Experience

Giesbrecht, Griffin, Funk & Irvine LLP

• Associate Civil Litigation Lawyer

  • Apr 2019 - Present

  • Provide legal services to clients in the areas of Civil Litigation, Employment Law, and Guardianship Applications • Provide legal services to clients in the areas of Civil Litigation, Employment Law, and Guardianship Applications



Giffen Lawyers LLP

• Associate Lawyer & Student-at-Law

  • Aug 2017 - Mar 2019

  • Provided legal services to individual and corporate clients in the areas of Civil, Corporate, and Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury, Family and Insurance Defence law • Independently appeared before Judges and Masters in Small Claims Court, the Superior Court of Justice, and the Ontario Court of Justice for a variety of contested and non-contested matters • Drafted and prepared legal documents including pleadings, motion materials, memoranda, and facta for various levels of court • Performed detailed legal research and prepared memoranda on my findings and analysis on a wide range of Civil, Commercial, Family, and Employment law issues • Responsible for litigating and settling Small Claims and Landlord Board Tenant matters with minimal oversight, which involved prepping witnesses, negotiating settlement, and advising clients • Independently managed client relations via in-person meetings, written correspondence and phone



Sutherland Mark Lawyers

• 2L Summer Student

  • Jun 2016 - Sep 2016

  • Completed detailed and complex legal research for senior partners on a wide range of Tax and Corporate law issues, and prepared memoranda of my findings and analysis • Prepared various corporate law documents, including corporate minute books and resolutions • Drafted and prepared wills and power of attorney documents for individual clients • Completed detailed and complex legal research for senior partners on a wide range of Tax and Corporate law issues, and prepared memoranda of my findings and analysis • Prepared various corporate law documents, including corporate minute books and resolutions • Drafted and prepared wills and power of attorney documents for individual clients



Dalhousie Legal Aid Service

• Legal Aid Clinical Placement Student

  • Sep 2015 - Jun 2016

  • Directly provided legal services to youth and adult low-income clients in Criminal, Family, and Administrative law matters • Appeared before Judges and Masters at various levels of court and tribunals in Nova Scotia advocating on behalf of clients • Independently met with clients for the purposes of intake, providing legal advice and counsel, preparing witnesses, and gathering evidence • Directly provided legal services to youth and adult low-income clients in Criminal, Family, and Administrative law matters • Appeared before Judges and Masters at various levels of court and tribunals in Nova Scotia advocating on behalf of clients • Independently met with clients for the purposes of intake, providing legal advice and counsel, preparing witnesses, and gathering evidence



Elizabeth Fry Society of Nova Scotia

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Pro Bono Student Volunteer

  • 2015 - 2016

  • Worked as member of a pro bono team to create a prisoner’s rights handbook distributed amongst provincial prisons in Nova Scotia • Completed thorough legal research regarding healthcare rights and practices within prisons and habeas corpus protocol, and articulated these complex concepts in an accessible manner • Presented a prisoner’s rights seminar for inmates at Nova Institution for Women in Truro, NS • Worked as member of a pro bono team to create a prisoner’s rights handbook distributed amongst provincial prisons in Nova Scotia • Completed thorough legal research regarding healthcare rights and practices within prisons and habeas corpus protocol, and articulated these complex concepts in an accessible manner • Presented a prisoner’s rights seminar for inmates at Nova Institution for Women in Truro, NS