Melanie J. Harmer Associate Vancouver Tel : 604.691.6851 Fax : 604.893.2953 Email : melanie.harmer@mcmillan.ca VCard :

Professional Activities

• Judicial Law Clerk, Supreme Court of British Columbia, 2007-2008

Melanie Harmer is an associate in the Litigation Group at McMillan's Vancouver office. She practises in a broad range of litigation areas and has acted as counsel in both Supreme and Provincial Courts. Melanie also provides research and trial preparation support to partners and associates. Prior to joining the firm, Melanie was a judicial law clerk at the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

Special Recognition

• Recipient of the Lawson Lundell Prize in Corporations I.
• Recipient of the Walter H. Gage and Elsie M. Harvey Education Abroad Scholarship.
• First Place Factum, Wilson Moot Competition.
• Recipient of the David Roberts Prize in Legal Writing.
• Recipient of the Edwards, Kenny & Bray Founders Scholarship.

Memberships

• Canadian Bar Association (British Columbia Branch)
• Executive Officer, Civil Litigation (Vancouver) Subsection

Community Involvement

• Volunteer with Pacific Assistance Dog Society

• Inconvenient Jurisdictions: The Enforcement of U.S. Judgments in Canada, Lang Michener Commercial Litigation Brief, Winter 2009.

April 2012 the introduction of proportionality into BC's rules of court: a new way of litigating or simply stating the obvious? litigation bulletin