Bio
Jessica is committed to helping clients achieve their goals through effective advocacy. She has extensive experience representing owners, general contractors, design professionals, subcontractors, and suppliers in a wide range of construction disputes.
Jessica has appeared before numerous courts and tribunals, including the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Alberta Court of King's Bench, the Alberta Court of Appeal, and the Landlord and Tenant Board. She has also advocated for clients through a variety of alternative dispute resolution processes, including mediation, arbitration, and construction adjudications.
Prior to joining the firm, Jessica articled and practised at a prominent mid-sized, full-service firm. Since then, her practice has evolved to encompass complex, multi-party construction disputes. Drawing on her business background, Jessica provides practical, business-oriented advice tailored to each client’s objectives.
Jessica is an active contributor to both the legal and construction communities, frequently lecturing on key industry topics such as construction contracts, prompt payment, adjudication, and risk management. She currently serves as Member-at-Large on the Executive of the Ontario Bar Association's Construction and Infrastructure Law Section.
Jessica is a co-editor of the firm’s Building Insight newsletter and serves as a mentor to summer students and articling students.
Memberships
- Ontario Bar Association, Construction and Infrastructure Law Section, Executive
- Toronto Construction Association
- The Advocates’ Society Member
Teaching Activities
- Osgoode Professional LLM, Adjudication and Dispute Boards Course, 11 March 2026. Topic: Adjudication and Prompt Payment Across Canada.
- Osgoode Hall Law School, Construction Law Course, 27 January 2026. Topic: Contract Performance.
- Toronto Metropolitan University, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science – Graduate Studies, Negotiating Legal, Regulatory and Contractual Issues Course, 5 November 2025. Topic: Defaults and Remedies.
- Real Property Association of Canada (REALPAC), Law Course, 18 September 2025. Topic: Construction Law.
- Queen's University, Construction Law Course (Winter Term, 2025).
- Toronto Metropolitan University, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science – Graduate Studies, Negotiating Legal, Regulatory and Contractual Issues Course, 13 November 2024. Topic: Defaults and Remedies.
- Real Property Association of Canada (REALPAC), Law Course, 26 September 2024. Topic: Construction Law.
- Osgoode Professional LLM, Construction Law Course, 4 June 2024. Topic: Risk Management.
- Osgoode Hall Law School, Construction Law Course, 6 February 2024. Topic: Ontario Construction Act - Liens, Trusts.
Representative Work
- Bridge: Counsel to engineer in disputes arising from bridge failure.
- Diamond Mine: Representation of contractor in mediation of disputes with owner.
- Hotel: Representation of contactor in dispute with subcontractor involving cost overruns and project delays.
- Mining: Counsel for contractor in dispute with owner regarding financial assurances.
- Railway facility: Defence of subconsultant related to design of railway facility.
- Hospital: Counsel for contractor in disputes with maintenance provider.
- Performing Arts Centre: Representation of contractor in mediation of disputes with owner.
- Successfully acted for a subcontractor in an adjudication seeking payment of unpaid invoices.
- Successfully acted for a contractor in dismissing two adjudications on the basis that there was no jurisdiction to adjudicate the dispute.
- Acted for owner in successfully defending a motion to quash the summons of a witness: Construction Jadco Inc. v. Gamma Windows and Walls International Inc., 2025 ONSC 748.
- Counsel for other lawyers respecting alleged professional negligence in handling of construction law matters.
- Counsel for engineers respecting alleged professional negligence matters.
- Advising clients on prompt payment and adjudication changes to the Construction Act.
- 1499545 Ontario Inc. (Northern Bulk Logistics) v. Pattern Development, 2026 ONSC 1652.
Speaking
- Keeping Current for Civil Litigators, Ontario Bar Association, Session Co-Chair (January 2022).
Representative Publications
- “Practical Lessons for Construction Lawyers from Sayers Foods Ltd. v. Gay Company Ltd., 2026 ONSC 918” – OBA Construction and Infrastructure Section Newsletter (March 25, 2026).
- “Construction Law Across the Provinces: Key Legislative Moves, Cases, and Practice” Building Insight – Glaholt Bowles LLP Newsletter, Fall 2025 (Issue 30).
- “Ontario Court Reins in Construction Lien for Overhead, Undelivered Materials” Building Insight – Glaholt Bowles LLP Newsletter, Summer 2025 (Issue 29).
- “Defining ‘Immediate’ in the Context of the Duty to Disclose Partial Settlement Agreements in a Multi-Party Litigation” Building Insight – Glaholt Bowles LLP Newsletter, Summer 2024 (Issue 26).
- “Understanding Notice Holdback" Building Insight - Glaholt Bowles LLP Newsletter, Spring 2024 (Issue 25).