Karey Brooks, JFK Law Corporation
Karey Brooks is an emerging leader of Canada’s litigation
and Aboriginal law Bar, and has acted on many landmark
Aboriginal cases. She acted as co-counsel in the trial and
appeal of Grassy Narrows. She then acted independently for
an intervener at the Supreme Court of Canada, dealing
with the federal government’s role in implementing
treaties. She has written and spoken extensively about
First Nations’ rights to clean water and advanced a
claim to achieve treaty rights to education. Karey also
acted as Associate Commission Counsel for the Missing
Women Commission of Inquiry 2010‒2012, a 93-day
hearing into the worst mass murder in Canadian history.
She did countless hours of pro bono work in the TWU
proceedings and currently serves on the WAVAW Rape
Crisis Centre board.
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