Kelli Day

While legal matters can be unpredictable, my approach to billing is flexible and transparent. Whether you need a one-time legal opinion, litigation support on a limited scope basis, or comprehensive legal representation – I offer a wide range of fee structures tailored to your specific needs. We will work together to find a billing arrangement that aligns with your goals and your budget.

Please reach out to schedule a consultation and to learn more about how I can help.

About Kelli

Called to the Bar of Ontario in 2018, Kelli maintains a diverse commercial litigation practice. She regularly advises institutional and individual clients with respect to contract disputes, creditors’ rights, bankruptcies, consumer proposals, real estate disputes, and negligence matters. Kelli has appeared before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Court of Appeal for Ontario, Federal Court, Divisional Court, and Small Claims Court.

In addition to diligently advocating for her clients both in and outside of Court, Kelli is an active member of various professional organizations, including the County of Carleton Law Association (“CCLA”), where she has served as an elected member of the Board of Trustees since 2022. Kelli has also been very involved in Ottawa’s very own Advocacy Club since 2017 where she has regularly assisted in the organization of several seminars and events aimed at providing specialized advocacy training, networking opportunities, and mentorship to Ottawa’s articling students, paralegals, and junior lawyers.

In 2024, the CCLA and the Advocacy Club joined forces to create the New Legal Professionals and Advocacy Club Committee which will be continuing the tradition of hosting an annual conference, quarterly networking socials, and regular workshops specifically designed to support junior lawyers, paralegals, and students during the early stages of their careers and beyond. Kelli was centrally involved in facilitating the merger and currently serves as the Committee's Co-Chair.

Alongside a skilled and passionate team of Ottawa lawyers and law students, Kelli assisted in co-founding the Ottawa Pro Bono Employment Clinic in response to the job loss and other employment law issues flowing from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020. Since then, the Clinic has provided thousands of hours of pro bono legal services. With the support of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and the continued dedication of local volunteer lawyers, the Clinic operates each summer between June and August.

Outside of the world of law, Kelli splits her time between travelling to see her favourite bands, watching and playing hockey, and spending as much time as possible with her family.

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Professional & Community Involvement

EDUCATION & CALL TO THE BAR

Call to the Bar, Ontario (2018)
JD, University of Windsor (2017)
BA (Hons), Carleton University, Law & Legal Studies and Political Science (2014)

RECOGNITION

2025 – Regional Senior Justice Award, County of Carleton Law Association – awarded a lawyer in practice ten years or less who has made an outstanding contribution as litigator or as a solicitor within the profession through their excellence as a professional, as well as outside the profession by making an outstanding contribution to the community.
2023 – Emerging Leader Award, Federation of Ontario Law Associations – awarded to a recently-called licensee of the Law Society of Ontario who has demonstrated exceptional leadership and made exemplary contributions to their county or district law association.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

County of Carleton Law Association
- Board of Trustees (2022-Present)
- New Legal Professionals & Advocacy Club Committee, Co-Chair (2024-Present)
- New Lawyers and Articling Students Summit Committee (2020-2024)
Advocacy Club
- CPD Coordinator
- Social Committee
- Law School Outreach Coordinator
Ottawa Pro Bono Employment Law Clinic
- Vice President (April 2022-Present)
- Co-Founder and Volunteer Lawyer (May 2020-Present)
- Clinic Director (May-September 2020)

PUBLICATIONS, CONFERENCES, & SEMINARS

2025 – “Guide to Courtroom Etiquette”, CCLA New Legal Professionals & Advocacy Club Committee, Co-Moderator
2024 – "Advocacy Club Guide to Courtroom Etiquette", Co-Moderator
2024 – “Guide to Succeeding in a Law Firm", University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, Speaker
2023 – “Guide to Succeeding in a Law Firm", University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, Speaker
2023 – “Advocacy Club Guide to Business Development", Moderator
2023 – "Finding a Lawyer and Working with Your Lawyer", Reach & CNIB, Speaker
2023 – "Advocacy Club Guide to Courtroom Etiquette", Organizer
2022 – “Guide to Succeeding in a Law Firm", University of Ottawa Faculty of Law & Lakehead University Faculty of Law, Speaker
2021 – “Guide to Succeeding in a Law Firm", University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, Speaker
2021 – “Bankruptcy: Understanding the Process and Resources to Support Clients", Connecting Ottawa, Speaker
2020 – “Advanced Advocacy Club Training Session: Small Claims Court Settlement Conferences”, Moderator
2019 –"Dysfunctionality? Paradise? Where Do You Fall in the Spectrum", Canadian Condominium Institute, Speaker
2019 - "Six Under Six", County of Carleton Law Association's 39th Annual Civil Litigation Conference, Speaker
2019 – “Naming to Discover: Sataur v Starbucks, 2017 ONCA 1017”, 39th Annual Civil Litigation Conference: 2019 CanLIIDocs 3832, http://www.canlii.org/t/sqcw
2019 – “Condominium Culture Shock”, Condo Contact Magazine
2018 – “Advocacy Club Annual Retreat: Great Expectations”, Organizer & Moderator
2017 – “Taking Evidence Before Trial”, co-author with Rob De Toni, 37th Annual Civil Litigation Conference: 2017 CanLIIDocs 3821, http://www.canlii.org/t/srhn

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