POWER LAW - Key Persons


Alex-Ann Rousseau


Alixe de Varennes


Ania Kolodziej

Job Titles:
  • Partner
Ania has a general litigation practice with particular experience in the areas of constitutional law, education law, and language rights.

Audrey Brun-Bellut

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant / Office Coordinator Vancouver

Audrey Mayrand

Job Titles:
  • Lawyer
Audrey focuses her practice on administrative, constitutional and Aboriginal law.

Carolina Maass


Caroline Etter

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director and Professional Partner
  • Nominee
Caroline has over 15 years of experience in the legal services field as a law clerk.

Caroline Magnan

Job Titles:
  • Counsel
Counsel to the firm, Caroline has a general practice focused on appellate litigation and legal drafting. Caroline is originally from Edmonton and Regina, and now lives in Calgary. Caroline is an associate professor and director of the pan Canadian French Common Law Program at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law. She is also a member of the consulting committee of Jurisource.ca, a pan Canadian database of legal terminology and resources, where she is responsible for making recommendations to the Board to improve content and awareness of the website. Before joining the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, Caroline worked as bilingual legal counsel for the Alberta Court of Appeal. In this position, she gained considerable experience in appeal matters. Caroline also previously worked as a tax lawyer in Calgary. Caroline served as law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada.

Chris Casimiro

Job Titles:
  • Lawyer

Darby O'Hara

Job Titles:
  • Lawyer
Darby practices civil litigation primarily in the area of public law. He is passionate about the opportunity that public law presents to advance social and economic justice.

Darius Bossé

Job Titles:
  • Lawyer

Emily Michelin


Etienne Madelein


Flore Gisèle Boni

Job Titles:
  • Statistical and Linguistic Data Analyst

François Larocque

Job Titles:
  • Counsel
  • Professor
François' practice and academic research interests include language rights, torts, human rights law, and international law (public and private). François is a full professor in the Common Law Section (French Program) of the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law. He also holds the Canadian Francophonie Research Chair in Language Rights.

Gabrielle St-Hilaire

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant for Professor

Giacomo Zucchi

Job Titles:
  • Lawyer
Giacomo brings his litigation experience to contribute to the firm's constitutional and administrative law practice.

Isabelle Côté

Job Titles:
  • Legal Assistant

Jennifer Klinck

Job Titles:
  • Partner, Law Corporation
Jennifer was an adjunct professor at UBC's Allard School of Law, where she taught Women, Law and Social Change.

Jonathan Laxer

Job Titles:
  • Lawyer

Joshua Nichols

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Joshua Sealy-Harrington

Job Titles:
  • Counsel
Joshua's teaching, research, and practice centre on marginalized communities, particularly racial, gender, and sexual minorities. In academia, he theorizes the complex relationships amongst law and identity, while in practice he explores the intersection of these relationships with public, constitutional, and criminal law. Joshua is passionate about translating the experience of minority groups into tangible legal claims and has litigation experience before all levels of court, including as lead counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada. Joshua Sealy Harrington received the University of Ottawa Common Law "Part-time Professor Excellence in Teaching Award" for the "Race, Racism and the Law" course he taught last summer

Juliette Vani

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer
  • Lawyer
Juliette's practice focuses on the appellate process. She is principally interested in public law, constitutional law, criminal law, Quebec procedural law, and rights protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Juliette is a lecturer at the University of Sherbrooke Law Faculty on appellate procedures.

Justice Beverley McLachlin

Job Titles:
  • Ehrenwerten Chief
  • Right Honourable Chief

Kristopher Gruber

Job Titles:
  • LG Philipps LCD Co

Lara Khoury

Job Titles:
  • Professor
She also worked as a research assistant for Professor Shauna Van Praagh and Professor Lara Khoury, providing support in drafting an English-language introductory textbook on Quebec civil law.

Madelaine Mackenzie

Job Titles:
  • Lawyer
Madelaine's practice focuses on complex constitutional matters. She has a particular interest in Aboriginal law, education law, and language rights.

Malorie Kanaan


Manon St-Denis

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Technician

Margaux Onillon

Job Titles:
  • Statistical and Geomatic Analyst

Mark Power

Job Titles:
  • Partner, Law Corporation
Mark concentrates his practice on litigation and dispute resolution in a number of public and private law fields. He takes his clients' challenges to heart, and offers a wide array of strategic and legal services, including in the area of government relations.

Maxine Vincelette

Job Titles:
  • Lawyer
Originally from greater Montreal, Maxine provides legal and strategic advice to educational institutions, including pre-school, "K-12", and postsecondary institutions, as well as not-for-profit organisations, across Canada. Maxine was a member of the team representing the University of Ottawa at the Jean-Pictet Moot Court Competition in international humanitarian law (2011), and at the Charles-Rousseau Moot Court in International Public Law (2012).

Millie Lefebvre

Job Titles:
  • Lawyer

Natasha Denault

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Assistant

Ornella Namahoro

Job Titles:
  • Ottawa Reception / Administrative Assistant

Perri Ravon

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Robert Grant

Job Titles:
  • Counsel

Robert Hamilton

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Ryan Beaton

Job Titles:
  • Lawyer
Previously law clerk to the Right Honourable Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin of the Supreme Court of Canada, Ryan's practice and his academic research are focused on Aboriginal rights and title, language rights, and constitutional law generally. Ryan war von 2014 bis 2015 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter bei der sehr Ehrenwerten Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin am Supreme Court of Canada. Seine Rechtspraxis und seine akademische Forschung konzentrieren sich auf die Rechte und Ansprüche der Ureinwohner, die Sprachrechte und das Verfassungsrecht.

S. Ronald Stevenson

Job Titles:
  • Counsel
  • Osgoode Professional Development, Crown Indigenous Negotiations

Sara-Marie Scott

Job Titles:
  • Lawyer

Shadie Bourget

Job Titles:
  • Paralegal

Sophie Gagné

Job Titles:
  • Lawyer

Tim Richards

Job Titles:
  • Professor