10020 100th St, 3200 TELUS House, South Twr, Edmonton, AB
Year called to bar: 1992 (AB)
Barbara is the Edmonton office managing partner and co-head of the firm’s Health Law practice. She represents physicians and surgeons in civil litigation, billing issues and hospital and College complaints. She also appears before numerous health regulatory bodies, including the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta. Barbara is Consistently Recommended by Lexpert in the area of Medical Negligence, representing defendants. Barbara assists families in disputes over wills and issues relating to personal directives, enduring powers of attorney and family maintenance and support claims. She also has extensive experience in court, having appeared before all levels of court in Alberta and having had hearings before various administrative panels, public inquiries and professional regulatory bodies. She represents employers in lawsuits brought in court and claims made to the Human Rights Commission and to the Privacy Commission. She has been recognized as a leading lawyer, for the past number of years, in the areas of Medical Negligence and Estate & Personal Tax Planning by Lexpert and was named in the Lexpert Special Edition: Canada's Leading Litigation Lawyers.