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Email: r.kutz@kutzlaw.ca
Phone: 403.638.3113
Ray has practiced and continues to practice in the areas involving real estate, wills and estates, corporations and business law. He is a past President of the Calgary Winter Club, and more recently served as the Independent Chair Person at Bowden Penitentiary
Ray and his wife Rita live in Sundre, are the parents of 5 children, grandparents to 7 grandchildren and great grandparents to 2 great grandchildren.
Ray along with his daughter Laura, has been active participant in Mountain View Seniors’ Lodge senior information sessions, relating to the dynamics and needs for Wills, Enduring Powers of Attorney and Personal Directives.
Education
BA University of Saskatchewan
LLB University of Saskatchewan
Bar Admission
Calgary, Alberta 1960
Email: sachira@kutzlaw.ca
Phone: 403.638.3113
Sachira Wimalaweera BA, LL.B, LLM(reading)
Student – at – Law
Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant
Before moving to Canada, Sachira was a practicing Attorney – at – Law in Sri Lanka. He is currently completing his Articling and is due to be called to the Bar in the near future. He is also a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant and member of the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants. Sachira holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Winnipeg and he is currently reading his Master of Law (LLM) in International Business Law at the University of Buckinghamshire, UK.
Qualifications and Memberships:
- Attorney- at – Law and life member in good standing with the Bar Association of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant – Immigration Consultant of Canada Regulatory Council
- Licensing Candidate of Law Society of Alberta, Canada
- Certificate of Qualification – National Committee on Accreditation – Federation Law Societies of Canada
- Accredited Immigration Consultant Diploma – Herzing College, Toronto Campus.
- Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice – University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Email: l.kutz@kutzlaw.ca
Phone: 403.638.3113
Laura has been working in Sundre since 2011, initially as a summer student while attending law school, and then completing 6 months of her 12 month articles in Sundre. Since being admitted to the Alberta Bar, she has practiced in Sundre on a full time basis, and is enjoying the challenges and variety of a rural practice. Prior to her legal career, she owned and operated a fine art publishing company for over 20 years. She has 3 children and 7 grandchildren.
Education
BSW University of Calgary
JD University of Alberta
2012 Roger S. Smith Student Research Award
2012 Jason Lang Scholarship for Academic Excellence
Bar Admission
Edmonton, Alberta 2014
Volunteer and Memberships
Board Member (Vice Chair) – Town of Sundre Municipal Library Board
Board Member – Rocky Organization for Animal Rescue Society (ROAR) Board (prior) Board Member – Greenwood Neighborhood Place Society Member – Friends of the Eastern Slopes
Professional Association
Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage (IPinCH)
Publications
2014 With Catherine Bell and Jessica Lai, “Indigenous Law, Intellectual Property Law and Museum Policy: Exploring Methods for Protecting Aboriginal Intangible Heritage” in Ant & Soc 38-3, 2014.2013 R v Hirsekorn, Brief, Constitutional Symposium Materials; Centre for Constitutional Studies (Legal Education Society of Alberta, Edmonton, October 4, 2013).
2012 With Catherine Bell, “Law, Ethics, and Respect for Indigenous Intangible Heritage in Museum Contexts” in International Conference on Museums and Intangible Heritage Conference Proceedings (Korea, National Folk Museum of Korea, 2012).
2012 Manitoba Metis Federation v Canada, Brief, Aboriginal Issues Symposium Materials (Legal Education Society of Alberta, Edmonton Nov 28, Calgary Dec 5, 2012).
Speaking Engagements
2018-present Public Information Sessions about Wills, Enduring Powers of Attorney & Personal Directives.
January 2015 Access to Material and Immaterial Goods, The Relationship Between Intellectual Property and its Physical
Embodiment, Conference, Lucerne, Switzerland; Panel Member.
April 2014 Strathcona County Library, Community Adult Learning and Literacy Society, Sherwood Park Alberta; “Understanding
Idle No More: The Alberta Context”.
September 2013 Alberta Museum Association Conference 2013, Edmonton, Alberta; “Indigenous Law, Intellectual Property, and Museum
Policy”.
March 2013 Waterlution – Our Water is Our Life, Thorsby Alberta; Panel Member.
Email: r.kutz@kutzlaw.ca
Phone: 403.638.3113
Ray has practiced and continues to practice in the areas involving real estate, wills and estates, corporations and business law. He is a past President of the Calgary Winter Club, and more recently served as the Independent Chair Person at Bowden Penitentiary
Ray and his wife Rita live in Sundre, are the parents of 5 children, grandparents to 7 grandchildren and great grandparents to 2 great grandchildren.
Ray along with his daughter Laura, has been active participant in Mountain View Seniors’ Lodge senior information sessions, relating to the dynamics and needs for Wills, Enduring Powers of Attorney and Personal Directives.
Education
BA University of Saskatchewan
LLB University of Saskatchewan
Bar Admission
Calgary, Alberta 1960
Email: sachira@kutzlaw.ca
Phone: 403.638.3113
Sachira Wimalaweera BA, LL.B, LLM(reading)
Student – at – Law
Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant
Before moving to Canada, Sachira was a practicing Attorney – at – Law in Sri Lanka. He is currently completing his Articling and is due to be called to the Bar in the near future. He is also a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant and member of the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants. Sachira holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Winnipeg and he is currently reading his Master of Law (LLM) in International Business Law at the University of Buckinghamshire, UK.
Qualifications and Memberships:
- Attorney- at – Law and life member in good standing with the Bar Association of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant – Immigration Consultant of Canada Regulatory Council
- Licensing Candidate of Law Society of Alberta, Canada
- Certificate of Qualification – National Committee on Accreditation – Federation Law Societies of Canada
- Accredited Immigration Consultant Diploma – Herzing College, Toronto Campus.
- Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice – University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Email: l.kutz@kutzlaw.ca
Phone: 403.638.3113
Laura has been working in Sundre since 2011, initially as a summer student while attending law school, and then completing 6 months of her 12 month articles in Sundre. Since being admitted to the Alberta Bar, she has practiced in Sundre on a full time basis, and is enjoying the challenges and variety of a rural practice. Prior to her legal career, she owned and operated a fine art publishing company for over 20 years. She has 3 children and 7 grandchildren.
Education
BSW University of Calgary
JD University of Alberta
2012 Roger S. Smith Student Research Award
2012 Jason Lang Scholarship for Academic Excellence
Bar Admission
Edmonton, Alberta 2014
Volunteer and Memberships
Board Member (Vice Chair) – Town of Sundre Municipal Library Board
Board Member – Rocky Organization for Animal Rescue Society (ROAR) Board (prior) Board Member – Greenwood Neighborhood Place Society Member – Friends of the Eastern Slopes
Professional Association
Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage (IPinCH)
2014 With Catherine Bell and Jessica Lai, “Indigenous Law, Intellectual Property Law and Museum Policy: Exploring Methods for Protecting Aboriginal Intangible Heritage” in Ant & Soc 38-3, 2014.2013 R v Hirsekorn, Brief, Constitutional Symposium Materials; Centre for Constitutional Studies (Legal Education Society of Alberta, Edmonton, October 4, 2013).
2012 With Catherine Bell, “Law, Ethics, and Respect for Indigenous Intangible Heritage in Museum Contexts” in International Conference on Museums and Intangible Heritage Conference Proceedings (Korea, National Folk Museum of Korea, 2012).
2012 Manitoba Metis Federation v Canada, Brief, Aboriginal Issues Symposium Materials (Legal Education Society of Alberta, Edmonton Nov 28, Calgary Dec 5, 2012).
2018-present Public Information Sessions about Wills, Enduring Powers of Attorney & Personal Directives.
January 2015 Access to Material and Immaterial Goods, The Relationship Between Intellectual Property and its Physical
Embodiment, Conference, Lucerne, Switzerland; Panel Member.
April 2014 Strathcona County Library, Community Adult Learning and Literacy Society, Sherwood Park Alberta; “Understanding
Idle No More: The Alberta Context”.
September 2013 Alberta Museum Association Conference 2013, Edmonton, Alberta; “Indigenous Law, Intellectual Property, and Museum
Policy”.
March 2013 Waterlution – Our Water is Our Life, Thorsby Alberta; Panel Member.