Malkit Atwal

Partner, Practice Group Leader

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Malkit Atwal practices in the areas of wills, estates and trusts with a focus on estate litigation, estate administration, and estate planning matters.

Malkit strives to earn the trust and confidence of his clients by achieving their goals in a timely, cost-effective and conscientious manner. He has presented at numerous continuing legal education seminars, appeared at a variety of levels of court throughout Alberta, and has participated in hearings before the Court of Appeal of the Northwest Territories and at the Supreme Court of Canada.

Regularly acting on behalf of both executors and estate beneficiaries in estate litigation matters, Malkit and has been involved in numerous Court hearings involving claims made against or by an estate, including family maintenance and support claims, variation of trusts, removal of trustees, will challenges, and estate accounting applications.  

Malkit’s estate planning practice involves probate, drafting Wills, Enduring Powers of Attorney and Personal Directives. He works with clients to understand their goals and develops tailored plans to suit their circumstances. Malkit also regularly advises both local and national charities and private foundations on governance issues to ensure compliance with CRA’s strict rules regarding the operation of such entities.  

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Qualifications

  • Education
  • Rankings
  • Bar Admissions
  • University of Victoria
    Bachelor of Commerce
    2001
  • University of Alberta
    Bachelor of Laws
    2006
  • Harvard Law School
    Mediation and Conflict Management Certificate
    2023
  • Alberta
    2007

Involvement

  • Professional
  • CBA Wills and Trusts Subsection
    Executive
    2014 - Present
  • CBA Elder Law Subsection
    Chair
    2014 - Present
  • Canadian Bar Association, Elder Law Group
    Co-Chair
    2014 - Present
  • Canadian Bar Association
    Co-Chair, Elder Law Group
    2014 - Present
  • Canadian Bar Association
    Member
    2007 - Present