For better or worse, professionals in Canada are heavily regulated. Professional regulators, especially the colleges that regulate health professionals, increasingly rely on charges of unprofessional conduct to compel compliance with new and ever more questionable rules about how professionals must practice and what they can and cannot say.
The team at KITCHEN WELLS LLP has experience representing medical doctors, nurses, chiropractors, physical therapists, teachers, and others, and have successfully resolved many complaints, saving professional clients the cost and stress of a hearing. When your regulator, with its abundant resources, attempts to discipline you or curtail your practice, you need a fierce advocate who will level the playing field. The minute you have reason to believe you have run afoul of your regulator, particularly if you have been charged with unprofessional conduct, contact our team.
KITCHEN WELLS LLP has been privileged to represent Dr. Curtis Wall in his three-and-a-half-year legal battle with the College of Chiropractors of Alberta after the College charged him with unprofessional conduct for his inability to wear a mask. Learn more about our work on behalf of Dr. Wall.
Client Recommendations
“James has been absolutely outstanding to work with. He is clear, direct, precise, and from day 1, has always made me feel like he knows what he’s doing and instilled a ton of confidence in me. I came to James because my previous lawyer literally died in the middle of my case, which was super stressful! I felt totally abandoned and alone in my fight against a super powerful professional regulatory college. My first phone call with James totally changed my perspective and was so dramatically different from my previous lawyer experience. Suddenly, I went from feeling like I was on constant defense, to taking an offensive, strong, resilient posture. James instilled so much belief and courage into my being. To me, it made all the difference in the world to have a lawyer who truly believed in the importance of Free Speech, and who was willing to stand with me in my fight to maintain that right for health care workers in Alberta.
Through the whole process, James was incredibly available, and super quick to respond to any and all questions or concerns.
With excellent and expert work from James, and by the grace of God, we were able to win my case against the regulatory college, and all charges against me were dropped.
I would highly recommend James to anyone fighting for truth and justice. He’s aggressive and confident and just feels like you have a lion on your side, who will make your opponent think twice before attacking you!”
– Julianne Johnson, RN
“James has represented me three times over the years. During COVID, the professional regulator for Alberta nurses attempted to penalize me, as it did many others, because of my expressed opposition to the government restrictions and forced vaccination scheme for health care professionals. James negotiated a resolution that was good for me. If it wasn’t for James, I would not have been able to practice nursing with a clean record and be able to help people in the way I want to. It’s beautiful how what he does is far-reaching. Recently, James helped me with a business matter and again negotiated a settlement that I was happy with and which avoided an expensive and stressful legal battle. He has been exceptional and truly saved my career twice now!”
– Nicole Hope, RN