Deanna Burmmitt, investigator and lawyer

Deanna Brummitt

Barrister & Solicitor

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Staff lawyer for the Office of the Integrity Commissioner for the City of Vancouver (2022 to 2025) and for the Office of the Integrity Commissioner for the Vancouver Park Board (2023 to 2025)

Staff lawyer for the British Columbia Nurses’ Union Ethics Office (2024 to 2025)

Deputy registrar for the Independent Respectful Workplace Office for the Legislative Assembly (2023 to present)

Deanna Brummitt (she/her) is an investigator with significant experience as a labour and employment lawyer and negotiator. She is committed to conducting fair, thorough, and impartial workplace investigations, and utilizes a compassionate approach to understanding and resolving complex workplace issues.

Before joining Hawkins Lang & Price, Deanna worked at a workplace investigation firm and practised as a labour and employment lawyer in the public sector. Earlier in her career, she practised civil litigation at a large national law firm.

  • Investigator & Workplace Assessor

    Deanna conducts workplace investigations and assessments across the public and private sectors and has extensive experience working in unionized environments involving complex, multi-stakeholder relationships. Part of her practice is focused on investigating elected officials both in government and in labour unions.

    Governance & Organizational Support

    Deanna advises organizations on respectful workplace policies, complaint processes, and procedures, and works with boards and elected officials to support good governance, including the development and application of codes of conduct. She is also an experienced trainer, providing training to employees as well as elected boards in these areas.

  • After law school, Deanna practiced civil litigation at a national law firm for three years before transitioning to in-house roles in the healthcare sector where she spent eight years practicing labour and employment law. Deanna moved into neutral, third-party workplace investigation work as her sole area of practice in 2022.

    • Called to the Bar in British Columbia (2011)

    • Bachelor of Laws (JD), Queen’s University (2010)

    • Presenter of “Investigating Elected Officials,” Workplace Investigations in Canada Conference (2025)

    • Presenter of “Credibility Assessments: Beyond Faryna and Chorny,” Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch Workplace Investigations Section Meeting (2024)

    • Presenter of “Ethics & Leadership: The Political/Administrative Interface,” Government Finance Officers Association of British Columbia Workshop (2023)