Kaleigh Du Vernet

Professional Background

Kaleigh Du Vernet is Counsel in the Construction and Infrastructure Practice Group at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP.

She assists clients at all levels of the construction supply chain, through all stages of the construction process. Her practice involves representing parties in the construction industry through dispute resolution, litigation, arbitration, mediation, adjudication, and construction contract negotiation.

Kaleigh advises on a wide variety of construction matters including dispute avoidance, dispute resolution, contract claims, lien proceedings, payment disputes and Construction Act related matters. She has appeared before various Ontario courts and tribunals on motions and trials, and has acted as counsel in various litigation, arbitration and adjudication proceedings. She has also assisted in complex commercial list proceedings.

In addition to her construction practice, Kaleigh is engaged as an Adjunct Professor at the Angelo DelZotto School of Construction Management at George Brown College, teaching various construction law courses since 2019. Kaleigh currently serves on the executive of the Ontario Bar Association Construction and Infrastructure Law section and frequently speaks and writes on construction law-related topics.

Education

• Called to the Ontario Bar, 2019
• Certificate of Qualification, National Committee on Accreditation of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, 2018
• Mediating Complex Construction Disputes Certificate, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Caruso School of Law, Pepperdine University, 2017
• The Harvard Negotiation Intensive Certificate, Harvard Law School, 2017
• Women’s Negotiation Academy Certificate, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Caruso School of Law, Pepperdine University, 2016
• Master of Laws (LL.M.), Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Caruso School of Law, Pepperdine University, 2016
• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Durham University, 2015

Memberships

• The Advocates Society
• Canadian Association of Women in Construction
• Ontario Bar Association
• Toronto Lawyer’s Association