Anthea Law
Partner
Anthea advises clients on estate planning, estate administration, and trust matters. Having worked extensively in both the planning and administration of estates, she helps clients address issues today that might otherwise create difficulties for executors and beneficiaries in the future.
Biography
Anthea Law is a partner at Vogel LLP and leads the firm’s Estates practice group. Her practice focuses on estate planning, estate and trust administration, and advising executors, trustees, beneficiaries, and families on a wide range of estate-related matters.
After beginning her legal career with Vogel LLP, Anthea worked in the wealth management division of a national trust company before returning to private practice. Her experience in both private practice and the trust industry provides her with a practical perspective on the challenges that can arise in the planning and administration of estates and trusts.
Anthea advises individuals, business owners, professionals, blended families, and high net worth clients on the preparation of Wills, Enduring Powers of Attorney, and Personal Directives. She works closely with clients to develop estate plans that reflect their personal, family, and financial circumstances. She also assists executors and trustees with probate applications, estate administration, trust administration, beneficiary matters, and issues involving capacity and incapacity.
In addition to her client work, Anthea serves as a Practice Assessor with the Law Society of Alberta’s Practice Management Department. In that role, she evaluates law practices and provides guidance to lawyers on practice management, professional standards, and risk management.
Anthea contributes to Legal Education Society of Alberta publications and programs, and regularly presents on wills, estates, incapacity planning, and estate administration matters to financial institutions, investment advisors, charitable organizations, and educational institutions. A graduate of the University of British Columbia, where she earned degrees in English Literature and Philosophy, and in Law, she has also published legal writing in The Barrister, the publication of the Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association.
Committed to providing practical advice, Anthea helps clients navigate complex and often emotional situations with clarity and confidence.
Professional Involvement
- Practice Assessor, Law Society of Alberta Practice Management Department
- Editorial Board Member, Legal Education Society of Alberta – Alberta Wills and Estates Practice Manual (2023, 2026)
Professional Memberships
- Member, Law Society of Alberta
- Retired Member, Law Society of British Columbia
- Member, Canadian Bar Association – Wills, Estates and Trusts Subsection
Publications and Presentations
- Co-Author, LESA – Ways in Which Will-Drafting Lawyers Can Become Involved in Estate Litigation (2025)
- Author and Presenter, LESA – Inter and Extra-Jurisdictional Considerations for Enduring Powers of Attorney and Personal Directives (2016)
- Author and Presenter, LESA – The Personal Representative: Role and Responsibilities (2009)
- Presenter on wills, estates, incapacity planning, and estate administration matters for financial institutions, charitable organizations, educational institutions, and community organizations throughout Alberta
Community
- Past Board Member, Leave a Legacy Calgary
Articles
Education
- LL.B., University of British Columbia
- B.A., University of British Columbia
Bar Admission
- Admitted to the Law Society of Alberta, 2003
- Admitted to the Law Society of British Columbia, 2003
