Teagan Markin

Teagan is an accomplished litigator with expertise in public law matters, appellate advocacy and commercial litigation. Teagan is an expert on the use and limits of public powers and uses a first principles approach to help public and private sector clients navigate unprecedented legal problems. Her public law experience extends across a broad range of subject areas including transportation, professional regulation and judicial discipline, higher education, elections, energy regulation, securities, anti-money laundering, the regulation of foreign online businesses, sanctions and other regulatory and criminal matters.

 

In her commercial litigation practice, Teagan handles breach of contract claims, shareholder and fiduciary disputes, fraud and defamation matters. She has experience in both litigation and arbitration proceedings, and has appeared before administrative tribunals, all levels of court in Ontario, the Federal Courts and the Supreme Court of Canada.

 

Teagan graduated from the Schulich School of Law Dalhousie University as the gold medallist and earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from the prestigious Harvard Law School. Her LL.M. studies were supported by the CBA Viscount Bennett Fellowship and J. William E. Mingo Memorial Fellowship. Teagan also gained valuable insights on the judicial process as a law clerk to the Honourable Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella at the Supreme Court of Canada.