Professional Background

Kassandra Starnes is an Associate in the Commercial Litigation, Construction and Infrastructure, and Insurance Practice Groups at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP.

Kassandra maintains a broad litigation practice with a focus on commercial disputes, construction litigation, and insurance defence.  She has experience representing clients in all aspects of the litigation process before both the Provincial Court of British Columbia and the Supreme Court of British Columbia. She has also worked on insurance law issues such as coverage and subrogation claims and complex commercial matters.

During her studies at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law, she completed a clinical semester at UVic’s Law Centre, where she represented clients in various practice areas and gained experience representing clients in Residential Tenancy Branch disputes. Kassandra also spent semesters as a Co-op Law Student with a mid-size Vancouver firm specializing in class actions and at UVic’s Business Law Clinic. She worked as a research assistant in the area of health law and volunteered at UVic’s Appeal Law Review Journal.

Prior to law school, Kassandra worked in health research for Vancouver General Hospital and the University of British Columbia’s Respiratory Medicine Division.

Education

  • Called to the British Columbia Bar, 2024
  • Juris Doctor, University of Victoria Faculty of Law, 2023
  • Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of Calgary, 2016

Memberships

  • Member, Law Society of British Columbia
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, Vancouver Bar Association