Cody G. Reedman
Founder & Managing Lawyer
*practicing through Cody Reedman Law Corporation
Cody G. Reedman is the founder and managing lawyer at Reedman Law, a Vancouver-based law firm focusing on debtor-side and company bankruptcy, insolvency, restructuring, and commercial/financial disputes.
His practice is focused on advising and acting for individuals and companies, directors and officers, professionals, Licensed Insolvency Trustees, Receivers, dealing with individuals and companies facing financial distress, creditor disputes, and debt restructuring needs.
As part of his litigation practice, he acts for both plaintiff and defendants in civil fraud disputes and judgment enforcement, fraud and asset recovery, insolvency-driven litigation, often arising in the context of insolvency, fiduciary breaches, or financial misconduct. He also accepts select engagements related to regulatory investigations and enforcement related to the BC Securities Commission, Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy, Canada Revenue Agency, BC Financial Service Authority, and Law Society of British Columbia.
On the solicitor side, he provides advisory services to individuals and businesses on managing financial distress, negotiating forbearance agreements, advising on distressed asset purchases and navigating commercial lending and restructuring.
Cody has acted as counsel in two Supreme Court of Canada decisions, including Poonian v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2024 SCC 28, a landmark decision at the intersection of securities regulation and bankruptcy, and Piekut v. His Majesty the King in Right of Canada, 2025 SCC 13, which addressed the timing when government student loan debt is eligible to be discharged. He has appeared at all levels of court in British Columbia, Alberta, and Yukon, with over 50 reported decisions across insolvency, fraud, and commercial disputes.
His practice spans bankruptcy discharges, debt restructurings, distressed asset purchases, fraudulent conveyance and preference litigation, fraud and fiduciary litigation, and director/officer liability, with a consistent focus on protecting debtor and company interests, whether its in the courtroom or the boardroom.
Outside of the office, Cody is pursuing an LL.M. at Osgoode Hall Law School in Financial Law. He also holds a TEP designation from the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and has completed additional training in fraud investigation and mediation. He is admitted to practice law in British Columbia, Alberta, and Yukon.
Education and Bar Admissions
Bar Admissions​
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Admitted to the Law Society of British Columbia (2016)
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Admitted to the Law Society of the Yukon (2020)
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Admitted to the Law Society of Alberta (2021)
Education
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Osgood Hall Law School, York University (LLM - Financial Law - part-time - in progress commencing Sept 2024 and anticipated completion 2026)
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Society of Trust and Estate Practitioner (STEP) Diploma program (2022)
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British Columbia Institute of Technology (Graduate Certificate (with distinction), Forensic Investigation of Fraud and Financial Crime, 2018
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CLE BC, Fundamentals of Mediation and Mediation Level 2 (2018)
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University of Victoria (Juris Doctor, 2014)
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University of British Columbia (Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, 2011)
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Capilano University (General Studies Diploma, 2009)
Memberships & Designations
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Trust and Estate Practicioner (TEP) Designation (March 2023)
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Member of the Vancouver Insolvency Discussion Group
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BC Trial Lawyers Association
Reported Decisions
Supreme Court of Canada Poonian v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2024 SCC 28 Piekut v. Canada (National Revenue), 2025 SCC 13 British Columbia Court of Appeal​ Poonian v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2021 BCCA 224 Poonian v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2021 BCCA 417 Piekut v. Canada (Minister of National Revenue), 2022 BCCA 50 Poonian v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2022 BCCA 274 Piekut v. Canada (Minister of National Revenue), 2023 BCCA 181 ​British Columbia Supreme Court (arranged chronologically from latest to earliest)​​​ Jerry Brar Mortgages Inc. v Schuetz, 2025 BCSC 62 Wood v Bevan, 2024 BCSC 1401 Thompson (Re), 2024 BCSC 927 Jardine (Re), 2023 BCSC 1665 Nguyen (Re), 2023 BCSC 1611 Locke (Re), 2023 BCSC 1195 Green (Re), 2023 BCSC 728 Kirschner v Moore, 2023 BCSC 450 Thrush (Re), 2023 BCSC 413 Smith (Re), 2022 BCSC 1497 Summit Leasing Corporation v Ali, 2022 BCSC 1429 Metropointe Mortgage Investment Corporation v Patry, 2022 BCSC 1439 Nishiyama (Re), 2022 BCSC 938 Metropointe Mortgage Investment Corporation v Patry, 2022 BCSC 955 Metropointe Mortgage Investment Corporation v Patry, 2022 BCSC 251 Green (Re), 2022 BCSC 588 McGoran (Re), 2022 BCSC 8 Piekut (Re), 2021 BCSC 1883 Hanlon (Re), 2021 BCSC 1348 Hooper (Re), 2021 BCSC 878 Hanlon (Re), 2021 BCSC 800 Poonian (Re), 2021 BCSC 555 Poonian (Re), 2021 BCSC 222 Burgess (Re), 2021 BCSC 120 Hanlon (Re), 2021 BCSC 40 Sellathamby (Re), 2020 BCSC 1567 Poonian (Re), 2020 BCSC 547 Nishiyama (Re), 2020 BCSC 551 Nishiyama (Re), 2020 BCSC 224 Sellathamby (Re), 2019 BCSC 2061 McKibbon (Re), 2019 BCSC 848 Nelson v Mallais, 2019 BCSC 130 Canada (Attorney General) v Nichols, 2018 BCSC 1185 ​​Alberta Court of King's Bench Nientyas (Re), 2024 ABKB 294 Metanczuk (Re), 2024 ABKB 270 ​ Yukon Supreme Court Kielb (Re), 2023 YKSC 36 ​​Administrative Tribunals Richard Pemble, 2025 BCEST 2 Capt’n Crunch Holdings Ltd., 2025 BCEST 1 Re Smillie, 2024 BCSECCOM 496 Re Smillie, 2024 BCSECCOM 348 Edmonds v. GFC Communications Inc. dba Angel Answering Service, 2023 BCHRT 212 Umolo v. Shoppers Drug Mart and others, 2021 BCHRT 166 Viitre v. BCSPCA, May 18, 2018 (BC Farm Industry Review Board) - Our firm acted for a complainant in an appeal of an SPCA decision to refuse to return a seized animal to the owner Lapidus v. Pioneer Park Co-operative Housing Association and others, 2018 BCHRT 28 (Human Rights Tribunal) Belacosta Investments Ltd. v. (redacted) (Residential Tenancy Branch) Feb 18, 2018 (Decision 6224)
Publications & Presentations
Co-presenter on panel Proactively Protect Your Assets Going Forward, Offshore Disputes Week 2025, Cayman Islands Contributing author to update Chapter 11 - Consumer Bankruptcy - Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law in Canada: Cases, Materials, and Problems, Jassmine Girgis, Alfonso Nocilla and Virginia Torrie (eds.), Canadian Legal Information Institute, 2nd ed, 2024 CanLIIDocs 2221 Cody G Reedman, An Examination of COVID-19 Government Benefits and Loans in Consumer Insolvency Proceedings, 2023 21 Annual Review of Insolvency Law, 2023 CanLIIDocs 307 Presenter at the Vancouver Insolvency Discussion Group March 2024 Co-Presenter at Annual Review of Insolvency Law "The Not So Honest but Unfortunate Debtor" (February 2024) CAIRP Technical Forum Vancouver, Co-Presenter, Opposition to Debtor Discharges (May 2023) Cody Reedman, Government Student Loans- Multiple Date versus Single Date Approach: Goulding (Re): Banking and Finance Law Review (August 2020). Personal Bankruptcy and Discharge of Bankrupt (Continuing Legal Education Society, 2019, 2022, and 2024)