YLaw Group

YLaw | Top Family, Estate and Immigration Lawyers

YLaw is an award-winning family, estate, and immigration law firm in Vancouver with an exceptional success rate in almost every court case and settlement we have ever handled. We treat our clients like family, and discuss their cases on a daily basis with all the lawyers and strategize together as a team. We know our judges, our mediators, and our ever-changing laws in British Columbia. We live and breathe family and immigration law and can’t wait to start helping you with your case.

Our tradition of hard work and our modern approach to the law give us the edge to help you achieve your goals.

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Dynamic Law Firm of Vancouver Lawyers

YLaw Group is comprised of dedicated family law lawyers, estate litigation lawyers, and immigration law lawyers who have the experience, creativity, and determination to achieve a positive result in your family or immigration law matters. Our lawyers’ individual approaches complement each other.

Our legal team includes:

• Ronak Leena Yousefi Leena is the founder of YLaw. She is an effective mediator with a 100% success rate of settling family law disputes. She has also won more than 90% of her cases from 2013 to present*. She was chosen as the youngest and one of the top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada. She has appeared before the BC Court of Appeal, BC Supreme Court, and the BC Provincial Court and continues to deliver high-quality and cutting-edge services to her clients. She has been featured in numerous national and international media and won awards for YLaw and for her personal success. Leena never hesitates to tackle big challenges, including precedent-setting, and inter-jurisdictional or multi-jurisdictional cases. Read more about Leena.
• Ari Wormeli is a partner at YLaw, Leena’s mentor and best friend from law school. As a family law lawyer, he is an academic library onto itself and extremely good at what he does. He looks for solutions and reasonable outcomes rather than drama and conflict. He aces public speaking in court because he completed a theatre major before entering law school. He is a true genius when it comes to family law and many family lawyers reach out to him for advice on a daily basis. Read more about Ari
• William Dewolf is a family lawyer, accredited mediator, a loving father, and an enthusiastic pet owner. With years of experience in family law, he approaches all litigation or settlement cases with ease and compassion. He has been a successful counsel on several published cases, especially parenting time, relocation of children, and support issues. He is an incredible mediator with a high success rate at mediating all sorts of family law cases. Read more about Will.
• Trudy Hopman For more than 30 years, Trudy has guided hundreds of clients through marriage, separation, divorce, child custody, property division, and other domestic matters.  She has extensive experience in complex family law disputes and is also experienced in estate and plaintiff personal injury litigation.  Trudy is regularly involved in multi-party negotiations, trials, and appeals. Trudy is particularly adept at files that have complex financial issues, and those with high-conflict parenting issues.  She has built strong relationships with leading experts and professionals to assist her clients when necessary. Read more about Trudy
• Abib Ngom did more than 200 court appearances in 1 year, speaks fluent English and French, and knows family law inside and out. He is laid back, intelligent, and curious. He loves getting to know his clients and doing everything he can to protect them. He is one of a handful of custody lawyers specializing in child abduction under the Hague Convention and has had 100% success rate in returning abducted children to the care of their parents.  Read more about Abib.
• Susan Justice practices Surrey personal injury and family law. Susan has had a major success rate at every interim court application or mediation she has ever done. She is extremely passionate about her cases and clients and ensures that her clients remain emotionally positive and healthy during and after their cases. She speaks English, Punjabi, Urdu, and Hindi. Read more about Susan
• Jasmeet Mangat practices family and personal injury law from our Vancouver and Surrey offices. She is an amazing communicator and gives a part of her heart and soul to her clients. She was the recipient of multiple awards and scholarships academically and has had a major success rate at trials and court applications. She settles over 90% of her cases and is a pleasure to deal with. Jasmeet speaks Punjabi and English, and understands Hindi. Read more on Jasmeet.
• Mandy Lai practices family law from our Vancouver office.  Mandy likes to strategize. She’s an expert at deduction.  She enjoys gathering evidence to prove facts. This takes experience and passion.  When you meet Mandy, you will instantly recognize both.
• Michelle Yau is an immigration lawyer with almost 15 years of experience specializing in a wide range of immigration law cases. She has a more than 90% approval rate across the board of all her cases. For some types of cases, such as family sponsorships, she has had a near 100% success rate over the last 10 years. Read more on Michelle.
• Raman Dahia practices family law out of our Surrey office and is all about the devil being in detail. Her calling is to simply help people and for that reason, she is passionate about family law. Being in her hands is like being a part of her family. She is an excellent advocate who maintains a rational mind, and perfect communication when it comes to her clients. Read more about Raman
• Dana Rogers has an insatiable taste for family law, and specially protecting the best interests of children. She graduated from Law School at the top of her class (top 1%), obtained extensive litigation experience, and finally landed in family law, where she always wanted to be. She is a fierce litigator but her eye is always on reaching resolutions in the least costly way and as quickly as possible. Read more about Dana.
• Kathryn Panton: with a background in psychology, multiple awards throughout her schooling, and being a child of divorce herself, Kathlyn considers family law her calling. For that reason, she gives her heart and soul to every case she does. Read more about Kathryn.
• Raman Sehmbi: Raman comes from a background in the public interest sector, where she was a volunteer, summer student, articling student, and staff lawyer.  Raman believes in the human aspect of law, and that clients are more than statistics waiting to be recorded.  She understands that clients are real people with real issues.  Raman’s interest in family law has been prevalent since her time in law school where she had the opportunity to study family law and various related subjects, such as children’s law, reproductive law, and completed a children’s law student placement. Read more about Raman.
• Alex Wang: Alex’s journey to becoming a family lawyer started many years ago when she was a little girl. As far as she remembers, she wanted to be a police officer or a lawyer. And the reason was she wanted to help others and serve the public. The need to help people and work on complex legal issues is deeply rooted in Alex’s personality. Read more about Alex here.
• Afsana Allidina: While on the search for her life’s passion, Afsana began working at a law firm as an undergraduate student and immediately discovered her love for family law. Afsana observed the raw struggles that family law clients often experience and the important role that a family lawyer can play in creating a path out of these difficult periods. This ignited a flame within Afsana as she realized that she wanted to be a part of the team that helped clients navigate these experiences. This guided Afsana along her career pathway to law school while also continuing her work in family law as a student, and eventually commencing her practice as a family lawyer. Afsana has practiced exclusively in family law since her call to the Bar. Read more about Afsana here.
• Ashley Ahluwalia: Ashley was drawn to family law to help support families through difficult circumstances with competence and compassion. She assists clients in resolving their issues expeditiously while helping to minimize unnecessary conflict. Her main priority is obtaining favourable results that will benefit her clients in the present and maintain the whole family’s long-term well-being. Read more about Ashley here.
• Justin Murphy: Since early on in his undergraduate studies, Justin Murphy knew he wanted to be a lawyer. He is passionate about making a difference and advancing the interests of justice as a whole. He thrives on the energy of a courtroom and enjoys the challenges it can present. Ever the hard worker, Justin is committed to answering his client’s questions in a timely fashion and putting in the work to ensure he secures the best possible outcomes for them. Read more about Justin here.
• Ashley Sangha: While completing her undergraduate degree and taking criminology and law classes, Ashley became intrigued the most with law. It wasn’t until she began working at a law firm that she discovered her love for family law. Ashley is patient, calm and kind when it comes to her clients and dealing with the other party. She is a strong believer in resolving disputes out of Court and saving clients the unnecessary stress, expenses and time.  Read more about Ashley here.
• Harry Saini: Harry is a litigator and advocate, and his practice ranges from family law to strata and general civil litigation. Harry’s foremost goal is always to ensure that you’re the driver of your own litigation by giving you the tools and knowledge to make your own informed decisions. Harry frequently appears in the Provincial Court and Supreme Court of British Columbia.