Representative Matters

  • Awada v Glaeser, 2017 ONSC 1094 (CanLII)
  • Ennis v. Drain-All Ltd., 2013 HRTO 1913 (CanLII)
  • Donald Osmun v. ING Engineering Inc. and Director of Employment Standards, 2013 CanLII 23884 (ON LRB) – 2013-04-26
  • Green, Kenneth v. Greensmere Golf & Country Club et al, September 28, 2012 (Motion for Leave to Appeal Refused – ONCA M41400)
  • Osmun v. ING Engineering Inc., 2012 HRTO 1663 (CanLII) – 2012-09-04
  • Green v. Green, 2012 ONSC 1099 (CanLII) — 2012-03-12
  • Benazzouz et al c. C.E.P.E.O., 2010 ONSC 49 (CanLII) — 2010-01-14
  • Wang v. Wu, 2009 CanLII 54764 (ON SC) — 2009-10-09
  • Filanovsky v. Filanovsky, 2009 CanLII 27822 (ON SC) — 2009-06-01
  • Al-Ebadi v. Zahran, 2009 CanLII 10985 (ON SC) — 2009-03-13
  • Filanovsky v. Filanovsky, 2009 CanLII 9457 (ON SC) — 2009-01-20
  • The Adult Entertainment Association of Canada v. Ottawa (City), 2007 ONCA 389 (CanLII) — 2007-05-24
  • Bettencourt v. Ottawa (City), 2005 CanLII 32929 (ON SC) — 2005-09-14

Speaking Engagements

Settlement Tips, Tricks and Pitfalls

June 18, 2020

Back to Basics: Rules of Evidence in Employment Trials and Arbitrations

June 10, 2020

Challenging Accommodation Requests: Exploring Recent Trends and Unusual Cases

June 9, 2020

"Like" #whatwasIthinking: Social Media's Growing Role in Litigation The Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario 28th Annual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario

May 4, 2018

Medical Marijuana in the Workplace Infonex – Managing Your Duty to Accommodate: Mitigating the Increasing Expense to Organizations for Failing to Accommodate Employees, Ottawa, Ontario

March 28, 2018

6 Minute Employment Lawyer Duty to Accommodate, Ottawa, Ontario

September 21, 2017

Share Purchase and Asset Purchase Transactions: Employment and Labour Considerations CACE Future Leaders Conference, Montréal, Québec

May 6, 2017

Up in Smoke: Medical Marijuana in the Workplace Infonex Duty to Accommodate Conference, Ottawa, Ontario

March 29, 2017

20 Hot Cases Every Corporate Counsel Should Know Speaker, Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)

November 7, 2013

Employees vs. Independent Contractors – The "New" Golden Rule of Employer-Worker Relations Speaker, McMillan's Annual Employment and Labour Seminar, Toronto, Ontario

October 22, 2013

Random Alcohol and Drug Testing in the Workplace Presenter, The Six-Minute Employment Lawyer 2013

September 19, 2013

Employees Gone Wild – Off-Duty Conduct and Employee Discipline McMillan Annual Employment and Labour Seminar

October 23, 2012

The Construction Lien Act Ottawa Construction Association Fall Seminar, Ottawa, Ontario

October 22, 2010

Corporate Social Responsibility in the University Context and its Legal Implications Council of Ontario University Secretaries (COUS) Conference, University of Guelph-Humber

February 18, 2010

Judicial Consideration - Educational Malpractice: An Update 2009 Canadian Association of University Solicitors (CAUS) Conference, St. John's, Newfoundland

October 1, 2009

Contester la validité d'un règlement municipal : une défaite inévitable? 28 e Congrès annuel de l'Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario (AJEFO) : les arts, la culture et la ville, Ottawa, Ontario

June 2007

Academic Misconduct: Recent Trends Canadian Association of University Solicitors Conference, Kingston, Ontario

September 2006
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Media Mentions

SCC ruling will impact on business asset purchasers – Focus on commercial & Corporate Law“, Law Times, February 25, 2019

The Changing Face of Legal Leadership in Ottawa – Ottawa HR Update“, Ottawa Business Journal, November 6, 2017

2017 Ottawa Best Offices: McMillan LLP’s Ottawa office blends form and function“, Ottawa Business Journal, October 2017

“Avoiding the pitfalls of white-collar overtime” by Elizabeth Howell, Ottawa HR, page 8-9, June 23, 2014


Rankings & Recognition

  • McMillan Leadership and Mentoring Award 2012

Community Involvement

  • United Way
  • Lawyers Feed the Hungry
  • Lawyers for Kids Charity Hockey Tournament – YMCA-YWCA of the National Capital Region

Directorships & Affiliations

  • Law Society of Upper Canada
  • Canadian Bar Association / Ontario Bar Association
  • County of Carleton Law Association (CCLA)
  • Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario (AJEFO)
  • Board Member, Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers (CACE)
  • Chair, County of Carleton Law Association (CCLA) Awards Committee

Education & Admissions

2003
Called to the Ontario bar
2002
LLB (Common Law français)University of Ottawa
1999
B.Soc.Sc. (Honours) University of Ottawa

Publications