Scott Matheson

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Scott Matheson is a business-minded lawyer with a general litigation practice, representing individuals, businesses, governments, and post-secondary institutions in disputes in Alberta and Western Canada.

Scott's experience helping clients includes acting as business and litigation counsel for a broad range of issues, including:

  • Commercial, shareholder, and collection disputes
  • Construction litigation
  • Commercial tenancy and condominium matters
  • Professional liability matters
  • Fatality inquiries
  • Constitutional litigation
  • Defamation claims
  • Domestic and international arbitrations
  • Acting as Independent Supervising Solicitor (ISS) in carrying out Anton Piller orders

He handles matters from inception to trial at various administrative tribunals, the Alberta Court of Justice both Civil and Criminal, the Court of King's Bench of Alberta, the Court of Appeal of Alberta, the Supreme Court of Canada, and the ICC International Court of Arbitration.

Qualifications

  • Education
  • Rankings
  • Bar Admissions
  • University of Alberta
    Bachelor of Arts
    2007
  • University of Alberta
    Bachelor of Laws
    2011
  • Osgoode Hall Law School
    Master of Laws
    2019
  • Alberta
    2012

Involvement

  • Professional
  • Volunteer Work
  • Law Society of Alberta
    Bencher
    2024 - Present
  • Law Society of Alberta – Practice Review Committee
    Member
  • Canadian Bar Association Alberta, Civil Litigation Section (North)
    Member
  • Canadian Bar Association Alberta, Constitutional and Privacy Section (North)
    Member
  • Canadian Association of University Solicitors
    Member
  • Canadian Bar Association Alberta Branch, Constitutional and Privacy Section (North)
    Executive Member
    2016 - 2018
  • Canadian Bar Association Alberta Branch, Membership Committee
    Executive Member
    2014 - 2015
  • University of Alberta, Faculty of Law
    Sessional Instructor (Civil Procedure)
  • Pro Bono Law Alberta
    Member, Board of Directors
    2018 - 2020
  • Edmonton Community Legal Centre
    Volunteer Lawyer, Evening Clinic
  • Pro Bono Law Alberta
    Volunteer Lawyer, Civil Claims Duty Counsel Program
  • Pro Bono Law Alberta
    Volunteer Lawyer, Amicus Program
  • Edmonton Community Legal Centre
    Chair, Board of Directors