CAMPBELL LEA - Key Persons
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- Assistant Contact
- Legal Assistant to Paul W. Bender
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- Assistant Contact
- Legal Assistant to Kenneth L. Godfrey
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- Office Manager
- Administration and Accounting
Brandon practices in the areas of litigation, real estate, business law, criminal, regulatory defence, and immigration.
Deanna has rejoined the firm as an Articled Clerk and provides support to each of the firm's lawyers.
Geoff practices in the areas of real estate, wills, corporate commercial and estate litigation.
Geoff Gibson became a partner at Campbell Lea in January 2018.
He graduated from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland with an LLB Honours with German Law and he has attended UNB School of Law and obtained a Certificate of Qualification from the Federation of Law Societies of Canada.
Mr. Gibson has worked with the Fort Smith Correctional Complex supervising, counselling and guiding inmates at an innovative facility for aboriginal offenders with special needs. Geoff has worked as a project worker on a Victim/Offender Mediation and Reparation Project in Aberdeen, Scotland, as a Director of Volunteers on a project creating training and employment opportunities for youth offenders and homeless youth in Glasgow, Scotland and has worked as a Youth Worker and Event Coordinator for an inner city youth project. Mr. Gibson is a member of the Law Society of Prince Edward Island and the Canadian Bar Association.
Heidi is a Summer Student this year and provides support to each of the firm's lawyers
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- Assistant Contact
- Legal Assistant to Geoff Gibson
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- Member of the Law Society of Prince Edward Island
Kenneth has been a partner of the firm since 1989.
Kenneth received a B.Eng. from the Technical University of Nova Scotia in 1979 and an LL.B. from Dalhousie University in 1982.
Kenneth is a member of the Law Society of Prince Edward Island and the Canadian Bar Association. He is a former member of the Council of the Law Society of Prince Edward Island and former Chair of the Unauthorized Practice Committee.
Max is a Summer Student this year and provides support to each of the firm's lawyers
Paul Bender became a partner of the firm in 2017.
He graduated Summa Cum Laude from York University earning a Bachelor of Arts degree (with honours) double majoring in Political Science and Law & Society. In addition, he obtained a certificate in Practical Ethics. In 2011, Mr. Bender was awarded a Juris Doctor from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University and began his articles with the firm.
Mr. Bender has volunteered on Amnesty International campaigns and has served as a past chairperson for the Social Activist Law Association (SALSA) in Halifax. He proudly serves as an officer in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and as a board member of the Community Legal Information Association (CLIA). Mr. Bender is a member of the Law Society of Prince Edward Island and the Atlantic Provinces Trial Lawyers Association (APTLA).
Mr. Bender practices in the area of personal injury litigation and assists individuals with disability benefit claims. He has experience assisting clients who have physical and/or cognitive injuries.
Brendan Hubley joined Campbell Lea in June 2017 and became Partner in January 2019.
Brendan graduated from the University of New Brunswick in 1998 and was called to the Bar in 1999. From 1999 to 2001 he practiced with Key, McKnight & Peacock (now Key Murray Law). His areas of practice included prosecuting Federal matters under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Fisheries Act and criminal defence. From 2001 to 2005 he remained in private practice, practicing civil litigation, family law and criminal defence. In 2005 he accepted a position in Yellowknife, NWT as a Federal Crown Prosecutor, prosecuting all Federal and Territorial matters including prosecutions under the Criminal Code. In 2007 he established his own firm and primarily focused on criminal defence matters with a preference to those matters involving Charter issues.
Brendan appears regularly in the Provincial and Supreme Courts on Prince Edward Island and has appeared in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the North West Territories as well as the Supreme Court of Canada. Brendan works closely with Prince Edward Island Legal Aid, performing as duty counsel providing after-hours immediate legal advice and also represents legal aid clients when a conflict arises. He has also sat on the Board of Directors for the Community Legal Information Association for Prince Edward Island and the Prince County Family Service Bureau.
Brendan has the experience to provide very competent and skilled representation in all areas of criminal law. With the benefit of having been both a Federal Prosecutor, prosecuting Federal offences, including offences under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Fisheries Act as well as various other Federal legislation, together with prosecuting offences under the Criminal Code of Canada, and 18 years of experience as Defence Counsel, Brendan is able to efficiently and effectively address any and all issues that arise within the Criminal Law arena.
Samantha has a general practice, focusing primarily on real estate and family law.
Samson is an Associate with the firm.
Samson received a Bachelor of Arts in History from King's College London in the United Kingdom in 2018 before graduating with a Juris Doctor from Dalhousie University, where he received the Professor Ronald St. John Macdonald Prize in Public International Law, in 2021. Samson was called to the Prince Edward Island Bar in 2022.
Samson practices in the areas of real estate and property law, construction law, family law, estates and trusts, civil litigation, and corporate law
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- Assistant Contact
- Legal Assistant to R. Brendan Hubley & W. Alex Baird
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- Legal Assistant to D. Brandon Forbes & Samson P. Brasseur
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- Member of the Law Society of Prince Edward Island
Alex Baird began his articles with us at Campbell Lea in May 2014 and continued with the firm as an Associate in May 2015.
Alex is a member of the Law Society of Prince Edward Island, the Canadian Bar Association, and Innocence Canada. He serves as a non-commissioned member of the Royal Canadian Navy and as a director on the Military Family Resource Centre board of directors. He is also a husband and proud father.
Alex practices in the areas of litigation, real estate, business law, and criminal defence.