About Rory

Rory Tighe's practice focuses primarily on tax litigation and tax dispute resolution at all stages. He completed his articles as a clerk at the Alberta Court of Appeal and spent an additional year clerking for Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada. Before joining Felesky Flynn, he worked at a national law firm and then spent over five years as a tax litigator at the Department of Justice, advising on audits and objections and conducting Tax Court matters, while also teaching taxation at the University of Alberta's Faculty of Law. He was called to the Ontario bar in 2018, the British Columbia bar in 2019 and the Alberta bar in 2020, and holds a Master of Science in Taxation from the University of Oxford.

Practice areas

Education & credentials

Law school
Queen's University
Undergraduate
University of Alberta, BA (Honours) Economics
Other degrees
Master of Science in Taxation, University of Oxford, 2022
Master of Arts in Economics, Queen's University, 2015

Listing compiled from public sources in July 2026. Confirm Rory K. Tighe’s licence and standing in the Law Society of Alberta directory ↗