Laurie Christine Livingstone

Laurie Livingstone is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution group and practices in both Alberta and Ontario. Her practice focuses on domestic and international commercial arbitration, complex commercial litigation, appellate advocacy, and administrative law.

Laurie has extensive experience representing clients in regulated industries, including the insurance and reinsurance industry, in regulatory and commercial disputes. Laurie also has more than two decades of experience advising on election law and internal governance and discipline in self-governing organizations such as political parties, religious organizations, universities, and sports associations. She has appeared before all levels of court across Canada, before administrative tribunals, in private arbitrations (international and domestic), and before a royal commission of inquiry.

In addition to her courtroom work, Laurie is regularly called on to provide strategic advice on litigation and potential litigation, legal crisis management, and devil’s advocate services to pressure test litigation strategy.

Laurie is committed to leadership in the profession and to pro bono work. She has acted in a pro bono capacity to represent interveners in constitutional challenges in both Canada and the United States. She acts as a principal for Dentons articling students, has been an instructor and mock trial judge for the University of Calgary Law School trial advocacy course, and is a long-time advocacy skills instructor with The Advocates Society.

Laurie has also served as a member of the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission and as Chair of the Board of Directors of Calgary Legal Guidance, Alberta’s largest not-for-profit legal clinic.

First recognized in 2019, Laurie has been commended for her extensive knowledge and experience in a variety of respected publications, including: