OTTAWA: Theresa Arsenault, QC has been named Business Leader of the Year for 2015 by the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce. The award recognizes and celebrates Ms. Arsenault for her outstanding contribution to the business community in Kelowna.
Theresa Arsenault has been practicing business and estate planning law as a partner with Pushor Mitchell LLP for the past 30 years. She is a leader in her firm, serving 18 years on the Management Committee, 4 of them as Managing Partner. She developed a very successful practice, with her many valued clients relying on her expertise in commercial transactions, real estate developments; including First Nations lands, trusts and estate planning. She acts as a mentor to lawyers within her firm and to other lawyers in the community.
Theresa is a leader in her profession as well, presenting at continuing legal education seminars on First Nations land development, real estate matters, and estate planning topics. She serves as a practice advisor to lawyers in the province, and was awarded the designation Queens Counsel in 2009 in recognition of her outstanding contributions to her profession.
Ms. Arsenault will receive her award at this year’s ceremony at the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort on Wednesday, October 21st.
The following is a feature Woman to Watch article on Aresnault that was published in the Capital News earlier this year.
For three decades, Theresa Arsenault has been practising business and estate planning law in Kelowna.
Arsenault has been a lawyer for 33 years, spending the last 30 with Pushor Mitchell, where she is now a senior partner. She started her law career in litigation, but quickly moved into business and estate planning law as she found litigation did not suit her personality as she wanted to help people reach deals, not handle the fallout of ones that fell through. The transition to business and estate management law proved to be a great decision for Arsenault, as she loves learning and helping people—things she gets to do with regularity in her job.
In addition to serving her clients, Arsenault’s current role has her mentoring the junior lawyers and new staff at the firm—something she really enjoys to do.
