contract disputes
II.Shareholder & oppression actions
III.Real estate litigation
IV.Builders' liens
V.Debt recovery & enforcement
VI.Injunctions & urgent relief
VII.Mediation & arbitration
VIII.Trial advocacy
— Education & admissions

Credentials.

2023
Called to the Bar of British Columbia
Law Society of British Columbia
2012
Called to the Bar of New York
New York State Bar
— Memberships & affiliations

Professional standing.

Practising member, Law Society of British Columbia
Member, Canadian Bar Association — Civil Litigation Section
Practitioner before the Supreme Court of British Columbia and the Provincial Court of British Columbia
— Beyond practice

Outside the office.

Outside the firm, Jigar is the kind of person who reads case law for the same reason other people read novels — because the structure of an argument, well made, is its own kind of pleasure. He works in English, Punjabi, Hindi, and Gujarati, and is committed to expanding access to thoughtful legal counsel within the South Asian community across the Lower Mainland.

* Jigar Patel is an independent contractor operating and providing legal services through his own professional law corporation to GSG Law.

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