Kris Saxberg

About Kris

Kris Saxberg is General Counsel at Trippier Law and has practiced civil litigation in Manitoba since 1999. He was formerly a managing partner of D'Arcy & Deacon LLP and co-founded Cochrane Saxberg LLP, now Cochrane Sinclair. He successfully argued a case striking down provincial legislation that wrongfully claimed Children's Special Allowance benefits from children in provincial care, resulting in a $530 million class action settlement approved in 2024, and conducted a fourteen-week pension trial that produced a $140 million judgment against MTS, later upheld by the Supreme Court of Canada. He has acted for numerous Indigenous organizations and advocacy groups and is long-time labour counsel for TEAM-IFTPE Local 161. He has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal, the Alberta Court of Appeal, and various administrative and regulatory tribunals in Manitoba.

Practice areas

Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Education & credentials

Law school

University of Manitoba