PRESCOTT - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Member of the the Office of the Children

Originally from Montreal, Jodie grew up locally in the town of Long Sault and attended primary and secondary schools in Cornwall. She later obtained her undergraduate degree in social science (criminology), as well as her Licence in Civil Law (LL.L), cum laude, and Bachelor of Law (LL.B), cum laude, from the University of Ottawa. She returned to complete Masters in Law - Family Law (LL.M) at Osgoode Hall Law School. When called to the bar in 2004, Jodie was awarded the Civil Law prize and Trial Lawyers plaque for the highest mark attained by a student in the Civil Law barristers examination. Jodie articled in Ottawa and returned to Cornwall as an Assistant Crown Attorney for five years before joining the firm in 2010. Jodie is a panel member for the Office of the Children's lawyer and provides pro bono services through Luke's House, to assist victims of domestic violence living in remote areas with limited access to legal counsel.

Mallory graduated from North Dundas District High School and completed her Bachelor of Arts in Criminology at Carleton University and her Master of Arts in Security and Defence Management and Policy at the Royal Military College of Canada before beginning law school at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law in Thunder Bay. At Lakehead University, Mallory served as a research assistant to Professor Daniel Dylan and to Assistant Professor Phil Lorde in a variety of areas including commercial, intellectual property, and animal law. In her third year, she worked for the law school as a real estate law tutor. Mallory was called to the bar in 2023.