Since 2018, I have worked as a legal content writer for STEP Canada on Law of Trusts course and volunteered on STEP Canada Education Committee and in the Master of Forensic Accounting course at University of Toronto Mississauga. I have been an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School for Trusts, Estate Planning, and Wills and Estates.
Until 2018, I was Senior Advisory Counsel at Royal Bank of Canada (senior legal specialist role within RBC Law). I provided legal advice to RBC companies for: registered plans; estate administration, (domestic and foreign), release of estate assets and collection of debt owed by the deceased; specific legal requirements related to new technology; succession issues including distribution of assets (such as through trusts, beneficiary designations, joint ownership, and court proceedings); elder law including reduction of financial abuse. I worked closely on policy development and input to law reform with Compliance, Regulatory Affairs, and Tax both internally and in conjunction with industry stakeholders.
Prior to RBC Law, I was in private practice in Mississauga with a focus on incapacity and estate planning and administration.
Throughout my career, I have been passionate about championing the concerns of seniors and vulnerable Canadians including reduction of financial abuse, development of financial products, and reform of federal and provincial laws to better meet their needs.