Allison Graham

Allison maintains an administrative law practice, with a focus in professional regulation and labour and employment. In her professional regulation practice, Allison supports and represents complaints and investigation committees and has also acted as independent legal counsel to discipline committees. For labour and employment, Allison advises unionized and non-unionized employers and represents them in various proceedings including human rights complaints, wrongful dismissal lawsuits and grievance arbitrations. Allison also works in the property tax assessment appeal area and frequently represents taxpayers who are challenging their property tax assessments.

Allison has successfully appeared before labour arbitrators, the Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board, the Saskatchewan Court of King’s Bench and the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal.

Allison completed her Juris Doctor with great distinction at the University of Saskatchewan in 2017 and was called to the Saskatchewan Bar in 2018. Before joining MLT Aikins, she served as Executive Assistant to Chief Justice Richards of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan and clerked at the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal for Justices, Whitmore and Schwann.

• Legislation and Law Reform Direction, Canadian Bar Association (September 2024 – present)
• Volunteer, Pro Bono Law Saskatchewan (2022 – present)
• Associate Member, Chartered Professionals in Human Resources
• Member, Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers
• Member, Canadian Bar Association
• Member, Saskatchewan Trial Lawyers Association
• Member, Canadian Property Tax Association
• Laskin Moot Participant (Saskatchewan, 2016-2017)
• Volunteer, Campus Legal Services (2016-2017)
• Member, Small Urban and Rural Initiatives Committee (2014-2017)
• Co-chair, Small Urban and Rural Initiatives Committee (2014-2017)
• Member, Editorial Board, Saskatchewan Law Review (2015-2016)
• Davies’ Annual Corporate/Securities Law Moot Participant (Saskatchewan, 2015-2016)
•  Volunteer, Legal Advice Clinic, CLASSIC (2014-2015)

• Presenter, “Diving Deeper into Decisions and Trends in the Class Action Landscape,” Law Society Continuing Professional Development Webinar (February 2020)
• Author, “No Data? No Problem: T N C Mall Property Holdings Inc. v Moose Jaw (City), Saskatchewan Court of Appeal,” Canadian Property Tax Association Communication Update (November/December 2020)

• The Amy and Brian Pfefferle Prize for achievement, Criminal Procedure and Evidence (2016-2017)
• Academic Excellence Scholarship (Saskatchewan, 2015-2017)
• Goldenberg Prize, Taxation (2015-2016)
• Saskatchewan Law Review Honour