John H. Shevchuk

Associate Counsel

Tel: (604) 689-1024
johnshevchuk@lexpacifica.com

Professional Biography

John was admitted to the practice of law in British Columbia in 1984. In 1989, he became a Chartered Arbitrator.

John spent the early years of his career as an associate and then a partner in a corporate commercial law firm located in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. Between 1990 and 1994, he was a partner in one of Canada's national firms at its Vancouver office. In 1994, he formed his own litigation boutique adopting the name Lex Pacifica Law Corporation in 2002. In 2020, John transitioned to Associate Counsel at Lex Pacifica Law Corporation.

As legal counsel John has appeared at all levels of courts in British Columbia and in many administrative and arbitral tribunals. The focus of his counsel work is real property assessment and taxation, expropriation, construction, and other real property related litigation.

As a Chartered Arbitrator, John provides arbitral services in commercial lease, property purchase tax and other real property disputes. He also acts as an arbitrator in construction disputes. He is an instructor for ADRBC arbitrator training courses and a member of the ADRBC Regional Arbitration Assessment Committee.

John has served on the Appraisal Institute of Canada Appeal Sub-Committee since 2007. He is a frequent presenter at the Institute’s conferences and is a regular contributor to the Institute’s publication Canadian Property Valuation. John was awarded the designation AACI (Hon.) by the Institute in 2012 for his contributions to the real property valuation community.

Over the years, John has been a frequent presenter for such organizations as BC Continuing Legal Education, BC Expropriation Association, Canadian Property Tax Association and International Association of Assessing Officers.