Stephen Mulrain is a versatile litigator with experience in all areas of civil litigation. He has experience at all levels of court in Alberta as well as before various administrative tribunals and arbitrators. Stephen also has experience in the British Columbia Supreme Court and in the Federal Court. Stephen has successfully appeared as lead counsel on motions, at trial and on appeal.

Stephen employs a results oriented approach to legal problems in order to obtain the best possible outcome for his client. He zealously advocates for his clients in disputed matters and seeks creative solutions to client problems through the legal process.

Stephen believes that pragmatic and economically sound advice is the key to resolving disputes and litigation successfully. He has had considerable success resolving matters through various forms of alternative dispute resolution, including judicial and private mediation and arbitration and direct negotiation.

Stephen has particular expertise in the following areas:

  • Estate and Trust Matters: including litigation and dispute resolution of matters such as capacity, undue influence, accounting for trustees and executors, fraudulent conveyances, trust validity and matrimonial claims against trust property. Stephen advises clients both before and after the death of a relative in order to ensure the orderly and efficient resolution of estate issues both before the courts and through alternative dispute resolution.
  • Shareholder Disputes: including advice and litigation related to statutory relief for shareholders, disputes arising from unanimous shareholder agreements, matters related to the issuance of securities by private and public companies and related corporate disputes.
  • Commercial Litigation: prosecuting and defending claims arising from breach of contract, negligence, fraud, construction claims, defamation and other civil disputes.

Stephen articled with and was employed by an international firm in Calgary prior to joining Miller Thomson LLP. Stephen was previously an infantry officer in the Canadian Armed Forces Reserve and was deployed to Afghanistan in 2008. Stephen is now a legal officer in the Canadian Armed Forces Reserve.