Dana is a dual-qualified lawyer admitted to practice in Alberta and Saskatchewan, working in the firm’s intellectual property and technology practice group. She combines practical Canadian legal experience with advanced U.S. legal education, bringing clients a distinctive perspective on intellectual property, emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, and corporate law.  

She began her legal career at an international law firm in Calgary, Alberta, where she maintained a practice in the intellectual property and capital markets groups. Her intellectual property experience includes drafting and prosecuting trademark applications, conducting due diligence searches, and providing strategic advice on complex IP matters, including domain name disputes, trademark oppositions, and copyright matters. In her corporate and commercial practice, Dana gained experience in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and securities transactions, encompassing both public and private M&A deals as well as equity and debt offerings. Dana has also assisted clients with continuous disclosure requirements, corporate governance matters, agreement drafting, and general corporate legal services. 

Prior to joining the firm in 2025, Dana earned her Master of Laws in Technology Law and Policy from Georgetown University, where she was a Merit Scholar and awarded the Moxon Scholarship for Graduate Studies for academic excellence. Dana also holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Juris Doctor from the University of Saskatchewan, where she competed on the women’s varsity softball team.

REPRESENTATIVE WORK

• A major energy company on its $2.55 billion acquisition and related $500 million public offering of common shares. 
• A pipeline company on its $7.15 billion refinancing through Canada’s largest corporate bond offering of First Lien Senior Secured Notes. 
• A telecommunications company on its $1.8 billion three-tranche senior unsecured note offering, including sustainability-linked notes tied to greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Intellectual Property Insitute of Canada (2025)
• Law Society of Saskatchewan (2025) 
• Canadian Bar Association (2024) 
• American Intellectual Property Association (2024) 
• American Society of International Law (2024) 
• Law Society of Alberta (2022) 

BAR ADMISSIONS & EDUCATION

• Saskatchewan Bar (2025) 
• Alberta Bar (2024) 
• Master of Laws in Technology Law and Policy (with Distinction), Georgetown University, Washington, DC (2025) 
• Juris Doctor (with Distinction), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK (2023) 
• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (with Great Distinction), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK (2023) 
• Strategic Space Law Certificate, McGill University, Montreal, QB (2023) 

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

• Presenter, “Global Perspectives on AI and the Law,” (2024) Georgetown Institute for Technology Law & Policy – Global Perspectives on AI and the Law 
• Presenter, “United Nations Youth Conference,” (2016) United Nations – Breaking Barriers: Gender Equality in Educational Access and Resource Allocation in Developing Nations  

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS

• Merit Scholarship, Georgetown University (2024) 
• Moxon Scholarship for Graduate Studies in Law, University of Saskatchewan (2024) 
• Alfons H. Boving Prize in International Trade Law, University of Saskatchewan (2022) 
• Dean’s Forum Choice Award, University of Saskatchewan (2022) 
• Eldon Wooliams Scholarship, University of Saskatchewan (2021) 
• Undergraduate Dean’s List, University of Saskatchewan (2018-2020) 
• SaskEnergy Scholarship, University of Saskatchewan (2018) 
• Wolfe Family General Achievement Scholarship, University of Saskatchewan (2017)