Tammy Olson

• Year of Call: 2004 (Alberta)
• Education: Bachelor of Laws (LLB) University of Saskatchewan – 2003
• Bachelor of Arts (BA) University of Alberta – 2000 (History and Sociology)
• Professional Associations: Law Society of Alberta
• Collaborative Family Law
• CDAA Collaborative Divorce Alberta Association
• Association of Collaborative Family Professionals (ACFP)
• International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP)

For over a decade Ms. Olson’s practice has comprised primarily of family law/divorce law including custody, access, parenting time, child support, spousal support issues, matrimonial property division, and other issues that may arise within this area of practice.

For the majority of her practice she has been an aggressive and passionate litigation lawyer that advanced her client’s position through the courts and this avenue remains available to those client’s whose relationship with their significant other is not conducive to cooperation and amicable resolution.

In recent years Ms. Olson has broadened her practice to include alternate dispute resolution strategies such as mediation, collaborative law and other avenues of resolution outside the traditional use of court alone to resolve issues that arise during break down of a family unit in a more timely and amicable fashion if possible. The Courts are becoming increasingly overburdened and the waiting times for court dates has resulted in a need for family law lawyers to consider means outside of traditional trials/court appearances to resolve matters for families as relying solely on advancing a file through the traditional court process alone may not always be the best avenue for a file, for a family or for a timely resolution.

Litigation/Court Offered Avenues

Ms. Olson is an experienced litigator and has appeared before the Provincial Court of Alberta, the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, and the Court of Appeal of Alberta

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She has represented clients at trials, Special Chambers Applications, regular Chambers Applications. Case Management meetings, Judicial Dispute Resolution (JDR) processes and prepared the relevant written submissions including Legal Briefs, Affidavits, Pleadings (Statements of Claim, Statements of Defence, Counterclaims, etc.) to facilitate the foregoing.

Collaborative Law/Mediation

Ms. Olson is an accredited Collaborative Family Law as of January 2017. Ms. Olson has also participated in private mediations before private mediators. Ms. Olson has completed the following base courses to obtain her initial accreditation: