Melanie Lopo Van Vliet
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.Associate at Gowling WLG
- Called to the bar
- 2020
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
Civil Litigation & Dispute ResolutionCivil Litigation & Dispute ResolutionAbout Melanie Lopo Van Vliet
Van Vliet regularly defends claims and actions for insurers, including those involving school boards, legal professionals and other institutions. Melanie Lopo Van Vliet also takes on commercial and civil disputes for a range of clients as an associate in the Advocacy Group at Gowling WLG's Hamilton office.
It's a career that started on the insurance side. Called to the Ontario bar in 2020, Van Vliet spent 2020 to 2023 as in-house counsel with a national property and casualty insurer, appearing at several levels of court as well as before the Licence Appeal Tribunal, before moving to Gowling WLG.
Some files need a particularly careful hand, and Van Vliet's practice includes matters where sexual impropriety is alleged. Trial readiness is another interest: the associate has spoken at a Canadian Defence Lawyers conference on what getting ready for trial actually takes.
Clients can work with Van Vliet in English or Portuguese. Away from litigation, there's a church community Van Vliet's regularly part of, plus hiking and travel when time allows.
Practice areas
Insurance defence
Defends claims and actions for insurers, including tort and accident benefits files. Many of these concern institutions such as school boards, as well as legal professionals. Litigation experience also includes occupiers' liability and general negligence claims.
Commercial and civil litigation
Handles commercial and civil disputes for a range of clients, including subrogation and commercial loan recovery.
Allegations of sexual impropriety
Takes on files involving allegations of sexual impropriety, and aims to handle them with sensitivity.
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Education & credentials
- JD, University of Windsor Faculty of Law (2019)
- Bachelor of Arts (Hons.), Law and Society, York University (2014)
- Called to the Ontario bar (2020)
Publications & speaking
- Preparing for trial - What is required, Canadian Defence Lawyers conference
Memberships & affiliations
- Ontario Bar Association: Member.
- Hamilton Law Association: Member.
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