Christine Plante

Partner  •  Co-Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department

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Christine Plante provides full-service legal advice and representation for all employment, labour and human resource needs. Her experience as corporate counsel to a large federally-regulated employer offers a unique perspective to providing client services. Christine knows the importance of providing responsive, sound and practical legal advice.

Overview

Christine is Co-Head of the firm's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department and effectively represents clients at all level of court and in administrative hearings, arbitrations and mediations. She has a number of reported decisions defending wrongful and constructive dismissals and enforcing restrictive covenants.

Christine provides management support for all human resource needs including preparing employment contracts, policies and compensation plans; investigating workplace harassment, discrimination and fraud complaints; advising on drug and alcohol testing, successorship planning, dismissals and general workplace practices; guiding clients through M&A transactions, restructuring and downsizing; and enforcing confidentiality agreements and non-competition/non-solicitation covenants.

Christine has significant experience with various extraordinary remedies for effective fraud recovery, which overlaps with her employment practice when assisting clients in recovering assets and protecting confidential and proprietary information.

Christine believes in mentorship and philanthropy. She served as Vice-Chair for the Board of Directors of the Brenda Strafford Society for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Chair for the Human Resources Committee.

Christine has received industry recognition including the 2018 Lexpert Rising Star Award, Benchmark Litigation Canada's recognition on the Under 40 Hot List, and Chambers Canada.

 

,,Christine Plante is widely regarded as one of the best management-side employment lawyers in Calgary. She is a straight shooter and provides very practical legal advice. She is strategic in the way she makes use of her time and our money.,,

What Clients Say

Client Work

Defending wrongful dismissals:

  • Carroll v ATCO Electric Ltd., 2018 ABCA 186, 2018 ABCA 146, 2018 ABQB 98, 2017 ABQB 426, 2017 ABQB 641, 2017 ABQB 267, plaintiff's leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada denied
  • O'Brien v Akita Drilling Ltd, 2018 ABQB 1062
  • Costigan v Canadian Pacific Railway Company, 2017 ABQB 294

Dismissals for long delay and want of prosecution:

  • 4075447 Canada Inc v Pacrim Developments Inc, 2018 ABQB 358
  • Megatrend Holdings Inc. v Glenbow-Alberta Institute, 2008 ABCA 236 and 2007 ABQB 346

Resisting summary judgment:

  • Talisman Energy Inc v Questerre Energy Corporation, 2017 ABCA 218 and 2016 ABQB 618
  • McKenna v Walton Global Investments Ltd.

Defending attachment orders:

  • Pinto Ventures Ltd. v Soost, 2016 ABQB 454

Injunction orders to enforce non-solicitation and non-competition agreements:

  • Renfrew Insurance Ltd. v Cortese, 2014 ABQB 157
  • Renfrew Insurance Ltd. v Cortese, 2014 ABCA 203

Fraud judgments against former employees:

  • Frydman v Pelletier, 2015 ABQB 289 and 2013 ABQB 225.
  • M-I Drilling Fluids Canada, Inc v Cottle Ltd, 2018 ABQB 143

Recognitions & Awards

Chambers Canada

Ranked, Employment & Labour

Benchmark Litigation

Ranked on the Under 40 Hot List

The Legal 500 Canada

Next Generation Lawyer, Labour & Employment

Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory

Repeatedly Recommended, Litigation - Corporate Commercial

Lexpert Rising Star

Recognized as a 2018 rising star winner

Lexpert Special Edition: Technology and Health

Recognized as one of Canada's leading lawyers in Technology and Health

Education & Bar Admissions

Education

  • University of Regina, BA, 2001, with great distinction
  • University of Calgary, LLB, 2005, dean's honours list

Bar Admissions

  • Alberta, 2006