Thom Yachnin (he/him) is a partner at Victory Square Law Office.

He joined the firm in 2024 after working for several years as Executive Director with a major public sector union. Prior to that, he worked as in-house counsel for two public sector unions and practiced with a prominent union-side labour law firm in the Maritimes.

Thom has experience representing clients before labour arbitrators, labour boards, and at all levels of court, including the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada.

He earned his Bachelor of Laws from Dalhousie University, where he won the Robert W. Kerr Labour Law Prize and the Lorne O. Clarke Prize in Dispute Resolution. He was called to the bar in Nova Scotia in 2007, in British Columbia in 2009, and in Ontario in 2012.

Thom is dedicated to protecting and advancing the rights of working people in British Columbia and provides respectful and firm advocacy for his clients.

He also serves on the Board of Trustees for the British Columbia Municipal Pension Plan.

In his free time, Thom enjoys films, books, and losing badly at fantasy football.

Education

  • LL.B. Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, 2006

Bar Admissions

  • Ontario, 2012
  • British Columbia, 2009
  • Nova Scotia, 2007

Thom Yachnin (he/him) is a partner at Victory Square Law Office.

He joined the firm in 2024 after working for several years as Executive Director with a major public sector union. Prior to that, he worked as in-house counsel for two public sector unions and practiced with a prominent union-side labour law firm in the Maritimes.

Thom has experience representing clients before labour arbitrators, labour boards, and at all levels of court, including the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada.

He earned his Bachelor of Laws from Dalhousie University, where he won the Robert W. Kerr Labour Law Prize and the Lorne O. Clarke Prize in Dispute Resolution. He was called to the bar in Nova Scotia in 2007, in British Columbia in 2009, and in Ontario in 2012.

Thom is dedicated to protecting and advancing the rights of working people in British Columbia and provides respectful and firm advocacy for his clients.

He also serves on the Board of Trustees for the British Columbia Municipal Pension Plan.

In his free time, Thom enjoys films, books, and losing badly at fantasy football.

  • LL.B. Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, 2006

Bar Admissions

  • Ontario, 2012
  • British Columbia, 2009
  • Nova Scotia, 2007

Offices

Our office is located on unceded territory of the Skwxwu7mesh (Squamish), Tsleil-Waututh (Burrard), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.

Office

604 684 8421

Toll free

1 877 684 8421

Vancouver

710–777 Hornby Street
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1S4

Map showing VSLO Vancouver Office.

Victoria

#218 – 852 Fort Street

Victoria, BC V8W 1h2

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