Nicola Nielsen

Profile

Nicola joined Whitelaw Twining as an associate in 2020. Prior to joining the firm, Nicola worked at a regional firm in Calgary, where she practiced employment law, insurance defence, and commercial litigation. Nicola now practices in broad range civil litigation, including subrogation, employment law, property damage defence, and construction. Nicola is a senior associate in our subrogation practice group and represents a variety of clients in multi-party litigation. Nicola’s subrogation practice routinely includes product liability, property damage, and construction claims.

Nicola thoroughly enjoys working with her clients and seeks to find creative and practical solutions to resolve their legal problems and is often a proponent of alternative dispute resolution. Nicola has appeared on behalf of clients in matters before the Provincial Court and Court of King’s Bench in Alberta, as well as the Provincial Court of British Columbia, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, and various administrative tribunals.

In her spare time, Nicola enjoys traveling and spending time with her husband and daughter. Nicola especially enjoys playing a competitive game of cribbage or backgammon against her husband.