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.
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