Overview
Amanda is building a broad commercial litigation practice that seeks to advance individual client needs. She is particularly interested in privacy and cybersecurity and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/C).
Amanda advises clients on a broad range of litigation matters, and as part of Miller Thomson’s national Cybersecurity and Privacy team, she assists clients on privacy issues, data breach/cyber incident response, and implementation of privacy programs.
Professional achievements & leadership
- Research Fellow, Citizen Lab, 2021 & 2022
- Bench Clerk, Grand Moot, 2020-2021
- Senior Editor, Journal of Law and Equality, 2020-2021
- Events Director, Peer Mentorship Program, 2019-2020
- Equity Officer, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, 2019-2020
- Associate Editor, University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review, 2018-2019
Thought leadership
- Co-author, "Privacy Commissioners call on Health Industry to phase out use of traditional fax and unencrypted email in shift to digital healthcare," Health Communiqué, October 31, 2022
- Author, “Minding Your Business: A Critical Analysis of the Collection of De-identified Mobility Data and Its Use Under Socially Beneficial and Legitimate Business Exemptions in Canadian Privacy Law,” Citizen Lab Research Report No. 161, University of Toronto, September 2021
- Author, “Pandemic Privacy: A preliminary analysis of collection technologies, data collection laws, and legislative reform during COVID-19,” Citizen Lab Research Report No. 144, University of Toronto, September 2021
Community involvement
- Justice Education Fellow, Ontario Justice Education Network, 2019-2020
- Mentor, Peer Mentorship Program, 2019-2021
- Immigration Law Student, Pro Bono Students Canada, 2018-2019
- SOGI Country Conditions Working Group, International Human Rights Program, 2018-2019
Professional memberships
- Ontario Bar Association
- Canadian Bar Association
- Group of Racialized Ontario Women Litigators
- South Asian Bar Association
Bar admissions & education
- Ontario, 2022
- IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional, Canada (CIPP/C), 2023
- J.D., University of Toronto Faculty of Law, 2021
- B.A. (Hons.), University of Toronto (Trinity College), 2018
