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Cathy Lahey,
K.C.

Partner

cathy lahey

Language(s) spoken: English

Bar Admission(s): New Brunswick, 1992

Legal Assistant(s): Margaret Briggs

Commercial and employment-related litigation are two issues facing Cathy’s clients, who include financial institutions, commercial creditors, employers, retailers, manufacturers, professional service firms and institutional clients. Some of the ways she helps these clients minimize their exposure to liability include:

  • Providing in-house training for clients and their employees regarding litigation-management issues, such as litigation-response strategies, document preservation and disclosure obligations and e-discovery process.
  • Advising institutional clients on administrative law issues, risk management, policy development and regulation, litigation-related issues and access to information issues.
  • Providing in-house training for clients and their employees on various employment-related issues, such as occupational health and safety, workplace harassment, performance management, discipline and termination.

Education & Career

Education

Dalhousie University, LL.B., 1991
University of New Brunswick, B.A. (honours), 1988

Activities

Member, Canadian Bar Association
Regional managing partner, New Brunswick, 2008-2016

Accolades

Best Lawyers 2021 Corporate and Commercial Litigation “Lawyer of the Year” in Saint John
King’s Counsel, 2013
Best Lawyers: Corporate and Commercial Litigation, 2012-2025
Martindale-Hubbell rating: CV
Lexpert rating: Litigation – Corporate Commercial, 2022 – 2024
Lexpert rating: Indigenous Law, 2021 – 2023
Lexpert rating: Litigation – Commercial Insurance, 2020 – 2023

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Presentations

Co-Presenter, “Protecting your Workplace: OH&S Legal Updates and Insights”, Stewart McKelvey Labour & Employment Webinar

Instructor, New Brunswick Law Society Bar Admission Course, Civil Procedure section, ongoing

Speaker, Canadian Bar Association – NB, E-Discovery

Speaker, Canadian Bar Association – NB, “Women Lawyers Forum: Climbing the Ladder to Partnership”, 2011

Speaker, Canadian Bar Association – NB, Health Law Developments Panel, 2010

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