2024-25 Board of Directors
Calgary
Edmonton
Calgary
Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton
Yoko Azumaya
Biography
Yoko Azumaya obtained her Law Degree from the University of Alberta in 2007 after achieving a Master’s Degree in Neuroscience and a second Master’s Degree in Psychiatry. A career path in law seemed to be the obvious choice as it is a profession that combines analytical skills and a passion for customer service. Yoko has focused her practice in Family Law, dealing with issues affecting both married and unmarried couples, including divorce, parenting, support, and division of property issues. Her goal is to help families transition through this difficult period. With this objective in mind, she is diligent in explaining not only the law but the process to her clients to reduce the emotional and psychological stress of the breakup. Yoko emphasizes the importance of negotiation and settlement to bring the fitting result to clients. However, if no other reasonable solution can be reached, she is prepared to litigate to advance the clients’ needs. She stays current with changes in the law by regularly attending legal education courses and Canadian Bar Association seminars, which enables her to provide the very best possible service to her clients. She joined Barr Picard Knisely (formally Barr Picard) in 2013 and became a partner in 2015. Barr Picard Knisely is highly regarded for its quality service in Family Law. Yoko is proud to be a part of a Family Law group that has a wealth of knowledge and years of expertise from which to draw. Yoko’s mother tongue is Japanese, having moved to Edmonton from Hiroshima, Japan in 1998. Yoko is actively involved in the Edmonton Japanese Community Association as a board member. Much of Yoko’s free time is dedicated to volunteering. She has been a member of the Law Day committee since 2008 and was responsible for organizing the Family Law Mock Trial in 2015 and 2016.
Phone: (780) 414-5400Email: yazumaya@barrpicardlaw.com
Legal Assistant: Victoria Nguyen vnguyen@barrllp.com
Admitted to the Bar: Alberta, 2008Education: 2007 LL.B. (University of Alberta)2004 M.S.C. (Psychiatry) (University of Alberta)1998 M.Sc. (Neuroscience) (University of Hiroshima)1995 B.S.C. (Physiology) (University of Hiroshima)
Member: Law Society of Alberta, Canadian Bar Association, ADRIA
Practice Areas: Family LawWills and Estates
Lethbridge
Vancouver
Sania Chaudhry
Biography
I am an investigator and lawyer, as well as doing consulting on legal expert work related to harassment, discrimination, and bullying in the workplace and antiracism in the workplace. I obtained my JD in 2017 at UBC and my LLM in 2023 at U of C. I was formerly an employment, labour, and human rights lawyer at Forte Law, also conducting workplace investigations and respectful workplace training. Prior to that, I was Conduct Proceedings Legal Counsel at the Real Estate Council of Alberta, where I practice in administrative and regulatory law. I was prior to that in private practice, practicing in family, immigration, employment, and wills and estates, with a primary focus in administrative law, appearing before the Federal Court of Canada, Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, Provincial Court, and immigration tribunals. I have a passion for research and learning. I have published articles on legal education in anti-racism, race, policy, ongoing colonization, missing and murdered women, sexuality, islamophobia, homophobia, and power in society as well as power dynamics in small groups, in peer-reviewed journals based on my social science and legal research.
Calgary
Calgary
Calgary
Edmonton
Nerissa Young
Biography
I graduated from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School in 2011 with a Juris Doctor and from Western New England School of Law, in Springfield, Massachusetts, with a Master of Laws in Closely Held Businesses in 2014. I completed the National Committee on Accreditation exam process in 2015 and was called to the bar in Alberta in June 2017. I have a general practice dealing with a variety of legal matters, including, Litigation, Immigration, Family, Business (corporate and non-profit), Real Estate (residential and commercial), Administrative, Adult Guardianship and Wills & Estates. I am of Jamaican descent and travel there often. Please do not hesitate to contact me with regards to your legal concerns. Education and Recognition: University of Florida, Bachelor of Arts, 2006 Michigan University Cooley Law School, Juris Doctor, 2011 Western New England School of Law with a Master of Laws, 2014 Called to the Alberta Bar, 2017 Areas of Law: International Law and Immigration Law Family Law Corporate/Business Law Litigation Administrative Adult Guardianship & Trusteeship Real Estate Wills & Estates
Calgary
