Ricki T. Johnston

Ricki Johnston is a partner in Gowling WLG's Calgary office, practicing in the areas of corporate commercial litigation and professional liability defence. She is the head of the Calgary Commercial Litigation Group and the Calgary lead for the national Commercial Litigation Group.

Ricki has experience in various advocacy areas, including class actions and for corporate commercial clients in dispute matters involving oil and gas facilities, environmental contamination, real estate, securities, construction, and product liability. Her dispute resolution experience extends to litigation, private mediation and both domestic and international arbitrations.

She has appeared in the Alberta Court of Justice, the Court of King's Bench of Alberta, and the Court of Appeal of Alberta. Ricki was also a member of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for a number of years, issuing numerous written and oral decisions in human rights complaints and acting as mediator in evaluative mediations.

In 2023, Ricki became an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She was ranked by Chambers Canada for Litigation General Commercial in 2024 and has been ranked in Legal 500 since 2022.