Sean Pihl, K.C.

B.A., LL.B.

SHAREHOLDER / MEDIATOR / ARBITRATOR / LAWYER
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Sean was called to the Bar in 1997 and has practiced primarily in Kelowna and Vancouver over the past 29 years of his legal career.

Sean has appeared at the Provincial, Supreme and Appellate Court levels. He has also appeared before the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, the Labour Relations Board and the Worker’s Compensation Board, in addition to extensive arbitration and mediation experience. Sean has volunteered as a guest lecturer at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus) and has presented at educational seminars on many procedural and substantive of legal topics, through CLE and CBABC. In 2016, he received his designation of Queen’s Counsel.

Throughout his career, Sean practiced exclusively in the area of civil litigation, with an emphasis on construction/commercial litigation, employment and labour law, and insurance law. He has received formal education and training as a mediator and arbitrator, and he continues to build his skills and further advanced education in these areas of practice. In 2025, Sean was appointed as an Ad Hoc Mediator for the Labour Relations Board of British Columbia.

Sean’s current professional focus is mediating and arbitrating disputes. His experience as a mediator (and through his work as legal counsel on hundreds of mediations throughout his career) has taught him that resolving disputes requires thought-provoking engagement and active participation by the mediator. In this regard, his aim is to assist the parties in evaluating and reflecting upon aspects of their dispute, without usurping or interfering with the role of legal counsel.

Sean’s volunteer background has focused primarily on community and professional development. He is currently serving as a Director with the Canadian Mental Health Association (Kelowna Branch), and as a Director of the Southern Interior Construction Association. He previously served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Mental Health Association (Kelowna Branch); President of the Kelowna Bar Association; Chair and founding member of the Canadian Bar Association's Okanagan Civil Litigation Section; Chair of the Board of Directors of the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation; and Chair of TELUS Thompson Okanagan Community Board. In 2013, Sean was awarded the Fred Macklin Memorial Award for contributions to my community.

When not practicing law or mediating/arbitrating disputes as a neutral, Sean enjoys cycling, skiing, playing guitar.