Emi clerked at the Alberta Court of Appeal and Court of Queen’s Bench and then was admitted to the Alberta Bar in 1997.

Emi has been recognized by Benchmark Litigation as one of the Top 25 Female Litigators in Canada, as a Litigation Star and a Rising Star.  She has been rated and recognized by her peers in Best Lawyers in Canada in the area of Corporate Commercial Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Appellate Advocacy.  She has also been recognized in LEXPERT’s Guide to Leading Lawyers for corporate commercial litigation.

She has practised exclusively in the area of corporate commercial litigation with an emphasis on oil and gas, employment, shareholder and other contractual disputes.

She has successfully represented all aspects of the oil and gas sector including operators, producers, mid-streamers and processors.  She has experience in litigation involving operatorship disputes, operatorship challenges, and disputes involving CAPL, PJVA and PASC interpretations.

Emi has also acted as conflicts counsel to trustees and monitors and has represented creditors in BIA, Receivership and CCAA proceedings.

Emi has successfully represented her clients in arbitrations, in mediations, before administrative tribunals and at all court levels including the Supreme Court of Canada.

EDUCATION

• LL.B., 1996, University of Toronto
• B.A. Honours (History) with First Class Honours, 1993, University of Alberta

RECOGNITIONS AND RANKINGS

• Benchmark Top 25 Female Litigators in Canada
• Benchmark Litigation Star
• Benchmark Rising Star
• Best Lawyers in Canada: Corporate Commercial Litigation
• Best Lawyers in Canada: Appellate Advocacy
• Best Lawyers in Canada: Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Recognised in LEXPERT’s Guide to the Leading Lawyers in Canada
• University of Toronto Arbor Award for outstanding alumni volunteer service to the University of Toronto
• University of Toronto Gordon Cressy Award for service and extracurricular involvement
• Jacob Finkelman Prize in Labour Law
• University of Alberta, Peter Lougheed Scholarship for academic and leadership excellence
• Fessenden-Trott Scholarship awarded for Western Canada by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada for academic excellence, extra-curricular involvement and leadership
• Gold Key Award for service, spirit and commitment to the University of Alberta

MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES

• Representative, Law Society of Alberta Professional Responsibility Committee (committee responsible for reviewing and commenting on the Professional Code of Conduct for lawyers)
• Member Practice Review Committee for Law Society of Alberta
• Instructor, Law Society of Alberta – Bar Admission Course
• Co-Chair University of Toronto Law Alumni Association, Calgary
• Prior Board Member, Alberta Mentor Foundation for Youth

PUBLICATIONS

• E. Bossio & L. Steeves, “An Overview of Recent Changes to Pension Legislation in Alberta, B.C. and Manitoba” (1998) v.16, 4 Pension Planning at 405
• The Persons Case, History Honours Thesis, University of Alberta

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

• Successfully represented clients in CAPL operatorship challenges, complex oil and gas accounting matters and disputes involving CAPL, PJVA and PASC based agreements
• Lead counsel in successful defence against mandatory injunction with respect to $100 million oil and gas project
• Lead counsel on a number of leading cases on summary judgment in Alberta involving oil and gas contract and employment disputes
• Co-counsel in International arbitration involving oil and gas royalties with respect to assets valued over $1 Billion
• Successfully obtained injunctions to enforce restrictive covenants in employment contracts
• Provided litigation support and advice on $325 million complex securitization financing
• Successfully represented international pharmaceutical companies and other major, U.S. based manufacturers in product liability claims
• Successfully represented over 125 individuals in a ground breaking pension claim against a former employer
• Co-Counsel for the Canadian Mental Health Association on a pro-bono basis in the leading case before the Supreme Court of Canada.
• Co-Counsel for key player in multi-million dollar restructuring