Kristen Stallard

Biography

Kristen is a civil litigation lawyer whose interests include public and administrative law, human rights, professional regulation, employment disputes, and commercial litigation. She joined Patterson Law as an associate in 2021. Prior, she completed judicial clerkships at the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal and at the Federal Court of Appeal with the Honourable Justice Wyman W. Webb. Kristen first began with Patterson Law as an articled clerk and summer student.

Kristen is a J.D. graduate from Dalhousie University’s Schulich School of Law, where she was a research assistant to Professor Wayne MacKay, completed a term with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada as part of Dalhousie’s Criminal Law Clinic, was active with Pro Bono Students Canada and the Dalhousie Feminist Legal Association, and represented Dalhousie at the Kawaskimhon Aboriginal Law Moot. Since graduating, she has remained involved in the law school community as a judge of second year moots and as a Civil Procedure Workshop Instructor. Previously, Kristen completed a B.A. (First Class Honours) in Political Science from St. Francis Xavier University, a M.A. in Political Science from the University of Toronto (with the support of a Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada), and a M.P.A. from Dalhousie University’s School of Public Administration.

Starting in September 2024, Kristen will serve as the Chair of the Administrative Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association-Nova Scotia Branch. She previously served as Vice Chair of the Section from 2022-2024.

Also starting in September 2024, Kristen will be on an academic leave from the firm to complete her L.L.M. from the University of Cambridge. Her studies are supported by the Canadian Bar Association’s Viscount Bennett Fellowship.