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Overview

Matt LaFleche assists and represents clients in a broad range of litigation and regulatory matters. His practice includes:

Corporate/Commercial Disputes

Matt assists both individuals and corporations in a broad range of commercial matters, including shareholder and contract disputes, product liability, foreclosures, builders' liens, and other construction disputes. Matt also has experience dealing with fraud matters and commercial class action claims.

Professional Negligence and Discipline

Matt assists professionals, particularly physicians and surgeons, in connection with both civil litigation and professional discipline matters.

Employment and Privacy

Matt has assisted clients with various employment matters, particularly helping employees who have been wrongfully dismissed. Matt has also advised clients on issues relating to the protection and disclosure of information under Alberta privacy legislation.

Occupational Health and Safety

Matt assists clients with occupational health and safety matters and has experience assisting in the defence of health and safety prosecutions.

Matt has appeared before all levels of court in Alberta, as well as various administrative panels and regulatory bodies. With a background in Engineering, Matt has a particular interest in matters that involve technical considerations or issues.

Matt is an active volunteer in the legal community, volunteering with both the Edmonton Community Legal Centre as well as the organizing committee for the Canadian Bar Association's annual Law Day event.

Client Work

A farm credit cooperative, as Canadian counsel, in its fraud claim concerning the recovery of losses arising from an elaborate cross-border cheque-kiting scheme
Assisted a widely held private business in a reorganization pursuant to a plan of arrangement.

Recognitions & Awards

Benchmark Litigation: Canada

Recognized as a Future Star

Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory

Repeatedly Recommended, Medical Negligence
Repeatedly Recommended, Professional Liability

Lexpert Special Edition—Canada's Leading Health Sciences Lawyers

Recognized as a leading Health Sciences lawyer

Education & Bar Admissions

Education

  • University of Alberta, BSc, 2008
  • University of Alberta, LLB, 2011

Bar Admissions

  • Alberta, 2012
  • British Columbia, 2015

Insights

Proposed Sweeping Changes to Albertas Occupational Health and Safety ActBlog

Proposed Sweeping Changes to Alberta's Occupational Health and Safety Act

November 9, 2020
Simon FoxcroftMathieu J. LaFlecheJennifer A. Miller KC
Simon Foxcroft, Mathieu J. LaFleche & Jennifer A. Miller KC
Maximizing Your Safety Compliance and Efficiency During a Trying  Economic EnvironmentBlog

Maximizing Your Safety Compliance and Efficiency In a Trying Economic Environment

May 12, 2020
Jennifer A. Miller KCSimon FoxcroftMathieu J. LaFleche
Jennifer A. Miller KC, Simon Foxcroft & Mathieu J. LaFleche
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Cannabis in the Workplace

November 26, 2018
Sara G. Parchello
& 6 more

News, Events & Speaking Engagements

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Bennett Jones Fraud Seminar

February 7, 2018
Jim SchmidtMathieu J. LaFleche
Jim Schmidt & Mathieu J. LaFleche