Meet Our Team

Betty Garbutt, CHRP

Over 3 decades of experience as a Legal Recruitment Specialist, Director of Human Resources, Director of Operations, The Legal Freelance Centre.
10 years legal experience in litigation, criminal defence, labour law, corporate records, corporate/commercial, residential and commercial conveyancing, wills & estates, corporate tax, corporate/securities, matrimonial, aboriginal & mediation law.
Community-minded; volunteer on public advisory committees for legal courses at various colleges and post-secondary schools for over 20 years.
Youth Educator; volunteer trainer and team-builder for female high performance ice hockey athletes as they pursue their goals for Canada’s National Women’s Team.
Loves dogs & cats, married, has 2 great sons, throws terrific Christmas parties and has a good sense of humour!
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Robyn Stratton, Legal Recruitment Specialist

Over 15 years in legal recruitment with The Legal Freelance Centre
Temporary and Permanent Placements, Payroll & Career Advisor
Experienced in corporate/securities, law firm reception and administration
In her free time Robyn enjoys spending time with her two young children, attending fitness classes and playing and coaching softball.
Loves dogs, especially her puggle, Jaxon

Michael T. Brown, Human Resources Assistant

Michael first joined the team in 2011 while in University and left to pursue a career in sales split between B2B technology and B2C luxury sales. In 2021, Michael returned to the Legal Freelance Centre and now works full-time assisting the team in all duties ranging from candidate interviewing and canvassing to internal billing and administrative work.
Temporary and Permanent Placements
Michael graduated from Simon Fraser University in 2013 after competing on the Simon Fraser University Ice Hockey Team and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication & Media Studies and a Publishing Minor. With a genuine interest in the legal field and being a natural people person, he is working full-time and bettering his sales and client based focused skills in the Human Resource field.
A sports fanatic, Michael has a passion for ice hockey and continues to play in several recreational leagues.

And , we can’t forget…. our office team dog

Danielle (Danny) – Woof! Woof! – who keeps us all balanced and laughing!

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Keeping Current

In 2012 The Law Society of B.C. announced the expansion of roles for paralegals. The two-year pilot project began in January , 2013 as Family Law Paralegals started to appear in chambers on select applications. As with articled students it was incumbent on the supervising lawyer to ensure that the scope of representation a paralegal takes on is commensurate with her or his abilities. These initiatives are being taken specifically to address the need for greater access to affordable legal services in a number of areas. On January 13, 2021, an article was written in the Vancouver Sun by Ian Mulgrew mentioning that The Law Society's new Strategic Plan 2021-2025 will help people and give them "access to justice" as stated by president Dean Lawton. Lawton believes the plan will "allow paralegals, tech companies, entrepreneurs and others to offer some legal services that until now have been available only through a lawyer". We await further exciting news.