{"id":11464,"date":"2024-08-22T10:42:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jfklaw.ca\/team\/nathan-surkan\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T15:13:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T20:13:00","slug":"nathan-surkan","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/jfklaw.ca\/fr\/team\/nathan-surkan\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Surkan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11464\" class=\"elementor elementor-11464 elementor-1574\" data-elementor-post-type=\"team\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-535b34a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"535b34a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2744526 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2744526\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02839d0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"02839d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0b3c88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a0b3c88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Memberships &amp; Professional Affiliations<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcda2fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dcda2fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Law Society of British Columbia, 2020<\/li><li>J.D., Allard School of Law, 2018<\/li><li>BScH. 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