F. Murray Pritchard
Practice Areas
Wills and Estates
- Elder law issues
- Will drafting
- Enduring Powers of Attorney
- Personal Directives (Living Wills)
- Trusts including Family Trusts, interjurisdictional trusts and income trusts
- Estate and trust administration
- Contesting and setting aside invalid wills
Real Estate
- Residential sales and purchases
- Development and subdivision projects
- Commercial transactions
- Mortgage financing
- Commercial leases
Corporate/Commercial
- Incorporation
- Reorganizations
- Buy/sell agreements
- Partnership agreements
- Partnership and shareholder disputes
- Private placement offerings
- Business sales and purchases
Agricultural
- Operating agreements
- Sales and purchases
- Quota acquisitions and transfers
- Family farm planning and transfers
Professional Activities
2001-2009 Chairman - Lethbridge/Macleod Association of
Real Estate Practitioners
1998-1999 Director - Lethbridge Bar Association
1994 Chairman - Estate Planning Association
Public Service and Community Activities
Director - Lethbridge Community Foundation
Director - Uphill Both Ways Education and Relief Fund
Director - Castle Mountain Resort Inc.
Past President - Kinsmen Club of Lethbridge
Past Chairman - Board of Trustees - McKillop United Church
Past Chairman - Board of Directors - Castle Mountain Resort Inc.
Past President - Canadian Ski Patrol System - South Alberta Zone
Past Vice-President Operations - Canadian Ski Patrol System - Mountain Division
Publications and Seminars
Lethbridge Community College
Public Legal Education - Presentations:
1994 - Condominiums and the Law
1996 - Living Wills and Powers of Attorney
1999 - Small Business and the Law
2000 - Contract Law
2001 - Enterpreneurship and the Law
2001 - Enduring Powers of Attorney and Personal Directives
2002 - 2009 Annually - Executors Legal Rights and Responsibilities
2005 - Farm Succession Planning
Public Seminars
1996 - Estate issues for Snow Birds
1998 - Will Planning
Education
1977-1978 University of Lethbridge
1978-1979 University of Calgary - Major Economics
1980-1983 University of Alberta - Faculty of Law
Personal History and Activities
Born and raised in Southern Alberta
Married with 4 daughters
Active skier/snowboarder, climber and runner