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Direct Line: (604) 757-6389

Email: mld@drouillardlawyers.com

Michael Drouillard

Michael provides an integrated approach to the broad needs of his real estate clients by providing legal services both as a litigator and a solicitor.  As transaction counsel, Michael maintains a substantial commercial leasing and transaction practice.  Michael's litigation practice is focused upon disputes involving real estate.

 

Michael’s significant and diverse connection to the real estate industry includes university level education in commercial real estate appraisal and commercial property management and a previous career as a real estate salesperson and property manager. Before founding Drouillard Lawyers with Brett Love, Michael was the co-chair of the real estate practice group of one of the largest law firms in Vancouver.

 

Michael has written extensively on the subject of real estate. His publications include a Canadian best-selling book, “Landlording in Canada”, a peer reviewed law journal article criticizing the practice of dual agency once used by real estate brokerages in British Columbia, co-authoring a treatise on the subject of manufactured housing law in British Columbia with Brett Love, and numerous other industry articles.  

 

Michael is also a real estate law instructor with the UBC Sauder School of Business. He has been qualified as an expert witness by the British Columbia Supreme Court in the subject of professional practice standards that apply to real estate licensees.

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Education

  • University of Victoria, Juris Doctor, 2011

  • Thompson Rivers University, Bachelor of General Studies, 2009

  • UBC Sauder School of Business, Letter of Recognition, Advanced Studies in Real Estate, Real Property Appraisal, 2007

  • UBC Sauder School of Business, Diploma in Urban Land Economics, Property Management Specialization, 2000

  • UBC Sauder School of Business, Real Estate Trading Services Pre-Licensing Course, 2001

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Bar Admission

  • British Columbia, 2012

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Leadership

  • Vice Chair of the Board of Directors – LandlordBC

  • Residential Conveyancing Working Group, Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia Branch

  • Real Estate Section Representative - Provincial Council of the Canadian Bar Association

  • Former Executive Member, Canadian Bar Association, Real Property Section, 2016-2023

  • Member, Professional Conduct Committee, Real Estate Institute of British Columbia

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Professional Memberships

  • Member, LandlordBC

  • Professional Member, The Real Estate Institute of British Columbia

  • Associate Member, Manufactured Home Park Owners Alliance of British Columbia

  • Member, The Law Society of British Columbia

  • Member, Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch

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*Practices through a law corporation.

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