Admissions au Barreau

  • Alberta, 1990

Reconnaissance

  • Thomson Reuters’ Stand-out Lawyer, 2022
  • Best Lawyers in Canada (Aboriginal Law), 2012-2022
  • Excellence Award Recipient, The Gowling WLG Award for Woman of the Year,Canadian Law Awards, 2020
  • Winner of the Lexpert Zenith Awards: Celebrating Women in Law, 2017
  • Winner of the Women in Law Leadership (WILL) Awards in the "Leadership in the Profession in Private Practice” category, 2016
  • Recognized as one of Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 WXN, 2014
  • Litigation Star, Benchmark Canada (General Commercial), 2014-2021
  • Listed as Acritas Star™ Lawyer 2019-2020
  • Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Aboriginal Law), 2010-2018; (Indigenous Law), 2020-2022
  • Euromoney’s Expert Guides (Litigation and Product Liability) 2016
  • Chambers Canada (Aboriginal Law), 2016-2022; (Litigation: General Commercial - Alberta), 2018-2022
  • Chambers Global (Aboriginal Law), 2015, 2022
  • Legal 500 Canada (Dispute Resolution), 2016-2022; (Aboriginal Law), 2018-2022
  • Martindale-Hubbell, Distinguished® Peer Review Rated
  • Received the distinction and recognition as Queen's Counsel in 2012
  • Recipient of the 1996 Canadian Bar Association Young Lawyers Pro Bono Service Award

Éducation

  • Institute of Corporate Directors, ICD.D. (May 2018)
  • LL.B., University of Alberta, 1989
  • B.Comm, University of Calgary, 1984

  • Music Degrees, Royal Conservatory of Toronto and Mount Royal College, 1984

Adhésions

  • Law Society of Alberta
  • Calgary Bar Association
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • International Bar Association
  • Association of International Petroleum Negotiators
  • Institute of Corporate Directors
  • Former Member of the Professional Responsibility Committee of the Law Society of Alberta, 2008 to 2014
  • Former Member of the Law Society of Alberta Pro Bono Committee, 2007-2008
  • Former Member of the Law Society of Alberta Civil Practice Advisory Committee, 2004-2007
  • Executive Member of the National Aboriginal Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association
  • Past Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary-Treasurer of the Aboriginal Law Section (Southern Alberta) of the Canadian Bar Association
  • Past Chair of the Constitutional Law Section (Southern Alberta) of the Canadian Bar Association

Community Involvement

  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Calgary International Language Foundation
  • Past Member of the Board of Directors and Governance and Nominating Committee of the University of Calgary Alumni Association
  • Past Chair, Vice-Chair of the Board, and Past Chair, Governance Committee and member of the Board of Directors of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Alumni Representative, The University of Calgary Energizing Eyes High Strategic Planning Committee (2016 to 2017)
  • Past member, Board of Directors and Corporate Secretary of the Alberta Ballet Company
  • Past member, Board of Directors of Theatre Junction
  • Past member, Calgary Region Arts Foundation