Jonathan Odumeru (he/him) is the course director and instructor for the upper-year Lawyer as Negotiator (LAN) course, and has been a member of the LAN Teaching Team since 2019.
Jonathan is Senior Litigation Counsel at the TD Bank Group, where he co-leads TD’s Canadian Investigations practice, co-leads TD’s Human Rights Practice Group and manages significant litigation and investigation matters in both English and French. Prior to joining TD, Jonathan was a litigation associate at McCarthy Tetrault LLP, and completed his articles at a small firm. Jonathan is called to the Bar of Ontario and has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario, as well as the Supreme Court of Canada.
Jonathan is committed to fostering the next generation of legal professionals as an advocate and mentor in the 2SLGBT+ and Black legal communities.
Jonathan received his BSc from the University of Guelph in 2007, completed his JD at Osgoode in 2010. and received an LLM with Distinction in International and Comparative Commercial Law from the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) in 2011. He went on to receive a postgraduate diploma in International Development in 2021, and a Masters in Public Policy with Distinction from the London School of Economics in 2022, focused on Climate, Human Rights, and Development policy issues.
Jonathan is a 2024 Lexpert Rising Star award recipient.
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