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provincial Ministry of Attorney General, Legal Services Branch (“LSB”), in
2015. Within a few months, Jacqueline found herself assigned as a late addition
to the trial team on a complex constitutional challenge and spent the
better part of the next four years in that trial. In her “downtime”, she took
on lead counsel roles in other constitutional and appellate matters. Just
over three years later, the LSB awarded Jacqueline the coveted designation
of “senior counsel”, a title reserved for lawyers who, among other things,
“routinely exercise superior independent judgment”, “routinely advise the
Crown on the most significant legal issues” and “take conduct of the most
demanding, difficult and complex files”.
Remarkably, throughout her time in private practice and while carrying
a heavy caseload for the province, Jacqueline continued to contribute to the
legal profession and the community more broadly. From early on in her
career, Jacqueline’s interest in civil procedure led to her becoming involved
with Fraser, Horn & Griffin, The Conduct of Civil Litigation in British Columbia,
and she now enjoys her role as contributing editor, working with Justice
Griffin and former master John Horn. She also taught Crown Liability at the
Allard School of Law, was a frequent guest instructor for its Allan McEachern
Advanced Trial Advocacy course and taught at multiple Continuing
Legal Education events, including the annual “Winning Advocacy Skills
Workshop”. Jacqueline’s contributions to the community and the profession
were recognized in 2021 when she was appointed Queen’s Counsel.
Seemingly adept at any area of law with which she was tasked, Jacqueline’s
legal practice spanned almost every subject area a civil barrister can
imagine, including class actions, Ponzi schemes, wrongful terminations,
Charter challenges, the province’s response to COVID-19, judicial reviews,
commissions, division of powers, access to justice, s. 35 and treaty rights,
bankruptcy and insolvency, child protection and money laundering. She
appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada on several occasions and the
B.C. Court of Appeal innumerable times. Jacqueline’s work ethic as a barrister
is also exemplified by the number of reported decisions in Cambie
Surgeries Corp. v. British Columbia (Attorney General)—a lengthy trial in
which she was one of two counsel for the Attorney General who appeared
for the entirety of the trial, as well as on appeal. In addition to a significant
number of reported decisions over the course of her 17 years of practice,
Jacqueline also acted as lead counsel to the province in the Cullen Commission
of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia.
As dedicated to parenting as she is to law, Jacqueline and her husband
James are raising two kind and busy children who seem to participate in
every activity available. The family calendar is a sight to behold. Nonethe-