Kendra's focus is to resolve family matters as compassionately and pragmatically as possible.

Juniper Law was founded by Kendra Marks (they/she) in 2023. She is experienced at representing clients in negotiation, mediation, and court, and has regularly appeared at the Provincial and Supreme Courts of British Columbia. Kendra provides unbundled services as well as full representation, including Collaborative Law matters, and she also represents children in high-conflict family law files. Kendra's focus is on out-of-court processes, which allow for creativity, compassion, and flexibility – and, in most cases, end up with far better outcomes for parties, children, and families. Kendra is also an accredited Family Law Mediator and offers mediation for both private and Legal Aid files.

Kendra is a member of the Collaborative Family Separation Professionals (Victoria), Collaborative Divorce Vancouver, the Victoria Bar Association, and the Canadian Bar Association. Kendra’s legal practice also draws as much as possible on the principle of harm reduction – practicing law in a colonial framework can never truly be anti-colonial, and as we dismantle colonialism and build frameworks rooted in Indigenous law Kendra hopes we can also work to prevent harm in all the work that we do.

Kendra was awarded the 2024 Pamela Murray Award from the Victoria Bar Association, in recognition of Kendra's unwavering commitment to professional excellence, integrity, and service to the legal community.

KENDRA'S BACKGROUND

Kendra holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree and a Master of Arts degree, both from the University of Calgary in Mohkínstsis on the territories of the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, Îyâxe Nakoda, and Tsuut’ina Nations, territory which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland.

Kendra received their Juris Doctor degree from the University of Victoria on W̱SÁNEĆ territories in 2019 and her major paper for her JD, “Inheriting Relationships: Reimagining the Practice of Estates and Trusts Through Anishinaabe Stories About Plants,” was completed under the supervision of Professor John Borrows.

During law school, Kendra held several research assistant positions and also provided research in the area of trusts and family law for Michelle Kinney and Christine Murray. Kendra spent her 2L summer at Horne Coupar LLP, a well-known Victoria law firm on Lək̓ʷəŋən territories, and in 2019-2020 they returned for articles at that firm under the supervision of Fiona Hunter.

ACCREDITATION

BA Hon. (2008), MA (2010), JD (2019)
Year of call in BC: 2020
Accredited Family Law Mediator
Member of the Victoria Bar Association and the Canadian Bar Association (British Columbia)
Member of the Society of Children & Youth’s Children’s Counsel Roster
Member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (British Columbia Chapter)
Member of the Collaborative Family Separation Professionals (Victoria), Collaborative Divorce Vancouver, Collaborative Practice Canada, and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
Member of the following boards: Family Services of Greater Victoria and Violence Against Women in Intimate Relationships Committee
Access to Justice Advisory Committee for the Law Society of British Columbia (2025 and 2026)
Access to Justice Committee for the Canadian Bar Association - British Columbia (2025-2026)
Articled with Fiona Hunter at Horne Coupar LLP (2019-2020) and held temporary articles at The Law Centre (Fall 2018)
Recipient of the Pamela Murray Award from the Victoria Bar Assocation (2024), the Victoria Bar Association Founders Award (2019), the Legal Leaders for Diversity Award (2018), the British Columbia Superior Court Judges Scholarship (2018), the Lawson Lundell LLP Prize in Business Administration (2018), the Martlet Chapter IODE Scholarship (2018), the University of Victoria’s President’s Scholarship (2017, 2018), the Acheson Sweeney Foley Sahota Prize in Torts (2017), the Forrest L. Shaw Bursary (2017), the Kenneth H. Crook Memorial Scholarship in Law (2017), the Stikeman Elliot Prize in Contracts (2017), the Faculty of Law Access Scholarship (2016), the Murray and Anne Fraser Entrance Scholarship (2016) and numerous other awards and honours during Kendra’s first two degrees
Pronouns: they/them and she/her

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Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Territories