Kimberly (Kim) is a partner in Fasken’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution department and Co-Leader of the Firm’s ESG and Sustainability Practice Group. Her practice focuses on commercial litigation, including complex contractual disputes, professional negligence claims, and shareholder disputes. She regularly represents companies at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s Commercial List, a court specializing in commercial matters.
Kim has expertise in administrative law matters, including judicial review. Kim provides strategic advice to professional Colleges, assists in drafting regulations, and has acted as independent legal counsel to the Discipline and Fitness to Practice Committees of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
Kim has industry expertise in mining. She acts for mining companies in disputes before the specialized Ontario Lands Tribunal (formerly the Mining and Lands Tribunal) and in appeals from that Tribunal. She also represents mining companies in contractual disputes involving mining rights. She holds the Osgoode Certificate in Mining Law.
Kim has appeared before administrative tribunals, all levels of court in Ontario, and the Supreme Court of Canada. Prior to joining Fasken LLP, Kimberly clerked at the Ontario Court of Appeal for the Honourable Justices Goudge, Juriansz and Ducharme.
Kim is an active member of the legal community. As part of her pro bono practice, she successfully represented the Canadian Civil Liberties Association in striking down the mandatory minimum sentence under the Criminal Code for possession of a loaded firearm in R v. Nur, 2015 SCC 15. She is currently a member of the Mid-Career Advocates’ Standing Committee (MASC) of the Advocates’ Society.
Kim was ranked as a “Leading Lawyer Under 40” in 2024 by Lexpert, ranked in the 2024 and 2025 editions of The Best Lawyers in Canada for her work in Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Administrative and Public Law, is repeatedly ranked as a Future Star in Litigation by Benchmark Litigation, and was ranked in Benchmark’s “40 and Under Hot List” in 2020.
