Kai Ying Chieh

Kai Ying is a lawyer at Overholt Law LLP and practices in all of the firm’s practice areas including labour relations, employment, human rights, occupational health and safety, and privacy law.

Kai Ying values a thoughtful, well-reasoned, and client-focussed approach to the practice of law. Since joining the firm in 2018, Kai Ying has advised a diverse range of clients on matters including employment contracts, severance packages and restrictive covenants, workplace policies, workers’ compensation reviews, and human rights claims. Kai Ying has experience with workplace litigation and has been involved in proceedings before mediators and arbitrators, the Human Rights Tribunal, the Labour Relations Board, and the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

Prior to joining the firm, Kai Ying attended the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia for her law degree. While at law school, Kai Ying volunteered with the Law Students’ Legal Advice Program and with the Migrant Workers’ Centre (formerly the West Coast Domestic Workers’ Association), and summered and worked in-house at UBC Human Resources, where she gained considerable experience with labour and employment issues core to our work at Overholt Law LLP. She was also extensively involved with the UBC Law Review throughout law school, serving on the Board of Directors as the Editor-in-Chief (Editorial) in her final year.

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

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Bar Admissions

British Columbia, 2019

Education

University of British Columbia, Peter A. Allard School of Law
- J.D., Social Justice Specialization – 2018
University of British Columbia
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English Literature – 2014
- Minor in Linguistics

Honours and Awards

Patrons of the UBC Law Review Award, 2018
Arthur Close, QC Prize in Advanced Legal Research, 2017
Hon. Thomas A Dohm, QC Prize in Immigration Law, 2017
David Roberts Prize in Legal Writing, 2016

Professional Memberships

Law Society of British Columbia
Canadian Bar Association of BC
Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers

Practice Areas

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