Corinne S. Petersen,
Location: Edmonton, Alberta | Phone: 780-900-4902 | petersen@kingsgate.legal
Corinne works with her clients to develop strategies towards finding the best and most efficient resolutions possible. Over the course of her career, Corinne has studied and practiced conflict management and alternative dispute resolution procedures with the aim of always enhancing her ability to achieve fair and desired results in a timely manner, both as litigation counsel and mediator.
Corinne’s insatiable curiosity and ability to learn new things quickly have enabled her to successfully represent clients on their most complex claims including those involving professional liability, directors & officers’ liability, environmental and forestry matters, intellectual property, liquor liability, and other commercial liability disputes. Corinne’s experience also extends to administrative and regulatory matters both in practice and through her role as a Bencher of the Law Society of Alberta.
Bar Admissions
- Alberta, 1988
Education
- University of Alberta, Faculty of Law, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Bachelor of Laws – 1987
- University of Alberta
- Bachelor of Science (Honours) – 1983
Classes/Seminars
- CBA, Speaker
- Practice and Legal Issues for LESA and Other Professional Organizations, Lecturer/Instructor
- Past Alberta Real Estate Association Forms and Practice Committee Advisor
- Mediating Disputes, Harvard Negotiation Institute
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Law Society of Alberta, Bencher
- Law Society’s Appeal, Assurance Fund, Member
- Adjudication (Finance), Conduct, Practice Review, Credentials and Education, and Trust Safety Committees
- Task Force
- CBA, Various Subsection, Member, Past Executive Member
- Law Society of Alberta’s Ancillary Business and Multi- Disciplinary Practice Committee, Past Member
- Justicia Project, Past Contact Partner
- Alternatives in Dispute Resolution, Critical Skills for Communication, Resolving Interpersonal Conflict, Mediation: Theory and Skills I & II, Negotiation, Shifting from Positions to Interests, Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society
Pro Bono Activities
- Member, Law Society’s Practice Foundations
- Volunteer, CCDC
- Volunteer and Former Board Member, Terra Centre for Teen Parents