Kai Ying Chieh

Kai Ying is a lawyer at Overholt Law LLP and practices in all of the firm’s practice areas including labour & employment, commercial litigation, professional regulation, human rights, and privacy law.

Since joining the firm in 2018, Kai Ying has provided strategic advice to a diverse range of clients, employers and employees alike. Kai Ying values a thoughtful, well-reasoned, and client-focussed approach to the practice of law. She frequently drafts and advises clients on employment agreements, severance packages, restrictive covenants, and workplace policies. Kai Ying takes care to guide her clients with practical but compassionate advice on human rights claims, terminations of employment, and professional regulatory matters.

Kai Ying has represented clients in mediations and various workplace litigation matters, including legal proceedings before the Human Rights Tribunal, the Labour Relations Board, and other administrative tribunals. Kai Ying has also appeared on matters at all levels of Court in British Columbia.

Kai Ying is a graduate of the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia. During her degree, she served on the Board of Directors of the UBC Law Review as the Editor-in-Chief (Editorial); volunteered with the Law Students’ Legal Advice Program and the Migrant Workers’ Centre; and worked in-house at UBC Human Resources, where she immersed herself in the work of human resources management professionals in complex workplace environments.

When she is not at the office, Kai Ying enjoys fiction and Canadian poetry, travel, and hunting for antique and vintage treasures.