501-140 Carleton Street
Fredericton, N.B.
E3B 3T4
Language(s) spoken: English, French
Bar Admission(s): New Brunswick, 2010
Legal Assistant(s): Cass Phillips, Jill Haines, Melissa O'Neill, Sheri Vessey
Katherine works with a number of insurance companies, providing coverage opinions and defending claims in such areas as bodily injury, property, life and disability, professional liability, product liability, and commercial liability. She acts as counsel to small and medium-sized businesses, where she advises on employment and business related issues, and has specific experience in agricultural operations.
Education & Career
Education
Université de Moncton, LLB, 2009
St. Thomas University, BA, 2005
Activities
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Director, New Brunswick Insurance Professionals Association
Member, New Brunswick Agricultural Appeal Board, June 2019 – May 2023
Chair, New Brunswick Agricultural Appeal Board, May 2023 – present
Member, New Brunswick Farm Practice Review Board, November 2022 – present
Past-president, New Brunswick Insurance Women’s Association
Past director, Canadian Association of Insurance Women
Member, York Sunbury Law Society
Member, Association des juristes d’expression française
Past member, Nova Scotia Insurance Women’s Association
Accolades
St. Thomas University Dean’s List
St. Thomas University Outstanding Scholar Award
Maritime Law Book Prize, highest standing in Legal Ethics
Publications
Co-author, What you need to know about the appraisal process under the Insurance Act, Canadian Bar Association – New Brunswick Branch, Hot Topics in Insurance
September 29, 2023
Co-author, The Best Defence is a Perfect Offence – Procedural Requirements for Terminating an Insurance Policy, Canadian Bar Association – New Brunswick Branch, Torts & Advocacy CLE
September 27, 2019
Co-author, What constitutes an accident?, Canadian Bar Association Insurance Law Seminar: Something Old and Something New
September 29, 2017