Background

Jane M. Bachynski is a litigation lawyer in the Ottawa office. Jane was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1992 and is a graduate of Queen’s University Law School. She also obtained a Bachelor of Commerce (with Distinction), majoring in Finance and Health Care Administration, from the University of Saskatchewan in 1986.

Areas of Practice

Jane practises in civil litigation with a strong emphasis on Construction Litigation (including Construction, Engineering, Surety and Fidelity), Insurance and Tort Law, Professional Liability and Commercial Litigation.

• Professional Negligence
• Insurance
• Commercial Litigation

Rankings and Recognitions

• Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2012 (Insurance Law)

Professional Experience

• Appeared before Ontario Courts in matters relating to construction, litigation, professional negligence, insurance/tort law and commercial litigation.
• Appeared before various administrative tribunals including the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, the Commercial Registration Appeal Tribunal (as counsel for the Ontario New Home Warranty Program as it was then known) and the Health Professions Board.
• Appeared as counsel for various witnesses before the Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada.

Professional and Community Activities

• Member: Law Society of Upper Canada, Canadian Bar Association, Canadian Bar Association of Ontario, County of Carleton Law Association, Advocates’ Society and the Women’s Law Association.
• Executive Member (1994-1997) and Co-Chair (1995-1997) of the Young Lawyers’ Division (Eastern Region) of the Canadian Bar Association of Ontario.
• Employee Campaign Co-Ordinator, United Way/Centraide Ottawa-Carleton (1995 - 1997).
• Account Executive, United Way/Centraide Ottawa-Carleton (1997).
• Seminar Leader, Trial Advocacy Course, University of Ottawa (1997).
• Program Co-Ordinator, Ottawa Court House Series, Advocates’ Society (1996 - 1998).
• Recipient: Award of Excellence, United Way/Centraide Ottawa-Carleton (1998).
• Legal Accounts Section Chair, Professional Division, United Way/Centraide Ottawa-Carleton (1998 - 2000).
• Recipient: Ordinary Miracles Award, United Way/Centraide Ottawa-Carleton (1999).
• Member, Leadership Giving Committee, United Way/Centraide Ottawa-Carleton (2000-2007).
• Recipient: Community Builder Award, United Way/Centraide Ottawa-Carleton (2000).
• Cabinet Member, Professional Division Chair, United Way/Centraide Ottawa (2001 - 2004).
• Cabinet Member, Leadership Giving Committee Co-Chair, United Way/Centraide Ottawa (2005-2007).
• Committee Member and Reader, BLG Reads to Kids (2003-2007).
• Committee Member, Women’s Community Leadership Committee (2004-2005).