Agha practices workers’ compensation law at RavenLaw LLP’s Toronto office, representing workers at the WSIB and WSIAT. Prior to joining the firm, Agha articled and worked at the WSIAT’s Tribunal Counsel Office, where he developed extensive experience in complex workers’ compensation appeals and advised the WSIAT on legal issues surrounding public-sector labour relations, human rights litigation, and technology/AI governance.

Agha holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts in sociocultural anthropology from the University of Toronto and a Juris Doctor from Dalhousie University. While in law school, he was an active member of the Halifax Workers’ Action Centre.

Outside of work, Agha’s current rotation of hobbies includes photography, watching movies, practicing heavy metal guitar and seeing live music of many genres, playing video games, and hanging out with his cat. Agha is fluent in French as well.

Sydney Sloane (she/her) is an articling student based in the firm’s Ottawa office.

Sydney’s passion for advocacy has taken many forms over the years. During her undergraduate degree, she honed her skills through extracurriculars like Model UN, on-campus roles with the Student Justice Centre and students’ union, or academic pursuits such as her honours thesis on female athlete activism and her internship with a progressive MPP.

Sydney moved to Ottawa in 2023 to take her commitment to social justice advocacy further through the University of Ottawa’s Juris Doctor program. While in law school, Sydney helped coordinate the Ottawa Pro Bono Employment Law Legal Clinic, was a Social Justice Fellow with Level Justice, researched disability accommodations with The Ottawa Hospital, and worked on interventions at ONCA and the SCC with the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic. She also mooted all three years of law school and has won awards for both her written and oral advocacy skills. Sydney was grateful to work at RavenLaw as a Summer Student in 2025 and had the immense privilege of learning from the team at the Human Rights Legal Support Centre during her secondment.

Sydney graduated cum laude in 2026 and is thrilled rejoin the firm as an articling student. Outside of law, Sydney enjoys trying to perfect her matcha latte ratios, trivia nights with her friends, and watching women’s rugby.

Gérick Girard is a bilingual articling student based in the firm’s Ottawa office. Prior to joining, Gérick worked as a criminal law caseworker at the University of Ottawa Community Legal Clinic, appearing before the Ontario Court of Justice. He also worked as a research intern with the Equality Law Clinic and as a policy analyst for the federal Labour Program. During his secondment as a summer student at RavenLaw, Gérick worked with Horizon Ottawa.

Gérick holds a J.D. and an LL.L. from the University of Ottawa, where he graduated summa cum laude in 2026 and received academic awards related to research, writing and advocacy. During law school, Gérick worked as a Teacher’s Assistant for Public Law and Property Law classes and as a research assistant for multiple professors. Gérick also participated as an editor for law reviews and was part of the University of Ottawa’s Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Law moot team.

Gérick will be serving as law clerk to the Honorable Justice Negar Azmudeh at the Federal Court in 2027. In his free time, Gérick enjoys watching films and reading books of all flavours.

Dara Gagic is an articling student based in the firm’s Ottawa office. She received her law degree from the University of Ottawa’s combined political science and common law program. She is fluent in French, English, and Serbo-Croatian.

Prior to joining the firm, Dara gained experience as a Research Assistant for the Supreme Court of Canada. She also developed expertise in immigration and criminal law, working as both a summer student and a case manager for firms in Ottawa and Montreal. Most recently, she had the privilege of working with RavenLaw during the summer of 2025, which included a valuable secondment at the Hawkesbury Legal Clinic.

In her spare time, Dara loves playing just about any sport with a net in the middle. However, her absolute favorite pastime is gathering with friends and family around good music and great food.