Erin E. O'Brien Edmonds, Q.C

Position:  Managing Partner
Office:  Halifax
Email:  erin@burchellmacdougall.com
Phone:  (902) 445-2339


Practice Areas:

• Real Estate
• Estate Planning including:
  • Wills
  • Powers of Attorney
  • Personal Directives
  • Alter Ego & Joint Partner Trusts
• Probate

Professional Qualifications & Education:

• Member, Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society
• Member, Canadian Bar Association
• Member, Real Estate Association of Nova Scotia (RELANS)
• Past President & Current Member, Halifax Estate Planning Council
• Member Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
• Lecturer, Bar Admission Course Real Estate Day
• Lecturer, Leave a Legacy Program, Retirement Planners Association and Continuing Legal Education
• Co Chair, Real Estate Lawyers of Nova Scotia (RELANS)
• Co Chair, Real Estate Practice Standards Committee, Nova Scotia Barristers Society
• Director at Large Society Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP)
• Lecturer The Dalhousie Wills Project: A Project of Dalhousie Pro Bono Students Canada
• Member of Nova Scotia Barristers Society Bar Council 2012

Professional Associations & Membership in Community Organizations:

• Member, Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society
• Member, Canadian Bar Association
• Member, Real Estate Association of Nova Scotia (RELANS)
• Current Member Bar Council Nova Scotia Barristers Society
• Past President & Current Member, Halifax Estate Planning Council
• Member Society of Trust and Estate Practitioner
• Lecturer, Bar Admission Course Real Estate Day
• Involved with Leave a Legacy Program, Retirement Planners Association and Continuing Legal Education
• Co Chair, Real Estate Lawyers of Nova Scotia (RELANS)
• Co Chair, Real Estate Practice Standards Committee
• Director at Large Society Trust & Estate Practitioner (STEP)
• Lecturer The Dalhousie Wills Project: A Project of Dalhousie Pro Bono Students Canada

Cases / Transactions / Work Experience:

Real Estate Practice

• Represent buyers and sellers of homes including condominiums
• Represent developers to register condominium projects including the sales of condominium units
• Represent builders for new construction homes
• Migration of title to the Land Registration System
• Represent developers for subdivision projects and land development
• Probate, Estates, Wills and Trusts
• Prepare Wills, Powers of attorney and Personal Care Directives
• Prepare Trusts including Alter Ego Trusts and Joint Partner Trusts
• Provide estate planning advice
• Probate Wills
• Provide advice to Executors and Administrators

Probate, Estates, Wills and Trusts

• Prepare Wills, Powers of attorney and Personal Care Directives
• Provide estate planning advice
• Probate Wills
• Provide advice to Executors and Administrators