As one of BLG’s most senior leaders who sits on our National Management Committee, Cindy acts as a liaison and relationship manager for our major clients. She works closely with two of our significant clients, one of our primary health care clients and one of our leading financial institution clients, as the relationship partner.
In her role with our health care client, she is both a trusted advisor to the client and a relationship driver for the firm. She is actively involved in many of the client’s files, bringing her experience in health care disputes to defend hospitals and other health organizations and professionals in medical malpractice suits. She also leads the client team at BLG, and oversees the firm’s alternative fee arrangement for our litigation portfolio with the client.
For the financial institution client, Cindy is the point of contact for the firm, liaising with the client’s general counsel and assembling the appropriate representation within the firm to handle their needs.
Within BLG, Cindy is the National Group Head, Specialized Disputes and as such is a member of our National Management Committee. As National Group Head, Cindy is responsible for leading and overseeing more than 150 lawyers across four national disputes groups - Health, Labour & Employment, Insurance & Tort and Environment & Land Use Planning.
In her practice, Cindy represents hospitals and health organizations in complex, multi-million dollar medical malpractice actions. She also represents product manufacturers in product liability actions involving products with health effects, including pharmaceutical class actions.