Ryan Thomas Ashmead

Ryan has represented clients in the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, and arbitrations. He has expertise in complex and multi-party commercial disputes that involve businesses and properties, and often involve extensive negotiations and documents. Ryan has advised clients on compliance and enforcement in regulated industries, privacy and disclosure laws, and employment law in the federal, provincial, and private sectors.

Read more about Ryan and his achievements, below.

Ryan's Career Overview

Experience

Education

Community Involvement

Public Speaking: Ryan has won awards as a public speaker in competitions hosted by Toastmasters.
Community Leadership: Ryan is the Treasurer of his strata, and was the President of his former strata. He has been a director of the Victoria Bar Association. He was the Director of Finance for the Student Ambassadors Association at the University of Victoria.
Competitive Sports: Ryan played competitive baseball, basketball, and he rowed, mostly for teams from the Saanich Peninsula. He played intramural basketball and softball at university.

Awards

Toastmasters, Division V International Speech Contest, Third Place, 2015.
Margaret Grimshaw Prize in Real Estate (Highest Achievement), University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, 2005.
1^st Place, Corporate/Securities Law Moot Court Competition, 2005.
"A" grade in Advanced Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, and in Taxation of Corporate Finance, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, 2004-2005.
Highest GPA (9.0), Social Science Faculty, Howard Petch Scholarship, University of Victoria, 2000.
Highest Academic Standing, J. W. Munroe Scholarship, University of Victoria, 2000.
Worthy & Deserving Student, Cooper Scholarship, University of Victoria, 2000.
1^st Place in Physics; English and Science Provincial Top 20, Grade 12 Examinations, British Columbia, 1997
Governor General’s Academic Medal, Highest Grades, Stelly’s High School.