BIOGRAPHY:
Anthony was born in Genova, Italy and raised in Camrose, Alberta. His ancestor G.B. Piccardi was a Judge of the Kingdom of Italy in Torino in the early 20th century. Anthony moved to Vancouver to attend UBC Law School in 2000, and other than one year serving as a Law Clerk to Justices of the Court of Appeal and Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta in Edmonton, he has called British Columbia home since that time.
Anthony joined Jarvis McGee Rice LLP as Associate Counsel in January 2016. Prior to joining the firm, Anthony was a partner at a downtown Vancouver boutique firm specializing in insurance defence, including representing the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. Anthony has conducted dozens of trials and contested hearings in virtually every Supreme Court location in the Province, several appeals in the Court of Appeal, and has argued cases before the Worker's Compensation Appeal Tribunal and WorkSafeBC. Among his many and varied Court successes Anthony counts family compensation claims arising out of fatal motor vehicle accidents, brain and spinal injury cases, professional negligence cases, defamation cases for libel and slander, and fishing quota matters.
Anthony is a tenacious and effective negotiator and works hard to achieve a settlement out of court for his clients if possible. However, Anthony is willing to take any case to trial if the insurer has undervalued the claim. His skills in trial procedure and persuasion even the playing field between injured persons and insurers. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
EDUCATION:
INTERESTS:
Anthony was born in Genova, Italy and raised in Camrose, Alberta. His ancestor G.B. Piccardi was a Judge of the Kingdom of Italy in Torino in the early 20th century. Anthony moved to Vancouver to attend UBC Law School in 2000, and other than one year serving as a Law Clerk to Justices of the Court of Appeal and Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta in Edmonton, he has called British Columbia home since that time.
Anthony joined Jarvis McGee Rice LLP as Associate Counsel in January 2016. Prior to joining the firm, Anthony was a partner at a downtown Vancouver boutique firm specializing in insurance defence, including representing the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. Anthony has conducted dozens of trials and contested hearings in virtually every Supreme Court location in the Province, several appeals in the Court of Appeal, and has argued cases before the Worker's Compensation Appeal Tribunal and WorkSafeBC. Among his many and varied Court successes Anthony counts family compensation claims arising out of fatal motor vehicle accidents, brain and spinal injury cases, professional negligence cases, defamation cases for libel and slander, and fishing quota matters.
Anthony is a tenacious and effective negotiator and works hard to achieve a settlement out of court for his clients if possible. However, Anthony is willing to take any case to trial if the insurer has undervalued the claim. His skills in trial procedure and persuasion even the playing field between injured persons and insurers. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
- Member, Law Society of British Columbia
- Member, Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia
- Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education Association of British Columbia
EDUCATION:
- B.A., Political Science, University of Calgary (2000)
- L.L.B., University of British Columbia (2003)
PLACE AND YEAR OF CALL:
- British Columbia (2005)
VOLUNTEERISM:
- Squamish Windsports Society: President (2014- )
Canadian Club of Vancouver:
Director (2008-2010)
INTERESTS:
Away from the office Anthony enjoys spending time with
his family. Anthony and his wife Lindsay live on the North Shore with
their young daughter Milana ("Mila"). Anthony's favorite
leisure pursuits are board sports, particularly surfing, snowboarding, and
kiteboarding. Anthony gives back to the wind sports community by serving
as President of Squamish Windsports Society, a nonprofit which administers a
high-performance sailing location at the mouth of the Squamish River.
Other favourite pursuits for Anthony are politics,
photography and video production, and cooking.
