Justin Denis

Partner, Executive Committee Member

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Justin Denis is a Calgary-based lawyer who maintains a practice in insurance defence litigation together with general litigation and debt recovery. His insurance practice includes injury claims defence and focuses on construction litigation and pursuit of subrogated claims. Justin also has significant experience with coverage disputes and coverage opinions in both automobile and property insurance scenarios.

Justin's insurance practice includes all aspects of property loss, commercial general liability insurance, and automobile defence. He also has experience in specific insurance lines including agricultural liability issues, municipal liability, casualty and directors and officers insurance. He has also litigated matters of insured wrongful dismissal and employment matters including employee dishonesty matters.

In addition, Justin maintains a debt recovery practice which, for insurers, is an asset in recovery on coverage issues or subrogated claim recovery.

Justin has extensive experience in both the Court of King's Bench and Provincial Court with additional experience in the Court of Appeal. He has a bulk of experience in various forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution including private mediation and Judicial Dispute Resolution. He has conducted many mediations and judicial dispute resolution sessions from simple injury matters to complex construction disputes involving multiple parties. He is an elected member of Field Law’s Executive Committee. 

Qualifications

  • Education
  • Rankings
  • Bar Admissions
  • University of Toronto
    Juris Doctor
    2001
  • University of Saskatchewan
    Bachelor of Arts with Honours
    1998
  • Alberta
    2002

Involvement

  • Professional
  • Indigenous Law Journal
    Founder
    2002
  • Calgary Bar Association
    Member
    2002 - Present