Taylor Lanthier

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Taylor Lanthier is a member of Miller Thomson’s Advocacy Group, focusing on general commercial litigation, environmental and Aboriginal law. She maintains a diverse litigation practice and has appeared before the British Columbia Provincial and Supreme Courts. Taylor is dedicated to providing reliable, results-driven legal services with a focus on integrity, client advocacy, and empowerment. Her goal is to deliver practical solutions tailored to her clients’ unique legal needs.

During law school, Taylor was an active member of the community. At Allard Law, Taylor was involved as the Secretary for the Indigenous Law Students’ Association (ILSA), a Student Ambassador and Legal Buddy, a first-year mentor to Indigenous law students, and a Student Clinician and Clinic Head at the Marpole Clinic with the Law Students’ Legal Advice Program. Taylor also completed a semester as a Judicial Intern at Vancouver Provincial Court where she worked alongside Provincial Court Judges in a clerkship-like capacity and had the opportunity to attend and assist with Circuit Court in two rural Northern BC Communities. Prior to law school, Taylor was an Elected Student Representative on KPU’s Board of Governors and Board Governance Committee and she also volunteered at Burnaby Youth Custody Services.

During her time as an articling student, Taylor gained valuable insight into drafting legal documents, conducting legal research and developing her litigation practice. Prior to joining Miller Thomson, Taylor was a summer student in 2021 at a criminal defence firm, where she gained valuable advocacy experience. Taylor joined Miller Thomson as a summer student in 2022 and concluded her articles with the firm in 2024. Taylor obtained her Juris Doctor degree from the University of British Columbia’s Peter A. Allard School of Law (“Allard Law”) with a specialization in Indigenous Legal Studies and she obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Criminology with distinction from Kwantlen Polytechnic University (“KPU”), where she was the Valediction for the 2020 Convocation Ceremony.Taylor is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, Law Society of British Columbia, and Trial Lawyers Association of BC. Taylor has received various awards and scholarships for her educational achievements, she has received the Harold F. and Anne Bedner Uphill Scholarship in Law in 2020, 2021, and 2022, the Boyd Ferris Memorial Prize in Advocacy in 2021, the GERVIN Métis Award for Distinguished Advocacy and Leadership in 2021, the Kwantlen Polytechnic University President’s Outstanding Graduate Award in 2020, an Academic Achievement Award in 2020, a Social Justice Award in 2020, an Indigenous Justice Award in 2020, and the Paladin Security Criminology Award of Excellence in 2019. She was also nominated for Surrey’s Top 25 under 25 in 2020.