Kim J. Yee
Associate

DIRECT: 604 895 2845
kyee@harpergrey.com

Areas of Practice

Biography

Kim Yee is an associate in the health and insurance law groups at Harper Grey. She graduated from the University of Alberta Faculty of Law in 2006 and clerked with the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench from 2006-2007. She practiced with Brownlee LLP an Edmonton based firm before moving west to Vancouver in 2008.

Kim has a busy insurance practice. Part of her work focuses on managing risk for self-insured businesses and organizations. Her health law work entails representing physicians in matters alleging negligence.

Kim enjoys volunteering for various community organizations. Her past activities have included contributing her time and expertise to Student Legal Services of Edmonton, the Hope Mission and the AIDS/HIV network of Edmonton.

Education

  • Judicial Clerkship, Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, 2007
  • University of Alberta, LL.B., 2006

Bar Admissions

  • Alberta, 2007
  • British Columbia, 2008

Leadership

  • Member, Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia Branch - Civil Litigation, Health Law, and Insurance Law subsections
  • Member, Alberta Law Review, Editorial Board
  • Contributor to the Harper Grey LLP Insurance Netletter, published on Quicklaw

 

Client Work

Insurance Law

  • Representing regional, national and multinational insurance companies, and self-insured organizations such as major retail chains
  • Commercial general liability
  • Casualty claims
  • Coverage issues
  • Automobile accidents
  • Occupiers liability matters

Health Law

  • Defending physicians against allegations of medical negligence