Andrew works to advance the law in areas that will benefit workers and vulnerable groups. He represents unions in the federal public sector and elsewhere and has extensive experience in judicial review and appellate litigation. Andrew has been involved in leading cases on the duty to accommodate family status, essential services, public service pension litigation, and the collective rights of workers under the Charter. Andrew also represented current and former members of the Canadian Armed Forces in a historic class action regarding sexual misconduct in the military, which resulted in a $900 million settlement. He has appeared before labour arbitrators, administrative tribunals, and all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada.
Andrew is a part-time professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa, where he teaches an advanced labour law seminar. He is regularly invited to speak at conferences on a range of legal issues. Andrew previously served as a law clerk for the Honourable Justice John Evans at the Federal Court of Appeal.
NOTABLE CASES
- Fraser v Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28 [represented intervener in landmark adverse impact discrimination case under section 15 of the Charter]
- Heyder v Canada (Attorney General), 2019 FC 1477 [settlement for current and former members of Canadian Armed Forces and employees of the Department of National Defence who experienced gender discrimination, sexual harassment, and sexual assault]
- McIlvenna v Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank), 2019 FC 1610 [ruling setting aside Canadian Human Rights Commission decision and directing the Commission to refer the complaint to the Tribunal]
- Public Service Alliance of Canada v Treasury Board (Department of Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FPSLREB 74 [the employer breached the collective agreement by failing to establish a “voluntary program” when it relocated the Vegreville immigration case processing centre to Edmonton]
- Saskatchewan Federation of Labour v Saskatchewan, 2015 SCC 4 [represented intervener in ruling recognizing a constitutional right to strike under section 2(d) of the Charter]
- Mounted Police Association of Ontario v Attorney General of Canada, 2015 SCC 1 [represented intervener in appeal recognizing that section 2(d) of the Charter requires independence and choice in selecting worker associations]
- Canada (Attorney General) v Johnstone, 2014 FCA 110; Fiona Ann Johnstone v Canada Border Service Agency, 2010 CHRT 20 [ruling confirming requirement that employers accommodate the family obligations of their employees]
- Telecommunications Employees Association of Manitoba Inc v Manitoba Telecom Services Inc, 2014 SCC 11 [ruling that $43 million surplus that existed when Manitoba Telecom Services was privatized belonged to workers]
- Public Service Alliance of Canada v Statistical Survey Operations, 2014 PSLRB 83 [preliminary decision that ultimately led to $45 million pay equity settlement for interviewers and senior interviewers at SSO]
- Public Service Alliance of Canada v. Canada Post Corporation, 2011 SCC 57 [$150 million pay equity ruling reinstating decision of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal]
Claire practices labour, employment, and public law in our Ottawa office. She received her B.C.L./L.L.B from McGill’s Faculty of Law, and her B.A. (Hons.) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a Davis Scholar.
Claire has provided representation to clients in a range of workplace contexts federally and provincially, including on the legal issues surrounding whistleblower legislation, novel human rights claims, and emerging issues in workplace privacy law. In recent years, she has provided representation at all levels of court. She currently teaches employment law as a part-time professor at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law.
As a former Judicial Law Clerk at the Federal Court of Canada, she also brings significant expertise to administrative law issues. Claire is an alumnus of the Parliamentary Internship Programme and takes an interest in questions of law and public policy. She is the author of a procedural textbook on the role of public interest interveners in courts across Canada, titled Intervening in Canadian Courts which received the Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing.
Claire brings to her practice experience working and volunteering with a range of advocacy organizations—locally and internationally—to advance issues of social justice. Claire speaks English, French, Spanish, and some mandarin Chinese.
Mikaela Cheslock practices in the areas of labour, employment, and human rights law in the firm’s Kingston office. Prior to joining the firm, Mikaela articled at a union-side labour law firm and worked for a prominent healthcare union.
Mikaela’s longstanding passion for advocacy and workers’ rights has led her to become involved with numerous advocacy groups over the years. Mikaela worked with the Sudbury Workers Education and Advocacy Centre to support low-wage, student, and injured workers through advocacy and education. Recognizing the need for stronger campus-based support, she founded the Laurentian University Student Workers Advocacy Group to empower student workers and equip them with the knowledge of their workplace rights. She also completed an internship with the South African Society for Labour Law – Pro Bono, where she assisted in representing workers before the Labour Court.
Outside of the office, Mikaela enjoys reading, spoiling her cat, and a good game of curling with friends.
Keagan Davis-Burns practices labour and employment law in our Kingston office.
Keagan assists clients throughout the employment relationship, from reviewing initial employment contracts, to advising on discrimination, harassment, accommodation and short- and long-term disability benefits, to negotiating wrongful dismissal settlements. Keagan has represented clients before the Ontario Small Claims Court, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, and the Ontario Labour Relations Board.
Keagan aims to use her time outside of the office to support the community that supported her growing up in Kingston. She sits on the YGK Healthcare Champions executive of the University Hospital Kingston Foundation, whose fundraising efforts supports local health organizations. Keagan also sits on the EDI Committee of the Prince Edward County Chamber of Commerce, is the Social Events Chair of the Frontenac Law Association, and is actively involved with the Ontario Bar Association and Pro-Bono Students Canada.
Outside of work, Keagan can be found at local restaurants and cafes and attempting to train her rescue Husky-mix.
Geoff Dunlop is an employment lawyer at RavenLaw’s Toronto office. He advises and represents employees in all areas of labour and employment law, including contract negotiations, wrongful dismissal/severance pay disputes, discrimination claims, and disability benefit claims. He also represents unions and their members in grievance arbitrations and before labour boards.
Geoff takes pride in helping people resolve complex workplace disputes efficiently and on fair terms. He has appeared before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Federal Court, and the Federal Court of Appeal, as well as labour relations and human rights tribunals at the Ontario and Federal levels. He has also represented clients at countless private mediations and arbitrations. In 2025, he became a member of the Nunavut bar.
Michael Fisher practices labour, human rights, employment, and administrative law. He exclusively represents trade unions and employees. He has appeared before arbitration and labour boards in the federal and provincial jurisdictions, as well as the federal courts and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Before joining Ravenlaw, Michael worked in the non-profit sector as a project coordinator, researcher, and policy analyst on indigenous rights issues, particularly in respect of the Métis of western Canada. He is from Saskatchewan.
WASSIM GARZOUZI maintains a national practice dedicated exclusively to the representation of unions. He does not, and will not, represent employers.
Wassim is the President of the Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers and previously sat on the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association‘s Board of Directors and Executive Committee.
He was a Part-Time Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law, teaching the advanced Labour Law course, in both the French and English programs. In this same role, Wassim led a successful organizing drive resulting in the unionization of hundreds of faculty members. He also taught Collective Agreements Arbitration at Queen’s University.
Wassim is the co-author of “Winning Cases at Grievance Arbitration, Second Edition“, the leading book on the law and practice pertaining to labour arbitration advocacy.
Outside of Labour, Wassim has no interests or hobbies.
