Atty. James "Jim" Williams
Jim is both a lawyer and a Chartered Professional Accountant, CA. Prior to attending law school, Jim qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Touche Ross (now, Deloitte), an international firm of Chartered Accountants in Montréal, Quebec.
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James "Jim" Williams is a trusts attorney based in Calgary, Alberta, practicing at Carbert Waite LLP. Educated at Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.B., 1981). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Trusts and Estates (2026). Serands clients in Calgary, AB and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Jim is both a lawyer and a Chartered Professional Accountant, CA
- Prior to attending law school, Jim qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Touche Ross (now, Deloitte), an international firm of Chartered Accountants in Montréal, Quebec
- He began his legal career in Calgary in 1981 with Ballem McDill & MacInnes (now, Gowling WLG)
- Prior to joining Carbert Waite LLP in 2007 as Associated Counsel, Jim practiced tax and corporate law with the Calgary office of the national law firm, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. Jim is highly skilled in general corporate and commercial law matters, including incorporations, the reorganization of share capital, the purchase and sale of businesses, amalgamations, corporate dissolutions, as well as the drafting of unanimous shareholder agreements and partnership agreements
- He has over 40 years of tax law experience relating to various personal income tax matters, including the implementation of estate freezes, succession planning, wealth management and tax deferred “rollovers” of assets and shares
- Jim has extensive experience in providing tax advice in connection with a broad range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, share exchanges, share capital amendments in addition to various corporate reorganizations and restructurings
- Jim’s practice is currently focused on owner-managed private corporations as well as succession and estate planning matters, including the preparation of Wills, Enduring Powers of Attorney, Personal Directives, applications for grants of probate, and estate administration
- Jim is also interested in military history and aviation matters
- He is a former Director and a past Chair of The Hangar Flight Museum of Calgary
- Jim was previously an active private pilot (commercial license)
- He is a past President and Director of the Calgary Flying Club and a past Chairman, Legal Advisory Committee, Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA)
- While attending university, he served with No. 401 “City of Westmount” Air Reserve Squadron (Sergeant, aviation technician)
- Prior to transferring to the Air Reserve, Jim served as a Trooper with The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montréal), an armoured reconnaissance regiment of the Canadian Army Reserve
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Practicing law in Alberta. Legal matters in Alberta are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Calgary are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Alberta state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Alberta brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Alberta courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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