Brent Johnston joined Hunter Litigation Chambers after practising with a national firm in the field of general commercial and insolvency litigation. He has worked on a wide range of insurance and commercial litigation matters, including the defense of complex and document-intensive pharmaceutical and aviation product-liability claims. He also has experience working with Court appointed receivers and monitors and in assisting debtors and creditors in restructuring proceedings. Brent has appeared at all levels of the British Columbia Courts, and has also appeared in the Federal Court and the Yukon Territory Supreme Court.

Brent is active in the community. He served as a director and as the Vice-Chair of Canuck Place Children’s Hospice, a not-for-profit pediatric palliative care hospice, and also served as a director of Leadership Vancouver. He continues to volunteer annually with the HSBC Childrun Steering Committee, helping to raise funds for B.C. Children’s Hospital.

Education
B.A., University of Victoria, 1994
LL.B., Dalhousie University, 1998

Clerkships
British Columbia Supreme Court, 1998-1999

Bar Admission
British Columbia, 2000