Jyll Hansen Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Counsel for Department of Fisheries, Ocean and Coast Guard Legal Service

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Counsel to Department of National Defence /Canadian Forces Legal Advisor in the Claims and Civil Litigation Section.• Acting for Director of Claims and Civil Litigation as various occasions requiring assignment of files, review and approval of other counsel’s work products, and participating in meetings and briefings of senior government officials.• Carriage of variety of litigation files, including large scale class actions. Providing strategic legal advice at all stages of litigation and coordinating response with other Departments.• Prepared legal opinions, briefing notes, and risk assessments for files related to complex liability claims, applications for judicial review, class actions, potential litigation files, among others. Presenting legal advice to senior government officials and senior members of the CAF for discussion and decision. • Chair of a Justice Working Group reviewing the implications of the class action decision on pensions and long-term disability for government departments. • Regularly brief, both orally and in writing, Minister's Office, Deputy Minister's Officer, ADM level clients, the Deputy Minister, and high-ranking military personal including the Chief and Vice Chief of Defence Staff on complex legal matters. • Chair of the Continuing Legal Education Committee (November 2018 to September 2020) - working with a team of counsel and paralegals to provide in-house continuing legal education program to DND/CF LA. • Co-lead in preparation and presentation of training session offered to senior government officials, high ranking military personal, JAG officers, and Justice counsel, on “Litigation 101”.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Special Advisor and Counsel to the Senior General Counsel and Canadian Forces Legal Advisor, Department of National Defence /Canadian Forces Legal Advisor.• Providing strategic oversight on significant litigation and legal issues for DND/CAF, including providing legal advice, preparing briefing notes and oral briefings to ADMs, DM, DMA, CDS, VCDS, Minister’s office and Ministers. • Responsible for the management of the main reporting tools for the section including leadings bi-weekly ministerial briefings for DND/CF LA. • Responsible for the assignment and review of all counsel tasks from PSDI ADMO, DND DMO and CDSO. • Work with the Deputy CF LA to coordinate files for the DND/CAF Litigation Management Committee including forward planning of the ADM level meeting, preparation and review of briefing materials, and presentation of updates of strategic files. • Lead counsel for DND/CAF involvement in the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC).

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Counsel for the Civil Litigation Section• Deputy-Coordinator for Articling Students (October 2017 to October 2018)• Coordinator of Crown Insurance Law• Litigation counsel with carriage of a diverse portfolio of files including administrative law, immigration, contract, construction law, human rights, statutory interpretation, international trade, personal injury and matters involving the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.• Appeared on behalf of the Crown in motions, appeals, judicial reviews hearings, case management conferences, discovery, negotiations, mediation, and a week-long trial before the Federal Court.• Prepared factums, statements of claim, statements of defence, notices of motion, affidavits, settlement agreements, mediation briefs, legal opinions, and statements of particulars for litigation matters before the Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal, Workers Safety and Compensation Appeal Tribunal, Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, Canadian International Trade Tribunal, and the Superior Court of Ontario.

• Professor of upper year seminar course: Legal Client Interviewing and Counseling. • Prepared lesson plans, course syllabus, graded assignments, provided constructive feedback to students and lead weekly lectures on subject material.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Sales Tax Division - Tax Policy Branch• Worked in a team of economists and lawyers on the review of GST/HST treatment of financial institutions and financial services.• Prepared briefing materials for the Minister’s Office, Prime Minister’s Office and Parliamentary Committees on tax issues. • Conducted research, policy analysis, and prepared discussion papers on various elements of the Canadian VAT treatment of financial services and financial institution including, legislative definitions, application of GST/HST to pensions plans in Canada and comparative analysis to international models

Ottawa, Canada Area

Counsel in Litigation Branch, Class Actions and Mass Litigation Unit• Worked in a national team of lawyers to develop a cohesive approach to national and multi-jurisdictional class actions across Canada. • Assisted senior counsel in preparation and document review for pre-trial examinations and responses to undertakings in ongoing Quebec tobacco class action litigation.• Assisted team of senior counsel in research for Supreme Court of Canada appeals in British Columbia tobacco class action litigation (Knight) and cost recovery class action litigation (BCCR). • Prepared factum materials for motion to strike and assisted senior counsel in oral argument development. • Have prepared position papers and case briefs in the areas of civil litigation and administrative law, which have been circulated to the National Class Action Group across Canada, as well as presented by the Director General at national litigation conferences.

• Gained extensive civil litigation experience in and exposure to construction law, personal injury law, contract and commercial law, and insurance litigation.• Developed effective legal advocacy skills through representing clients in Small Claims Court, the Superior Court of Ontario and Ontario Provincial Offences Court. • Developed persuasive legal writing skills through the drafting of pleadings, affidavits, motion materials, mediation briefs and correspondence to other lawyers. • Have successfully advocated on behalf of clients at both Small Claims Court and Superior Court in trials, motions, mediations, settlement conferences, pre-trials and negotiations.

Bachelor Of Laws (Ll.B.), Law

Activities and Societies: Student Competitor: ABA Client Interviewing and Counseling Competition - Selected to represent the University.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Accounting

Activities and Societies: Student Union Building Employee Research Assistant: Dr. Conor Vibert – Analysed data collected from corporations.