Henry Wood is a founding member of Beach Avenue Barristers, a Vancouver law firm that restricts its practice to civil litigation. Prior to this he was a principal and managing partner with Epstein Wood Law Corporation for over 20 years.

His undergraduate studies were at Glendon College of York University, Toronto, followed by law at Osgoode Hall Law School. He was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1975 and has practiced as general litigation counsel ever since.

He had extensive experience with criminal law early in his career, representing both the defense and the Crown, and was retained as a Special Prosecutor for the Federal government and the B.C. Attorney General for specific cases involving commercial crime and fraud. He has appeared as counsel before all levels of court in British Columbia, the superior courts in Alberta and the Yukon, a variety of administrative tribunals, and the Supreme Court of Canada.

Over the past two decades his practice has focused increasingly upon administrative law - especially issues of professional regulation and ethics, where the focus has been primarily upon investigations, disciplinary hearings and appellate work. He is retained frequently by lawyers as well as by the Law Society of British Columbia in relation to disciplinary matters and has also been hired for discrete matters by the Yukon Government, the Law Society of Alberta, Law Society of Yukon, the City of Coquitlam and the City of Vancouver.

He was an Adjunct Professor for nearly 20 years at the Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, where he taught courses in ‘Professional Ethics and Responsibility’ and 'Trial and Appellate Advocacy'.

He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2008.

Within the community, Henry has had a longstanding interest in children’s learning difficulties. He was the founding President of a chapter of the Learning Disabilities Association of B.C. in West Vancouver, the past Chair of the Special Education Advisory Committee at Capilano University, and a former Director of both the Laurel House Society and The Laurel Foundation for people on the autism spectrum.