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1040 West Georgia Street
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Vancouver, BC
V6E 4H1
 
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Micah B. Rankin

Tel: 604-647-4567
email: mrankin@litigationchambers.com

Micah Rankin is a litigation associate and joined the firm in 2007 following a clerkship with the Court of Appeal for British Columbia. A graduate of Simon Fraser University and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po)(Paris), Micah studied law at the University of Victoria, where he received a number of academic prizes for advocacy, constitutional law, and legal research and writing.

Micah is developing a broad based practice focussing on civil litigation and administrative law. He has appeared both as lead counsel and co-counsel at all levels of court in British Columbia. He has frequently taken on pro bono cases. He is fluent in French.

Education

B.A., Simon Fraser University, 2001
Dip., L'Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po), 2002
LL.B., University of Victoria, 2006

Clerkships
British Columbia Court of Appeal, 2006-2007

Bar Admission
British Columbia, 2007

Professional Activities

Member, Civil Litigation, Administrative Law Sub-Sections, B.C. Branch of the Canadian Bar Association

Pro Bono Law British Columbia, Pro Bono Legal Counsel

Publications

The Honourable Madame Justice Catherine A. Ryan and Micah B. Rankin, "The Elements of Theft, Fraud and Breach of Trust" (2007), Technical Paper: National Judicial Institute Conference.

Book Review of Allan Hutchinson’s "The Companies We Keep: Corporate Governance in a Democratic Society" University of British Columbia Law Review, (2007) Vol. 40 (1).

The Honourable Madame Justice Catherine A. Ryan and Micah B. Rankin, "Section 24(2) of the Charter: A Framework for Analysis" (2006), Technical Paper: National Judicial Institute Conference.

"Extending the Limits or Narrowing the Scope: Interpreting the OAU Refugee Definition 30 Years On" (2005) South African Journal on Human Rights, Vol. 2I (3).