Melodie Lind
LawyerPushor Mitchell LLP
- +1 250-869-1210
Pushor Mitchell is a full-service, mid-sized law firm and has been Kelowna's trusted legal advisor of choice for almost 50 years. By combining expertise and creativity, we identify the right outcome for each unique legal challenge that our clients encounter.
We’ve assembled a tightly knit, hard-working team at Pushor Mitchell. Some of our partners started with the firm as articling students, while others came from some of the largest law firms in the country. Many of us were born and raised right here in the Okanagan, while others hail from abroad. But no matter how we came to Pushor Mitchell, we all share two characteristics:
We hold ourselves to the highest professional standards.
We genuinely contribute to the community around us.
Each and every one of us at Pushor Mitchell is committed to our clients and to Kelowna. We have developed countless long-term relationships through practical advice and conscientious service, and we have established ongoing support with countless professional, charitable, athletic and cultural organizations throughout the Okanagan.
Show more +Melodie practices in the area of tax law, with a focus on estate and trust planning, family-owned business succession planning, planning for persons with disabilities and tax-driven corporate reorganizations. She strives to provide highly effective, approachable, and accessible legal service to each of her clients, regardless of how complex or technical the issues might be.
Melodie advises on a wide range of tax, estate and trust planning issues, such as those that arise with blended families, high net worth, protection of family wealth, minimization of probate fees and income tax, among other things. Melodie is also well-versed in planning that involves multiple jurisdictions, including the cross-border estate and tax issues that are relevant to many of her clients.
Melodie makes it a personal and professional priority to serve clients who are disabled or whose family members have disabilities. Melodie assists clients with trust and estate planning strategies to ensure that a person with a disability receives the most appropriate financial care.
Melodie also assists businesses of all kinds, ranging from closely held single corporations to complex organizations with multiple shareholders to structure or reorganize in a way that meets their tax and/or estate planning objectives.
Melodie completed her Bachelor of Arts in psychology and criminology at Simon Fraser University before obtaining her Bachelor of Laws (with distinction) from the University of Alberta. She has the internationally recognized Trust and Estate Practitioner designation through the Society of Estate and Trust Practitioners and has also completed advanced tax training through both the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Canadian Bar Association. She has been published in a leading Canadian legal periodical, the Real Property Reports, and is co-author of a chapter in a book on the protection of First Nations cultural heritage.
Education:
- LL.B – University of Alberta (with Distinction)
- B.A. – Simon Fraser University
- In-Depth Tax Course – Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
- Trust and Estate Practitioner, full member – Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
Professional and community involvement:
- Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Member
- Kelowna Tax Discussion Group, Member
- Kelowna Estate Planning Society, Member
- Canadian Bar Association, Member
- Kelowna Bar Association, Member
- Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners - Okanagan Chapter Executive, Past Member
- Canadian Association of Family Enterprise - Okanagan Chapter, Past Director
- Interior Health Research Ethics Board, Past Member
- Okanagan Xeriscape Association, Past Director
Tax (Law) in Canada - West
301-1665 Ellis Street British Columbia Kelowna V1Y 2B3