Jillian Houlihan

About Jillian

Jillian Houlihan is a partner at Pink Larkin whose practice covers labour and employment law, professional regulation, human rights, and constitutional law, primarily assisting unions with grievance arbitrations, mediations, negotiations, and labour board matters. Called to the bar in both Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, she has represented clients before the Supreme Courts of both provinces and the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, and serves as Vice-Chair of the Hearing Pool of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia. She is Vice Chair of the ADR Section of the Canadian Bar Association's Nova Scotia Branch and past Chair of its Labour and Employment Law Section, and a representative on the Nova Scotia Election Commission. She was recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada for Labour and Employment Law, Education Law, and Administrative and Public Law. She earned her J.D. from the University of Toronto and was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 2010 and the Prince Edward Island bar in 2023.

Practice areas

Employment & Labour Law Administrative & Regulatory Law

Education & credentials

Law school

University of Toronto

Undergraduate

Dalhousie University, B.A.