Karen B. Groulx

Karen B. Groulx is a Partner at Dentons Canada LLP, based in Toronto, practising in the Construction, Litigation and Real Estate groups. Her practice focuses on Construction Law.

Her practice includes negotiation and drafting of various types of construction documents on behalf of owners, general contractors and subcontractors, as well as dispute resolution and litigation involving the awarding of contracts, various aspects of construction liens and disputes, and related proceedings on behalf of owners, general contractors, subcontractors and mortgagees. Karen handles trust and bond claims, negligence claims and contract claims, including claims relating to construction defects, product liability and other disputes such as professional negligence claims and engineers and architects liability cases.

Karen has particular expertise in E-Discovery in the context of litigation matters, as well as in the context of the preparation of records retention and records management policies. She is a founding member of the Sedona Canada Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production in Canada, and was also a member of the Electronic Discovery Sub-Committee of the Task Force on the Discovery Process in Ontario.

Her experience includes advising on lien actions, claims for delay, bonding and surety issues, competing claims between secured creditors in insolvency proceedings and trust claims made under the Construction Act, as well as claims made against landlords concerning improvements made to leased premises. She has advised and handled disputes involving P3 Projects, including appearing at arbitration and adjudication hearings on behalf of subcontractors and suppliers of maintenance services.

She is a member of the Ontario Bar Association Construction and Infrastructure Law Section executive, a member of The Advocates' Society and has co-chaired Construction Advocacy Programs for The Advocates' Society. She holds an LLM from Osgoode Hall, an LLB from the University of Western Ontario and a BA (Hons) from the University of Waterloo.

She is recognised by Chambers Canada for Construction, by The Legal 500 Canada for Construction, by The Best Lawyers in Canada for Construction Law, by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for Construction Law, and in the Lexpert Special Edition as one of Canada's Leading Lawyers for Infrastructure.