Tamara obtained her LLB (now J.D.) from UBC Law (now Allard) and articled with Mawhinney & Kellough (now Dentons) being called to the bar in 1990. After being called to the bar of British Columbia, Tamara went to work with her father at a downtown Vancouver boutique real estate law firm becoming a partner then moving her practice to Surrey to be closer to home and her family. Tamara is now a partner at Richards Buell Sutton LLP practicing out of their Surrey office focussing primarily on real estate development and corporate/commercial law. Tamara is also a registered trademark agent. Tamara’s real estate practice focusses primarily on the needs of developers including advising on corporate structures, then assisting with the acquisition and financing of development property through to the leasing and/or sales of developed residential and/or commercial units. On the corporate side, Tamara assists clients in the start up of business, franchising, reorganizations and the sale and/or acquisition of businesses in a wide variety of industries. Early in her career, Tamara also started and ran a dog day care business in Whistler which taught her invaluable lessons in business!