1992
Protecting your rights and serving your needs since
Canadian
Based in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Global
International reach
Multi-lingual
English / French / Spanish / Mandarin / Vietnamese / and more…
Areas of Practice:
Why Smeets?
Track Record
We have a proven track record of success and client satisfaction.
Complexity Welcome
We are very experienced. We welcome challenging cases and are adept at complex litigation.
International
We are proud to have clients whose activities and communities span the globe.
Accommodating
We offer personalized legal services that suit each client’s need, with fees that are transparent, fair, and competitive.
Testimonials:
Blog Posts
The Highway Of Tears - Poetry
. With innocent smile she presides over new reports she was unable during her own brief life to comprehend. Her name is now entwined with terms like “decaying” “serial killer’s victim” and “shallow grave”. What did she live through between the smiles and the moment of her death? What desires not yet professed were by
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The Sentencing Hearing - Poetry
. Criminal Lawyer: Vancouver We sit alongside a long court table: the prosecutor to the right – solitary, silent, unsmiling; my client on edge to the left. We’re nationals all of the same land. Yet within these walls there’s no family of man. Government lawyers, lawmakers and police work here hand in hand, a self-governing
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Helping Hand - Poetry
. Vancouver Stanley Cup Riot of 2011: (“For reasons I can’t really explain, I went from being a spectator to becoming part of the mob mentality that swept through many members of the crowd …. I am truly ashamed of what I did.” Nathan Kotylak, aged 17, reflecting on his role in setting a police cruiser
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