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Tyana R. Caplan

Partner

Queen’s Marque
600-1741 Lower Water Street
Halifax, N.S.
B3J 0J2

+1.902.420.3356

+1.902.420.1417

tcaplan@stewartmckelvey.com

Language(s) spoken: English

Bar Admission(s): Nova Scotia, 2003

Legal Assistant(s): Donna Hiltz

As a skilled negotiator and persuasive advocate, Tyana works closely with her clients to problem solve on a range of issues, including professional liability, disciplinary, and regulatory matters; medical malpractice; insurance claims and coverage; and contractual disputes.

Her clients include:

  • Physicians and Surgeons
  • Home and Automobile Insurers
  • Life and Disability Insurers
  • Colleges and Universities
  • Regulators of Professions and Professional Associations
  • Regulated Professionals
  • Healthcare Professionals under Nova Scotia’s new Regulated Health Professions Act, including:
    • Psychologists/Counselling Therapists
    • Chiropractors
    • Dental Professionals
    • Opticians/Optometrists
    • Physiotherapists, and more

Some of the ways Tyana has helped her clients include:

  • Assisting with registering licenses in complex cases;
  • Obtaining dismissals of disciplinary complaints;
  • Reporting health and wellness issues to regulators; and
  • Working with criminal defence counsel to maintain licensure.

Education & Career

Education

Dalhousie University, LLB, 2002
Harvard College, AB (magna cum laude), 1991

Activities

Stewart McKelvey Diversity & Inclusion Committee
Volunteer, Free Legal Clinic, Halifax Law Courts
Board of Directors, Dalhousie Law Alumni Association
Nova Scotia Medical-Legal Society
Canadian Defence Lawyers
Canadian Bar Association
Past Co-chair, NS CBA Women’s Forum
Phi Beta Kappa
Harvard Club of Atlantic Canada

 
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