Patrick Heinsen

KC

Partner

Location
Calgary
Phone

Presentations & Publications

Beyond our Walls

Professional Involvement

  • Member, CBA – Law Matters Editorial Committee
  • Adjudicator, Law Society of Alberta Practice Review Committee
  • Board of Directors, Canadian Bar Association - Alberta Branch, 2019-2023
  • Member, ADR Institute of Alberta
  • Former Chair and ongoing Member at Large, Canadian Bar Association (CBA), Insurance Subsection (South Alberta)
  • Member, CBA Construction, Insurance and Alternative Dispute Resolution Subsections
  • Member, Law Society of Alberta
  • Member, Calgary Bar Association
  • Member, The Advocates’ Society
  • Instructor in the University of Calgary on trial advocacy since 2017

Community Involvement

  • Board Member, Calgary Legal Guidance
  • Member, Board of Directors, Canadian Cancer Society, Alberta/NWT Division
  • Volunteer, ESL Instructor with the Calgary Immigrant Education Society
  • Volunteer, Law Society of Alberta Mentor Connect Program

Awards & Recognition

  • Recognized in the 2025 (and since 2018) edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada® (Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Law), since 2021 (Insurance Law), since 2022 (Construction Law) and since 2024 (Personal Injury Litigation)
  • Recognized in the 2025  edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Litigation: Corporate Commercial) and since 2020 edition (Litigation: Commercial Insurance) 
  • Recognized in the 2025 (and since 2021) edition (and since 2021) of Benchmark Canada as a Litigation Star.
  • Recognized in the 2024 edition (and since 2022) of Lexpert Special Edition: Litigation.
  • Recognized in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada®- Lawyer of the Year (Product Liability Law).
  • Appointed Queen's Counsel, 2022.
  • Martindale-Hubbell “AV Preeminent” Peer Review Rated.

Bar Admission & Education

  • Manitoba, 2023
  • Alberta, 2001
  • LLB, University of Alberta, 2000
  • MA, University of Guelph, 1997
  • BA, University of Calgary, 1995