Stuart Rush B.A., LL.B., Q.C.

Previously a partner with Rush, Crane, Guenther, Stuart provides consultant services to White Raven Law. He has spoken widely on Aboriginal title and rights issues and the use of oral history evidence. Stuart practiced in BC in the areas of criminal, civil, labour and Aboriginal law until he retired in 2013. Stuart was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1992.

Stuart appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, Court of Appeal for British Columbia and Supreme Court of British Columbia, Queen's Bench of Alberta, the Canada Industrial Relations Board, the BC Labour Relations Board and arbitration boards in BC and throughout Canada.

During his legal career, Stuart represented many tribal organizations in aboriginal litigation throughout Canada, and worked on such leading cases as Delgamuukw (on which he acted as counsel), Guerin, Van der Peet, NTC Smokehouse, Gladstone and Haida Nation.

Stuart also acted as counsel on behalf of several unions, including the Canadian Auto Workers Union and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, before many administrative tribunals and boards. He also works with several not-for-profit organizations, including Ecojustice, West Coast Environmental Law, Vancouver Art Foundation, and the Environmental Law Centre Associates Program of the University of Victoria Law School.

After receiving a B.A. in History from the University of Western Ontario in 1967, he obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of British Columbia in 1970.