Practice profile - Practises primarily in wills and estates, family and administrative law
- Services provided include estate planning and litigation, dependent adult matters, divorce, matrimonial property, custody disputes, child welfare, private adoption, pre-nuptial agreements, cohabitation agreements and post-separation matrimonial property agreements
- A wide variety of experience and expertise in wills and estates, family law and administrative law
- Also experienced in professional liability and advising health focused professional associations
- Graduated from the University of Alberta with a bachelor of arts with distinction and first class honours in 1978 before going on to obtain her law degree
Representative work - Counsel for the Registered Psychiatric Nurses Association plus individual nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses and pharmacists
- Has acted on behalf of the Children's Guardian and the Director of Maintenance Enforcement
- Active member of the Canadian Bar Association's Health, Wills & Trusts and Family subsections
- Has considerable experience as a writer and speaker and is often called upon to make presentations for the legal community and other community organizations, including the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
- Member, the Alberta Cancer Board's Planned Giving Committee; Board of Directors, Alberta Craft Counsel; Board of Directors, Alberta Hospital Edmonton Foundation; President, Babar's Children's Society; member, the Board of Directors, Child and Adolescence Society Foundation
- Officer and Director, Child and Adolescent Services Association
To contact Yolanda, call 780.482.9225 or email yvanwachem@mross.com.
Bar Admissions
Alberta, 1984
Education
University of Alberta, B.A. (with distinction, first class honours), 1979
University of Saskatchewan, LL.B., 1983
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