Kimberly L. Beckman
Kim is a partner whose practice focuses on land development, including:
- land use planning
- developers’ cost-sharing agreements
- expropriation
- real estate transactions
- government policy reform
- litigation involving land development disputes
Kim’s experience includes the financing, planning, development, conveyancing and operation of commercial and residential projects. She acts for clients in the private and not-for-profit sectors, both individually in joint venture undertakings.
Kim received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Policy and Administration from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts and a Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1987.
She articled with a large Toronto law firm, and maintained an independent private practice within a land development company until joining Davies Howe Partners LLP in 1993.
Before and after working hours, Kim’s life is filled with the activities of a busy household made up of her life partner, George Popper, an architect and developer, their four children and Chewy, the family’s beloved Wheaton Terrier. Kim enjoys cooking, traveling, skiing, running, tennis, reading and, most of all, lying in the hammock at the cottage with a belt or two of fine single malt scotch.

EDUCATION
B.A. in Public Policy and Administration from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, 1980
LL.B from Osgoode Hall Law School, 1987
Called to the Ontario Bar, 1989