Dispute Resolution: Ontario

Partner and Lead, Team North

Kathleen is the regional group manager for the Ottawa Disputes Group (commercial litigation and construction). She practises as a commercial litigator and an estate litigator.

She is experienced in all aspects of estate and incapacity litigation (guardianship applications, applications seeking removal of trustees, applications to pass accounts, will challenges, etc.). Kathleen has acted as counsel for trustees and for beneficiaries. She has extensive mediation experience, both as counsel and as mediator in estates matters.

As the lead of BLG's Team North, Kathleen works with a team of lawyers from across the country who practice in all areas of law and are familiar with the unique needs of Northern-based clients. Kathleen also has expertise in disputes for matters in Nunavut and has several Nunavut-based clients.

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Member, Steering Committee, Cambridge Forum for Senior Estates & Trusts Practitioners – 2nd Generation Member, Awards Committee, County of Carleton Law Association​ Trustee, Board of Trustees, Booth University College Member, Law Society of Ontario Member, Canadian Bar Association and Ontario Bar Association Member, OBA Trusts and Estates Law Section Executive Member, Law Society of Nunavut Member, County of Carleton Law Association Member, Society of Trust and Estates Practitioner

Workplace Mental Health Leadership Certificate, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, 2018 Program on Negotiation: Mediating Disputes Course, Harvard Law School Executive Program, June 2018 Accelerated Leadership Program, Harvard Law School, March 2018 Business Leadership for Women Lawyers Program, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 2016 TEP, LLB, University of Ottawa, 2001 B.Soc.Sci. (Hons.), University of Ottawa, 1998 Bar Admission Nunavut, 2010 Ontario, 2002

Youth Programs Coordinator, Salvation Army Ottawa Citadel Past Chair, Board of Governors, Ottawa Grace Manor Past Member, Camp Quality Eastern Ontario (camp for children living with cancer)