Zara Suleman

Family Law and Fertility Law

Certified Family Law Mediator
Collaborative Law Practitioner

BUSINESS CONTACT

BUSINESS NAME: Suleman Family Law

BUSINESS ADDRESS: Waterfront Business Centre
Suite 220 – 145 Chadwick Court, North Vancouver, BC, V7M 3K1
Vancouver Office (Appointment Only) located at  Suite 600-1285 West Broadway, Vancouver, V6H 1G

PHONE NUMBER: 604-424-9059

EMAIL: zara@sulemanfamilylaw.com

WEBSITE: www.sulemanfamilylaw.com/

INTRODUCTION

Hello, I am Zara Suleman 

(she/her)

I am grateful and privileged to live, work and gather on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples including the Musqueam (xʷmәθkʷәy̓әm), TsleilWauthuth (Sәl̓ílwәtaʔ/Selilwitulh) and Squamish (Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw).

I am the founder of Suleman Family Law, where I practice family law and fertility law in British Columbia.  I am a certified family law mediator and collaborative law practitioner. I am also a writer, trainer and coach.  I have represented clients at Provincial Court, Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal. I have also worked on Supreme Court of Canada interventions.  I have had the pleasure of being an adjunct instructor for family law at the University of Victoria, Faculty of Law (Victoria, B.C)

I earned my Master of Laws from the University of Victoria, my Law degree from the University of Ottawa and my Bachelor of Arts from Simon Fraser University.  I am currently on the Board of Governors for the Law Foundation of BC.  I was also recently the Chair of the BC Law Institute Research Project on the Review of Legal Parentage under the Family Law Act. I also sit on the Advisory Committee for the FREDA Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children.

Prior to law school, I was a front-line community advocate for over a decade. I have been working on issues of violence against women and children for over 30 years.  I have been actively involved in presenting, training, writing and editing materials on family law issues, trauma informed practice, gender-based violence, queer, immigrant/refugee and anti-racism/critical race theory.  I work from a decolonial and intersectional lens that is survivor-centred.

I am the recipient of the 2018 Equality & Diversity Award from the Canadian Bar Association (BC), and I was designated a King’s Counsel (KC) in 2022.

I have a blog at https://www.thebusinessofbreakups.com ™ and can be found on Instagram @thebusinessofbreakups and @sulemanfamilylaw