Courtney is a partner with Sullivan Festeryga LLP. She completed her articles with the firm and was hired as an associate in 2015. She joined the partnership in 2026. She divides her practice between Insurance Defence Litigation and Criminal Defence Law. She is a creative and passionate advocate who enjoys being on her feet in the courtroom. She has appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice, the Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) and the Ontario Review Board.

A proud alumnus of McMaster University, Courtney graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. Hons. in Philosophy and Religious Studies and an M.A. in Philosophy, with a specialty in Philosophy of Law. Her graduate research was funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program. She holds an LL.B. and a B.C.L. from McGill University in Montreal, where she worked as a research assistant in the Faculty of Law and as a teaching assistant in the Department of Philosophy.

Courtney is currently the Vice President of the Hamilton Lawyers’ Club and has been on the board of directors since 2020. She is also member of the Hamilton Law Association, the Hamilton Criminal Lawyers’ Association, the Criminal Lawyers’ Association (Ontario) and Canadian Defence Lawyers.

Education

• B.C.L./LL.B., McGill University, 2014

• M.A., Philosophy, McMaster University, 2009

• B.A. (Hons), Philosophy and Religious Studies, McMaster University, 2007

Memberships

• Hamilton Law Association

• Hamilton Lawyers’ Club

• Hamilton Criminal Lawyers’ Association

• Criminal Lawyers’ Association

• Canadian Defence Lawyers