Lawyer Profile
Carmen S. Thériault
Vancouver, British Columbia
Overview
Carmen Thériault, K.C., is a Vancouver lawyer with Carmen Thériault Advisory Services Ltd. and a former partner of Norton Rose Fulbright Canada. She previously led Norton Rose Fulbright's private wealth, trusts and estates team in Canada and served on the firm's national Partnership Committee and Global Advisory Board. Her practice covers private wealth, estate planning, trusts and estates, wealth management, charitable giving, estate and trust administration, and related litigation. She is a director of BC Unclaimed and chairs Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland's Planned Giving Advisory Council. She is the editor and co-author of Widdifield on Executors and Trustees and a past co-editor of the Estates, Trusts and Pensions Journal. She received the 2020 international STEP Trusted Advisor of the Year award and the King Charles III Coronation Medal in 2025.
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Ontario, 1986 British Columbia, 1996
Professional Details
Education
B.A.
LL.B.
Associations
Director, BC Unclaimed Property Society
Chair, Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland Planned Giving Advisory Council
Past chair, Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland Honorary Advisory Board
Past chair, Lions Gate Hospital Foundation Board
Past president, Estate Planning Council of Vancouver
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
Awards & Recognition
King Charles III Coronation Medal, awarded June 20, 2025
Trusted Advisor of the Year, international STEP Private Client Awards, 2020
Private Client Legal Team of the Year, international STEP Private Client Awards, 2016/2017
Articles & Speeches
Editor and co-author, Widdifield on Executors and Trustees
Past co-editor, Estates, Trusts and Pensions Journal
Speaker and writer on estate planning, trusts, charities and not-for-profit legal issues