Crystal McConkey

Crystal McConkey is an associate in Gowling WLG’s Ottawa office. Her practice focuses on municipal law and includes land use planning, infrastructure, development, expropriation, conservation authority matters, built heritage, property standards and real property matters relating to the development and subdivision of land. She also provides advice on aeronautics, Indigenous and environmental matters as they intersect with land use and development.

Crystal represents developers, land owners and various companies and organizations with interest in land, including not-for profit and charitable organizations. She regularly works with experts from a variety of fields including land use planning, real estate appraisal, surveying, heritage, architecture, business lost quantification, business valuation, archeology and engineering, including engineers with expertise in traffic, environmental matters and septic systems.

Crystal has appeared before many courts, committees, city councils and tribunals, including the Provincial Offences Court, the Ottawa Property Standards Committee and the Ontario Land Tribunal (formerly the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal and the Ontario Municipal Board).

Crystal considers herself a community builder. She developed her interest in municipal law through local volunteer work that led to the construction of a not-for-profit day care centre, giving her the opportunity to work through a complete development project from start to finish.