Menka Sull is a Partner and a member of the firm’s Construction + Engineering, Insurance, Administrative Law and Environmental Practices.
Menka’s practice is litigation-focused and includes a variety of areas of law, including contractual disputes, construction litigation, environmental contamination, occupiers’ liability claims, professional negligence, and disciplinary matters.
Within her professional liability practice, Menka specializes in representing the interests of engineers and lawyers in litigation arising out of professional activities. She regularly represents clients on complex and technical multi-party disputes involving error and omission claims and construction defects. Menka also has a large administrative law practice where she represents both professional regulators and members of regulated practices at discipline hearings and on judicial review.
Menka has represented clients before all levels of Court in British Columbia and before administrative tribunals. She is currently a member of the executive of the Appellate Advocacy Section of the Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch.
Menka chairs Alexander Holburn’s Women’s Forum, which focuses on the professional and personal advancement of the firm’s women lawyers. Menka was previously a member of its Diversity + Inclusion Committee. She is also active in student recruitment and hiring. Menka contributes to the firm’s Construction + Engineering blog and regularly presents professional development seminars for clients and other lawyers at the firm.
Menka is a graduate of the Allard School of Law at UBC. Prior to attending law school, Menka obtained a master’s degree in political science from UBC and worked as a research consultant on the resolution of Indian Residential Schools claims with the federal government for a number of years.