Known for her highly personable and practical approach, Lyndsey achieves efficient resolutions for clients that are tailored to their business objectives.
Lyndsey is a partner in our Litigation Group in Calgary. Her practice is focused on representing companies in complex commercial matters primarily in the energy and construction industries, as well as in the agribusiness, retail and consumer products sectors.
Lyndsey’s litigation experience includes disputes that arise during and after corporate transactions, business combinations, or the purchase and sale of assets; product liability issues; construction and project-related claims; disputes relating to transportation, facilities and processing agreements; shareholder rights issues, including oppression, arrangement and share valuation claims; joint venture and joint operating disputes; facility and equipment failures; disputes relating to royalty, net profit interest, farmout and pooling agreements; professional negligence claims; fraud, conspiracy and breach of fiduciary claims; and insurance coverage claims (including property damage and business interruption claims).
Since 2016, Lyndsey has served on the national pro bono committee at McCarthy Tétrault LLP which helps oversee the approximately 10,000 hours per year of pro bono services that the firm’s lawyers provide to the community. Lyndsey is the supervising lawyer for the Pro Bono Students Canada (PBSC) Indigenous Youth Outreach Project, which delivers a mock trial program to Siksika First Nation students. She volunteers with the Civil Claims Duty Counsel Project and Queen’s Bench Amicus Project, which provide pro bono legal advice to unrepresented litigants in the Alberta courts.
Lyndsey has co-authored a number of articles, including:
- “Piercing the Corporate Veil: A Canadian Overview and Risk Assessment”, Annual Review of Civil Litigation (2014)
- “The Risks and Benefits of Mandatory Preliminary Meetings between Senior Representatives”, ADR Perspectives (February 2016)
Lyndsey received her BA in Psychology (with honours) from Trinity Western University and her JD from the University of Victoria. She is a member of the Law Society of Alberta, the Canadian Bar Association and the Calgary Bar Association.