LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Represent clients in complex workplace disputes, including wrongful dismissal, constructive dismissal, and human rights complaints, achieving favourable outcomes through negotiation, mediation, and litigation before tribunals and courts, including the HRTO, OLRB, and Superior Court of Justice.
Advise employers on compliance with Ontario and federal employment standards, workplace policies, labour relations, and accommodation obligations under the Human Rights Code and related legislation.
Draft and reviewed employment contracts, collective agreements, termination packages, workplace policies, and investigation reports to mitigate legal risk and improve labour and employment practices.

DLA Piper, Toronto, ON

2022-2024

Practice Areas: Employment, Labour & Human Rights; Dispute Resolution, Litigation & Investigations
Advised human resources personnel on creating regulatory compliant work-place environments, and mediated employee-employer disputes by creating equitable and inclusive accommodations.
Performed research, drafted legal memoranda, gathered evidence, and acted for clients in mediations, arbitrations, and Superior Court actions regarding employment and labour, intellectual property, and commercial litigation matters.
Acted on matters and performed legal research for equity-seeking businesses and legal clinics on a pro bono basis.

Centre for Research Action on Race Relations, Montréal, QC

Fall 2022

Managed client intake, provided information on racial discrimination in employment and housing.
Prepared research memos, motions, affidavits, developed legal strategy, and identified legal remedies.

Gimbal Canada Legal Innovation, Montréal, QC

2021-2022

Designed client-specific data gathering tools, such as surveys and questionnaires, for bias audit and process improvement.
Instituted and constructed DE&I-specific assessments and evaluation tools for existing and prospective clients.

McGill Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism, Montréal, QC

2019 – 2021

Conducted research and created concept notes on multiculturalism, academic freedom, and democratic renewal.
Created and edited publications, such as academic articles and annual reports, and created media for public consumption.

Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership, Calgary, AB

2009-2011

Performed policy and legal research on human rights, religious freedom, economic inequality, and business ethics.
Lead researcher on Calgary-wide report that examined the impact of the economic downturn on equity-seeking groups.