Partner Direct-line phone: (250) 413-3316 Fax: (250) 413-3300 E-mail: ralexander@cookroberts.bc.ca   Commercial Real Property Purchase and Sale Development Leasing Subdivision including Strata Titles Financing Business Law Incorporations and Partnerships Buying and selling businesses Corporate Re-organizations Joint Ventures Legal advice to Business Institutional Representations Legal advice to Government agencies and Ministries Legal advice to Health Authorities Legal advice to School Districts Bachelor of Commerce, University of British Columbia, 1968 Bachelor of Laws, University of British Columbia, 1969 Called to the Bar – British Columbia – 1970 Appointed Queen’s Counsel - 1990 Former Member of Board of Directors and Past President, Victoria Bar Association. Part time Lecturer in P.L.T.C., Bar Admission Program, Law Society of British Columbia. Former Intermittent part-time lecturer Real Property and Business Acquisitions, University of Victoria, Faculty of Law. Former Victoria County Representative, Board of Directors,Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia Founding Member - Editorial Advisory Board - Land Title Practice Manual, Published by The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia. Former Non Bencher Member - Complainants Review Committee, Law Society of British Columbia. Former Non Bencher Member - Professional Standards Committee, Law Society of British Columbia. Former Non Bencher Member - Law Society of British Columbia Title Insurance Committee Mentor - University of Victoria - Business Law Clinic Bencher and Non Bencher Member - Ethics Committee, Law Society of British Columbia Bencher member – Law Society Task Force on Alternative Dispute Resolution Chair – Law Society of British Columbia Technology Committee Bencher - Law Society of British Columbia (1999-2005) President - Law Society of British Columbia - 2005 Recipient - Alumni Award of Distinction from UBC Faculty of Law Member - Land Title and Survey Authority - Legislative Amendments Committee Member - Law Society of British Columbia - Electronic Filing Committee Chair - Law Society of British Columbia - Task Force on Title Insurance Issues Former Member and President, Board of Directors, Need Crisis Line (Victoria) Former Member and President, Board of Directors, United Way of Greater Victoria Former Member, and Past Board Chair , Board of Directors of the United Way of Canada Former Member - Manpower Advisory Committee, Greater Victoria Hospital Society. Former Director and Treasurer - Uplands Golf Club Former Chair - Rotary Club of Victoria Housing Society Member - Victoria Police Board