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Percy Odynak is a lawyer with Duncan Craig LLP in Edmonton, Alberta. His practice focuses on financial services, including financing for financial institutions, asset-based lending , commercial and corporate mergers and acquisitions , and related litigation at the trial and appellate levels. He has also acted in matters before the Supreme Court of Canada. Percy’s recognized practice areas include Asset-Based Lending Practice and Banking and Finance Law. His practice also includes entert...

Terry Warner is a financial services and insolvency lawyer who practices primarily in corporate and commercial litigation; personal and corporate bankruptcy; and commercial insolvency, receivership, and collections. He specializes in the financial reorganization of insolvent corporations under insolvency legislation and in the structural reorganization of corporations under the Business Corporations Act. Terry has participated in numerous major commercial transactions involving insolvent corp...

Robyn Meara has a personal injury litigation practice. She has extensive experience assisting clients with claims relating to fatalities and serious personal injuries including brain injuries, paraplegia, and permanent disabilities. Robyn is committed to her clients and ensures they receive fair compensation. She strives to achieve top quality results for them in a timely fashion. Robyn has appeared before the Provincial Court and the Court of Queen’s Bench. She also has extensive exper...

Zach Soprovich is a partner at Duncan Craig LLP in Edmonton, Alberta. He is a member of the firm’s Financial Services and Banking and Litigation practice groups, where he acts for lenders, creditors, debtors, businesses and individuals in a range of financial and commercial disputes. Zach’s practice includes Corporate and Commercial Litigation, foreclosure, mortgage and security enforcement, insolvency, priority disputes, debt recovery, unsecured judgment enforcement, breach of co...

With his unique combination of diligence, pragmatism and creativity, Maurice Dransfeld makes sure employers and management have a solid understanding of their labour and employment issues. He doesn’t just give his clients a multitude of options and leave it up to them to figure out the best one. Instead, he gives clear recommendations and advice so employers and management can be confident in making sound decisions, even in the most complex situations, that translate into strategies for...

Jean Oliver is a personal injury lawyer with over 22 years of experience. Her focus has been primarily on representing people seriously injured due to negligence, including those injured in motor vehicle accidents. In 1996 she was called to the Alberta Bar and had been with CAM LLP since 2012. Before joining the firm, Jean practiced in the area of insurance defence with a large private firm. After that, Olivier spent nine years with Alberta Justice in civil litigation, where she represented t...

Jerritt Pawlyk is a partner in DLA Piper's Restructuring and Insolvency Group. He advises all stakeholders in complex insolvency, restructuring and enforcement matters. With over two decades of experience, Jerritt acts for clients across a broad range of industries and at every stage of the insolvency process, including proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act , receiverships, bankruptcies, enforcement proceedings and related commercial disputes. He is known for practical, r...

Kayla Thompson is a partner at Duncan Craig LLP in Edmonton, Alberta, and practises in the firm’s Estates Solutions practice group and a designated Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) . Her recognized practice areas include Trusts and Estates. Kayla advises individuals, families, retirees, business owners, and others on estate planning, estate administration, and trust matters. She also assists owner-managers with planning for the orderly transition of a family business. Kayla provides ...

Andrea is a 7th year associate at Witten LLP in Edmonton. Prior to completing her J.D. with Distinction (2015) at the University of Alberta, Andrea obtained a B.A. (First Class Honors) in Drama at the U of A and received an Alison White Honors award for having the highest GPA in the Faculty of Fine Arts. Called to the Alberta bar in 2016, the Northwest Territories bar in 2018, and Nunavut bar in 2021, Andrea is a civil litigator, with a focus on debt collection and foreclosures. She has appea...

Ari J. Schacter is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Personal Injury Litigation. Ari J. practices law in Edmonton, Alberta Best Lawyers has recognized Ari J. Schacter since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Ari J. Schacter is held by other lawyers.