Lauren practices in the areas of Labour Law, Education Law and Professional Regulation. She also maintains a Benefits and Pension Law practice.
Lauren represents unions and their members in a variety of areas, including collective agreement, professional regulation and benefits matters. She regularly represents unions at grievance arbitrations, and unions and individual clients the Ontario College of Teachers, the College of Early Childhood Educators, and the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. As counsel she has also appeared in both trial and appellate level courts.
In her benefits practice, Lauren effectively and efficiently acts for clients in a range of matters, including providing advice concerning claims for disability benefits, representation in long-term disability insurance benefits litigation and appeals, and advice and representation in Canada Pension Plan Disability Benefits appeals. She also provides advice on pension matters for individuals, unions and Board of Trustees clients with respect to jointly sponsored, multi-employer and single-employer pension plans.
Lauren received her J.D. from the University of Ottawa. She summered and articled with the firm and was an associate prior to becoming a partner.
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