John Vamplew

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John Vamplew: Attorney with Whitelaw-Twining
Attorney Awards
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer Reviewed
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Biography

John’s practice focuses on a broad range of complex insurance coverage, subrogation and property damage disputes. John has extensive experience handling fire loss, product liability and class action claims and he routinely advises insurers on coverage obligations under CGL, Commercial Property, Comprehensive Homeowner, Course of Construction and Life & Disability policies.

John is a co-founder of the firm’s Subrogation Practice Group and a past chair of the firm’s Insurance Coverage Practice Group. John, who identifies as legally blind, is also a co-founder of the firm’s Disability & Inclusion Committee.

John enjoys finding creative solutions to complex disputes. To better serve his clients, John has recently completed the Mediation Program at Harvard Law School, the “Mediating the Litigated Case” program at Pepperdine University’s Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution and is currently in the process of earning an LL.M. degree in Dispute Resolution from Osgoode Hall Law School.

Outside of work, John likes to cook, travel and spend time with his wife Crystal and their two teenage boys To the astonishment of friends and family, John has twice completed the Vancouver-Whistler Gran Fondo bike ride.
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Areas of Practice (9)

  • Insurance
  • Bodily Injury
  • Class Actions
  • Coverage
  • Cyber Liability
  • Health and Disability
  • Products Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Subrogation and Recovery

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
University of British Columbia, B.A., 1990; Harvard Law School, Mediation Program
Law School Attended:
University of New Brunswick, LL.B., 1994
Year of First Admission:
1995
Admission:
1995, British Columbia; 2002, Northwest Territories
Memberships:
Canadian Bar Association Insurance Law, Product Liability and ADR Sections; Past Chair, National Insurance Section, Canadian Bar Association; Past Chair, BC Insurance Section, Canadian Bar Association
ISLN:
909954473

Peer Reviews

4.5/5.0 (2 reviews)
Peer Reviewed

  • Legal Knowledge

    5.0/5.0

  • Analytical Capability

    4.5/5.0

  • Judgment

    4.5/5.0

  • Communication

    4.0/5.0

  • Legal Experience

    4.5/5.0

  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Associate on 09/30/09 in Insurance Litigation

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  • 4.0/5.0 Rated by a Partner on 10/19/09 in Insurance Litigation

    He articled with Paine Edmonds and practiced with this firm for several years. He is a person of high standard of honesty, ethics and competence.

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