BIOS
Tony Spagnuolo
Tony was born and raised in Vancouver, and currently resides in Burnaby. He was married in 1991 and they have three children.
Tony graduated from Simon Fraser University in 1985 with a double major degree in Business Administration and Economics, with a core concentration in marketing and finance. He graduated from law school at the University of Victoria and has been a member of the Law Society of British Columbia since 1989. The fact he passed the bar and still remains a member of the Law Society has surprised not only his close friends but several of his university teachers.
After working in a mid size law firm in downtown Vancouver, Tony joined a small law firm in Port Coquitlam. In 1991 Tony, along with two partners started Bell Marsden Spagnuolo Legal Offices. This firm has evolved over time and is now Spagnuolo and Company Real Estate Lawyers.
Spagnuolo and Company Real Estate Lawyers is the only law firm totally dedicated to residential real estate, making the experience of buying, selling or refinancing residential property a smooth, easy and stress-free experience. This positioning has allowed Spagnuolo and Company to become the largest residential conveyancing law firm in British Columbia, and perhaps the country. We assisted over 13,000 clients purchase, sell or refinance their properties in 2006 and 2007.
Tony has been active in a variety of business and charitable areas. He is a Past President of the Chamber of Commerce serving Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody. He is also a past Director of the Mortgage Brokers Association of British Columbia and the Coquitlam Foundation and currently sits on the Foundation for St. Thomas More High School and the executive of Burnaby Minor Lacrosse. He has donated time and money in the past to Habitat for Humanity, The Looking Glass Foundation, the Huntington Society of Canada, Union Gospel Mission, dozens of local kid’s sports teams and countless other worthwhile causes.
Tony participates in a number of sports, including golf, hockey, mountain biking and squash. Of course, he is no good at any of them. When not in the office, which is normally the case, he can be found being involved in his family’s activities, in particular coaching all three children at various times in lacrosse, soccer and hockey. Poor kids! They want a good coach for once.
Feel free to contact Tony directly at 604-777-7406.
Chris Worsnup
Chris Worsnup was born and raised in England and made the transatlantic move to Vancouver in September, 1999, and currently resides in Maple Ridge. He is married to Shanti and a father of a two year old son, Markus.
Chris graduated from Newcastle University in 1995 with a double major degree in Law and Accounting. He graduated from the College of Law in York, England in 1997. After successfully finishing his articles with a commercial law firm in Leeds, England, he was called as a member of the Law Society of England and Wales in September, 1999. Upon his arrival in Vancouver, Chris duly completed all of the requirements to be called as a member of the Law Society of British Columbia and joined, as an associate lawyer, what is now known as The Spagnuolo Group of Real Estate Law Firms in May, 2001. Throughout his time with The Spagnuolo Group of Real Estate Law Firms, Chris has practiced residential real estate law and commercial leasing.
Outside of work, Chris has traveled extensively for pleasure and watches as much sport as he can get away with. He is a BC Lions season ticket holder and hopes to coach his son in a variety of sports, including “English” football and “Canadian” football.
Feel free to contact Chris directly at 604-777-7403.
Lewis Nguyen
Lewis was born in Vancouver, but raised and currently residing in Surrey. He graduated from Simon Fraser University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree (with Honours) in Psychology. Lewis obtained his law degree in 2003 from the University of British Columbia. After graduation, he articled with R.D. Shantz & Associates Law Corporation in Maple Ridge. Lewis has been with The Spagnuolo Group of Real Estate Law Firms as an associate for the past two years.
Lewis is currently the President of the Board of Newton Advocacy Group Society, a non-profit, charitable society in Surrey. He enjoys skiing, complaining about the Vancouver Canucks, watching really depressing films, and drinking overpriced caffeinated beverages.
Ryan Kalleitner
Ryan was born and raised in North Delta. He graduated from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona in 2002 with a degree in political science. In 2005 Ryan graduated from law school at the University of British Columbia. During his time at UBC, Ryan was an active member of the UBC Law Students’ Legal Advice Program, and served a term as the program’s secretary-treasurer.
Ryan was called to the B.C. bar in 2006. He articled and worked as an associate with a full-service firm in Surrey, where he divided his time between litigation and solicitors’ work, with a focus on family law. Ryan joined Spagnuolo and Company in 2007.
When not working, Ryan occasionally plays hockey, on both skates and wheels, and enjoys watching movies and sports.
Dick Chan
Dick was born in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia and raised in the Lower Mainland. He currently resides in Richmond with his wife and three sons. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University and his law degree from the University of British Columbia. He was called to the bar in 1992.
Dick has been a director of the Hamilton Community Association since 1994. He has been a supervising lawyer with the UBC Law Students Legal Advice Program since 1998 and a volunteer lawyer with the Access Justice Pro Bono Clinic since 2001. He has volunteered with the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC since 2002 as a course presenter on real estate matters and as a contributing editor for the Conveyancing Deskbook.
In his off-hours (and sometimes on) he is an avid runner and has completed four marathons.
Tim Perrin
Tim is a southern California boy who came north every summer to visit his mother's family in Oregon and Washington. A few trips across the border to BC convinced him that he'd found his true home. When the time came to go to graduate school, he only applied three places: UBC, SFU and UVic. Victoria won out. He's been in BC ever since and never looked back.
Tim's diverse background makes him an interesting conversationalist, if nothing else. His bachelor's degree from San Jose State University is in botany with a specialty in the fire ecology of the Giant Sequoia trees of the Sierra Nevada. He did a year of forest ecology grad work at UVic but his passion for writing kept calling to him.
He dropped out and became a radio and TV newsman for a time, including four years covering the BC government out of the legislative press gallery in Victoria.
His next stop was high marks at the UVic law school, then, rather than going straight into practice, he went back to writing, this time five years as a freelance magazine writer.
He articled at the Immigration and Refugee Board and with Senator Mobina Jaffer in 1989-90 and was called to the bar in January 1991.
After a few years of practicing general litigation at a downtown Vancouver firm, Tim and his wife Terre fled to the hinterland, landing in Nelson for four years before finally coming to Westbank. He first met the people at Bassett Spagnuolo when Barry Porrelli handled the conveyance on Tim's home, the same house overlooking Shannon Lake that he and Terre have been in since 1996.
Tim's passion for writing continues unabated, especially when he can work in his equal passion for the law. In 2007, he won the Angie Award for Best Screenplay at the International Mystery Writer's Festival for a political thriller call Albatross. He's published five books and hundreds of articles, many on legal subjects for popular audiences. He's been trying to teach lawyers across Canada and the US how to write better since 1984 and his book Better Writing for Lawyers has been used in courses as far afield as Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Bob Bassett
Bob was born and raised in Vancouver, and currently resides in Westbank. He was married in 1974 and he and Barb have three children.
Bob graduated from UBC with a bachelor of Commerce Degree in 1971 and a Law Degree in 1972 and has been a member of the Law Society of British Columbia since 1973.
Bob practiced in Prince George for five years before moving to Westbank in January of 1977. The firm of Bassett & Company has been a leader in real estate conveyancing in the Central Okanagan ever since. In addition to standard residential Real Estate transactions, Bob has a strong expertise in Real Estate transactions on First Nations Lands leased land, and in Freehold Real Estate condo developments and land subdivisions. He has acted as solicitor for Developers with projects as small as single lot subdivisions and as large as multi million dollar resort condos.
Bob enjoys serving his community and has been heavily involved with the Westbank and District Chamber of Commerce, the Westbank & District Boys and Girls Club, the Okanagan Corvette Club and Kelowna Model Airplane Club. His wife Barb is also a past president of the Westbank and District Chamber of Commerce, and past manager of the Westbank Tourist Info Center.
He has donated time and money in the past to United Way, Rotary International, CNIB, and countless other local charities, plus sponsorships for local kid’s sports teams.
Feel free to contact Bob directly at the Westbank office, 250-768-5152
Nancy Fish
Nancy was born in Montreal, but was raised primarily in Calgary. Nancy was married in 1988 to her husband Jim, they have three children. The Fish family currently resides in Westbank, British Columbia.
Nancy graduated from the University of Alberta in 1987, with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree. In 1988, after a year off for good behavior, Nancy returned to the University of Alberta to pursue her law degree. After two years of study in Edmonton, Nancy and Jim moved to Vancouver to pursue job opportunities and Nancy attended the University of British Columbia as a visiting student for her final year of studies. Nancy received her law degree from the University of Alberta in 1991 and was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1992. After working at a major downtown Vancouver law firm for a few years and taking some time off to start a family, Nancy returned to work in 1994, practicing part-time with Tony Spagnuolo at Bell Spagnuolo in Port Coquitlam. Nancy left the Lower Mainland in 1996 to relocate to the sunny Okanagan. She joined Bassett & Company in 1998, working primarily in the areas of residential real estate, wills and estates. With the formation of Bassett Spagnuolo Legal Offices in September 2007, Nancy is enjoying getting reacquainted with her old colleagues from The Spagnuolo Group of Real Estate Law Firms.
Nancy strives to maintain a balance between a busy real estate practice and the needs of her children and husband. She has been an active volunteer with her children’s school and sports teams and enjoys many other activities including skiing, golf, boating and the odd hand of poker.
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