About Us

Matthew Mowbrey practices in the areas of Corporate and Commercial Law, Civil Litigation, Wills and Estates, Real Estate, and Family Law.

Matthew is a born and raised Albertan. He completed his Bachelor of Commerce Degree in International Business at Grant MacEwan University. Increasingly interested in Alberta’s business challenges, he soon followed it with both a Law Degree and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Alberta. Matthew completed his articles with Gerig Hamilton Neeland in 2015.

Although Matthew has been practicing law in Red Deer for several years, his true passion lies in helping individuals and small businesses reach their full potential. As an active community advocate and entrepreneur, Matthew founded Woodbine Legal Services in 2022 to sharing his years of business and legal experience.

Matthew has successfully represented clients at both the Provincial Court and Court of Queen’s Bench, on matters involving debt collection, builder’s liens, commercial lease disputes, shareholder disputes, and family law.Matthew has been on the executive team of several enterprises including those involved with agricultural custom manufacturing, hospitality, strategic consulting, immigration consulting, financial services, and health supplement companies. Matthew’s background in business development assists in providing both practical and legal strategic planning for his commercial clients. Matthew has advised clients on franchise agreements and disclosure, commercial leases, share and asset purchase agreements, unanimous shareholders agreements, and other corporate documents.

Matthew Mowbrey actively volunteers with the Central Alberta Community Legal Clinic, Downtown Business Association, Junior Achievement, and Piper Creek Optimist Club.

Jamie Smith (he/they) practices in the areas of Family Law, Civil Litigation, Wills and Estates, Real Estate, and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).

Jamie has called Central Alberta home for many years, but has made his mark in many locales, including Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, and North Dakota. After graduating from Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School, he attended the first 2 years of his Bachelor’s degree in Political Sciences at Red Deer College (now Red Deer Polytechnic), and completed that degree at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Following this, he went on to complete an Advanced Diploma in Public Relations, working briefly with Symphony Nova Scotia’s marketing and fundraising department. Jamie left Halifax to attend law school at the University of North Dakota School of Law, where he earned his Juris Doctor. As a foreign-educated lawyer, Jamie completed his NCA accreditation, and began articling with Gerig Hamilton Neeland LLP in Red Deer in 2015.

After a few years in private practice, Jamie took on a position with a local non-profit, gaining invaluable experience in many areas of practice. He provided education, information, and advice to Albertans across the province, and was one of the first lawyers in the province, prior to the onset of the pandemic, to regularly offer remote legal assistance and limited-scope legal services. Jamie is well-known in among those in the legal non-profit sector as a strong advocate for access to justice and a creative thinker, and spoke at the National Pro Bono Conference in 2022. After leaving the non-profit world, Jamie returned to private practice, bringing with him a unique perspective and approach to assisting his clients through difficult matters.

Jamie is comfortable both in and out of the Courtroom, representing clients in the Alberta Court of Justice and Court of King’s Bench, but also assisting with non-litigious matters, such as drafting wills, creating agreements, and helping with real estate transactions.