Directing Partners
Conan Taylor
MANAGING PARTNER
Conan Taylor is a partner of Taylor Janis LLP. He practices exclusively in the areas of workplace law, including labour, employment, and commercial litigation matters. In his over 15 years of practice, Mr. Taylor has represented both individuals and corporations respecting their workplace law matters. At present, he represents several small to medium-sized businesses, including specialty pharmacy, commercial development, and energy companies.
Eric Lam
MANAGING PARTNER
Eric C. Lam is a lawyer in the firm’s Edmonton office. He provides clear legal advice and professional representation to clients involved in wrongful dismissals, review of severance packages, workplace bullying, discrimination, and sexual harassment, as well as other Employment Law matters.
Jon Dowhaluk
MANAGING PARTNER
Jon is a lawyer in the firms Calgary’s Office. He passionately provides legal advice and represents clients in all workplace matters including disputes and conflicts during employment, terminations, human rights, employment standards, labor relations, workers compensation, illness and disability, bullying and harassment, restrictive covenants, workplace investigations, professional regulatory matters, and judicial reviews of administrative decisions.
Employment and Labour Lawyers
Sarah Levine
WORKPLACE LAWYER
Sarah Levine is a lawyer in the firm’s Edmonton office but acts for clients throughout Alberta and British Columbia. She practices primarily in the area of workplace law, including wrongful dismissal, workplace harassment, severance review, human rights and discrimination issues, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, and various other employment matters.
Whitney Manfro
WORKPLACE LAWYER
Whitney provides strategic counsel to employer and employee clients exclusively in the areas of employment law, human resources law, and human rights law. Over the course of her career, she has served national corporations, start-ups, senior executives, and individual employees across a broad range of industries.
Colin Flynn
WORKPLACE LAWYER
Colin is an Associate practicing in the areas of Labour & Employment, Civil Litigation, Estate Litigation, Corporate & Commercial Litigation, and Personal Injury. He places high emphasis on developing trusted relationships with his clients, ensuring they feel comfortable and at ease sharing the subtleties of their circumstances. Whether a matter is simple or complex, Colin’s focus is to quickly and efficiently resolve issues in a way that promotes his client’s best interests.
Chelsea Scott
WORKPLACE LAWYER
Chelsea focuses on representing clients and providing legal advice related to workplace and employment issues. Some of the areas of law that Chelsea focuses on include, but are not limited to, wrongful dismissal, severance package review, discrimination, disputes during employment, and workers compensation.
Heather Tyminski
WORKPLACE LAWYER
Heather is an associate practicing in the area of employment law. She takes a client-centered approach to enable her clients to make informed decisions. She has advised employers and employees on all aspects of the employment relationship, from the initial hiring stages up to termination.
Wilson McCutchan
WORKPLACE LAWYER
Wilson McCutchan is an associate in Taylor Janis’ Calgary office. He graduated from law school at Queen’s University in 2009 and was called to the bar in Alberta in 2010. Since then he has practiced as a civil litigator in Calgary. He advises and represents clients on a wide range of employment law matters.
Evan Harvey
WORKPLACE LAWYER
Evan Harvey is a lawyer practicing labour and employment law in the Vancouver office. He prides himself in a compassionate and focused approach to developing and maintaining trusting client relationships and advocating his clients’ interests in a meticulous, concise, and straight-forward manner.
Brandon Tralenberg
WORKPLACE LAWYER
Brandon has dedicated himself to being a zealous advocate that recognizes that people sometimes make poor decisions and mistakes that can greatly impact their lives. Brandon has focused on employment law because he understands the disadvantage individuals face when dealing with employers, and he takes great pride in protecting peoples rights and legal entitlements.
Cyril Kaderabek
WORKPLACE LAWYER
Cyril is focusing his legal career on employment and labour law, as well as personal injury; but is also well-versed in real estate and family law. He comes from a diverse background in emergency medicine and real estate. Cyril is bilingual and has lived in Austria and the Czech Republic.
Linda Lim
WORKPLACE LAWYER
Linda provides legal advice and representation to both employees and employers in a variety of workplace matters, including wrongful dismissal, severance review, workplace discrimination, and representation of unionized employees. Prior to joining Taylor Janis LLP, Linda worked at a non-profit legal clinic, representing marginalized clients in civil litigation matters.
Susan Gill
EMPLOYMENT and LABOUR LAW STUDENT
Susan is a Student-at-Law in the firm. Susan graduated from the faculty of law at Thompson Rivers University, where she served as president of the South Asian Legal Students Association and participated in the Thompson Rivers University Community Legal Clinic.
Kim Holland
WORKPLACE LAWYER
Kimberley is an associate lawyer focusing on employment law and Human Rights Law in Alberta
and British Columbia. In her practice, she advises employees on termination packages, wrongful
dismissal, constructive dismissal, just cause termination, sexual harassment, workplace
discrimination, illness and disability, provincial and federal human rights matters, and contract
reviews and negotiations.
Dustin Patzer
WORKPLACE LAWYER
Dustin was born and raised in Lethbridge, Alberta. During his high school years, football was his passion. The highlight of his high school years was winning a National Championship as a member of Team Alberta and being named Defensive MVP of the tournament. Dustin then played four years of football for the Okanagan Sun in British Columbia earning two Conference All-star awards.
Illya Shcherba
WORKPLACE LAWYER
Illya is genuinely committed to a client-centred approach in his practice of law. This commitment comes from Illya’s ability to be empathetic towards others, as Illya understands that providing good quality, strategic advice comes from listening to others and understanding their needs and wants.
Kate Engel
WORKPLACE LAWYER
Kate prides herself on being a fearless and creative advocate, ensuring that all available legal remedies are investigated and raised to fight for the best result for her clients. Kate knows that the legal system can be stressful and confusing, so she approaches all clients with sensitivity, patience, and empathy.
Chandrima Gupta
WORKPLACE LAWYER
Chandrima is an enthusiastic advocate who has successfully represented many clients before the Alberta Court of Justice and the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta. Whether through negotiations, settlements, or litigation, Chandrima is results-driven and ensures that her client’s rights are protected, and their voice is heard.
Raveena Gill
WORKPLACE LAWYER
Raveena’s approach focuses on incorporating each particular client’s unique values and goals when determining the best course of action in their matter. Raveena also understands the importance of keeping her clients’ expectations realistic by thoroughly explaining how the law applies to their case and what they can reasonably expect.
Administration
Chelsea Dustin
PARALEGAL / FINANCE ADMINISTRATION
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Jessie Ross
PARALEGAL, LEGAL ASSISTANT
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Amber Gamelin
PARALEGAL, LEGAL ASSISTANT
Bio Coming Soon
Harjot Buttar
PARALEGAL, ADMINISTRATION
Harjot Buttar is an experienced intake facilitator who first joined our Vancouver office in 2021, having spearheaded our intake process since then. Passionately caring about clients’ interests and always prepared to engage in conversations of any topic, whether light or difficult, she is highly regarded and well-loved by clients and our team members alike.
Jenny Zheng
PARALEGAL, LEGAL ASSISTANT
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