Experience

Jensen Shawa Solomon Duguid Hawkes LLP

• Canada
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Litigation Associate

  • Jul 2017 - Present

  JSS Barristers is a leading litigation and advocacy firm in Calgary, Alberta, which acts for individuals as well as government and large corporate entities. My areas of practice include: corporate and commercial disputes, employment matters, professional negligence, and insolvency/restructuring. I have experience before the Alberta Provincial Court (including success at trial), Alberta Court of Queen's Bench (including success at trial), the Alberta Court of Appeal, and in international and domestic commercial arbitration. I have also appeared before administrative bodies including the Alberta Securities Commission and Canadian Social Security Tribunal.

• Student-at-Law

  • Jun 2016 - Jun 2017



University of Alberta

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant (Faculty of Law)

  • Oct 2015 - Jun 2016

  I assisted Professor Bruce Ziff in creating a unique course which examines property law issues surrounding the exploration and ownership of the Great Onyx Cave in Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. My responsibilities included legal research, document review, and legal analysis throughout the 2015/2016 academic year. I assisted Professor Bruce Ziff in creating a unique course which examines property law issues surrounding the exploration and ownership of the Great Onyx Cave in Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. My responsibilities included legal research, document review, and legal analysis throughout the 2015/2016 academic year.



Edmonton Community Legal Centre

• Canada
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Law Clerk

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015

  The ECLC is a not-for-profit organization that provides support, advocacy, and access to justice to those with lower incomes. As a summer clerk, I assisted in managing ECLC client files; conducted legal research with a focus on administrative and civil law issues; drafted pleadings; and assisted clients before the Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service (RTDRS) and Social Security Tribunal (SST).After working as a summer student at the ECLC, I continued as a volunteer while completing my JD.