Dedicated to pursuing clients' interests in court, through formal alternative dispute resolution, and through informal negotiation. Litigation practice with experience in employment claims, human rights matters, professional liability, personal injury, property loss, public law, habeas corpus, and immigration and refugee matters. Employment law experience representing both employers and employees in litigation, as well as encouraging risk management by drafting employment contracts, office manuals, policies, and other related documents. Excited to work with employer clients to foster prosperity and employee satisfaction and retention through shared goals of legal compliance, clear expectations, and fair practices.Commitment to team success realized through training and supervising assistants, paralegals, clerks, and students. Strong community and social services ties developed over nearly a decade leading participants as a group Fitness Instructor at City recreational facilities, and acting as a mentor and teacher in various capacities. Experience advocating for clients before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Small Claims Court, Landlord and Tenant Board, Human Rights Tribunal, LAT, the Law Society of Ontario's disciplinary process, and other administrative bodies, and in the Turks and Caicos before the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, and Labour Tribunal. Practice reach across southern Ontario, Turks and Caicos Islands and greater Caribbean.
Listed skills include Civil Litigation, Legal Writing, Legal Research, Litigation, and 9 others.
