Carmen Place is a senior partner practicing in Lindsay Kenney's Vancouver office. His clients include general liability insurers, property insurers, insurance brokers, insurance adjusters and various companies through their risk management departments.
Carmen's area of practice in general insurance litigation includes first-party claims such as coverage disputes; fraudulent, exaggerated or misrepresentation claims; arson; business interruption; property damage; and bad faith claims. He also acts as defence counsel on third-party claims involving personal injury, occupier's liability, motor vehicle accident, municipal liability, defamation, directors' and officers' liability, environmental claims, products liability, entertainment and sports liability, and host liquor liability.
Carmen was born in Williams Lake, British Columbia. He obtained a Bachelor of Commerce in 1982 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1983, both from the University of British Columbia. He was admitted to the British Columbia Bar in 1984.
Carmen has been very active in the defence bar as a founding member of the British Columbia Association of Insurance Defence Council and most recently as the President of the Canadian Defence Lawyers (2006-2007), a national association of over 1000 members.
