Melissa spent the summers of 2006 and 2007 as a summer student with Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP. She returned in June, 2008 as an articling student, as an associate in June, 2009.

Melissa practices mainly in the areas of labour and employment law. She has experience providing advice to both employees and employers, in both unionized and non-unionized contexts. Melissa has experience participating in:

• Grievance Arbitrations;

• Hearings before the Manitoba Labour Board;

•  Judicial Review hearings;

• Proceedings before the Employment Insurance Board of Referees; and 

• Manitoba Human Rights Commission complaint process.

EDUCATION: B.Comm (Honours) (with Distinction), University of Manitoba, 2005
LLB, University of Manitoba, 2008

CALL TO THE BAR: Manitoba, 2009

ACHIEVEMENTS: Highest Standing - International Business Law Course (2007, University of Manitoba)
Highest Standing - Legal Profession & Professional Responsibility Course (2007, University of Manitoba)
Pitblado Scholar, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba (2007)

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Council Member, Manitoba Bar Association (MBA), 2011-2013
Co-Chair, MBA Law Day Committee, 2013
Committee Member, MBA Law Day Committee, 2010-2012
Cast Member, MBA/Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Joint Production, 2011-2013

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