Lawyer had litigation award named after him by the Law Society of British Columbia
Mark Andrews, partner at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP and chairperson of its commercial litigation group in Vancouver, passed away on Mar. 20.
“He was a much loved friend and mentor to many of us,” said the news release on the firm’s website. “He encouraged and defended us with a loyalty that was fiercely uncomplicated and complete.”
Andrews got his law degree from the University of Oxford. Upon moving to Vancouver, he was eventually called to the B.C. bar in 1986. He then devoted the entirety of his legal career of over three decades to Fasken, acting as counsel in over 120 cases.
Also this March, he was honoured by the Law Society of British Columbia when it named an award after him, which would recognize outstanding lifetime achievements in litigation. The law society subsequently released an in memoriam news item, which called him “a leading litigator in the province” who would be missed for his “extraordinary contributions to the law and the legal profession.”
His skills as a lawyer had also been recognized by leading legal publications such as Lexpert. Andrews was also named Queen’s Counsel, as well as a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Society of Barristers.
According to Fasken, even after his illness had been diagnosed, Andrews persisted in working on his cases and even made appearances in the Court of Appeal and in the Supreme Court of Canada.
“He faced his illness, as he did his life, with courage, wisdom, grace and humour,” said the news release on the firm’s website.
