Hon. Kristine Eidsvik, K.C. practised civil litigation in Alberta for 23 years after graduating from the University of Alberta Law School in 1983. She served on the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta for 15 years from 2007-2022. She commenced her independent ADR practice in 2022 and has since conducted multiple international and domestic arbitrations and hundreds of mediations.

During her litigation practice, she conducted over 40 trials, multiple appeals, and was involved from the outset in the development of mini-trials, JDRs, mediation, and later, arbitrations to help solve her clients’ disputes as efficiently and expeditiously as possible. She was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2004. 

At the Court, she sat on the large variety of cases in the general jurisdiction Court of Queen’s Bench (commercial, criminal, family, civil, wills and estates etc). She conducted over a hundred Judicial Dispute Resolution (JDR) hearings. 

More specifically, she was a member of the commercial committee and sat on, and case managed, multiple oil and gas, mining, and corporate cases.

She is fluently bilingual and conducted many trials in French. She was a Director on the Canadian Superior Court Judges’ Association board for 12 years and was recognised in July 2021 with the President’s Award for her efforts on their committees.

Kristine wrote approximately 100 written decisions, mainly in the civil, commercial and criminal areas, and participated in several decisions while sitting ad hoc with the Court of Appeal. She lectured in areas of commercial insolvency litigation, evidence, ADR techniques, arbitrations, mediations, negotiations and JDRs, virtual trials and hearings, technology in the courtroom, litigation financing, costs, and judicial wellness.

Since retiring from the Bench and starting her own private independent resolution practice, she has conducted hundreds of mediations and sat as a sole arbitrator, Chair and co-arbitrator on 15 international and domestic arbitrations using the UNCITRAL, ADRIC and VanIAC rules in energy, construction, shareholder, real estate and technology contract disputes.

She speaks frequently on arbitration and mediation topics.

Kristine has also been retained by counsel as a strategic advisor for ADR, trial and appeal written and oral preparation, in complex cases.