Karen Groulx
Karen Groulx
Partner
905.273.3022 Ext. 281
kgroulx@pallettvalo.com
Karen Groulx is a member of the Commercial Litigation Practice, Construction Practice and Insolvency & Corporate Restructuring Practice.
Practice
Karen practices corporate/commercial litigation and has appeared before all levels of Ontario courts with a specific focus on information technology and intellectual property disputes, the preservation and enforcement of construction liens, bonding and trust claims. She also has experience acting for both plaintiffs and defendants in a broad spectrum of corporate/commercial litigation including: fraudulent transactions; corporate and shareholder disputes; complex contractual disputes; creditor's rights to enforce real and personal property security; and professional negligence claims including liability claims against accountants, lawyers, engineers, and architects.
Karen was a member of the Electronic Discovery Sub-Committee of the Task Force on the Discovery Process in Ontario, which produced the Guidelines for the Discovery of Electronic Documents in Ontario. Karen is also a member of the Sedona Canada Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production in Canada.
Professional Memberships
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Ontario Bar Association
Education
B.A. (Hons.), University of Waterloo (1985)
LL.B., University of Western Ontario (1988)
LL.M., in E-Business Law, Osgoode Hall, York University (2004)
Called to the Ontario Bar, 1990
Publications
- Considerations in Formulating an Email Use Policy (January 2009)
- Litigation Bulletin - Managing Electronic Documents (April 2007)
Videos
- E-commerce discussed on In Business (January 2009)
- Email Privacy explained on First Local (July 2008)
- Email and Internet Privacy discussed on Daytime (June 2008)