Candace Nguyen (she/her) is a lawyer based in the firm’s Toronto office. Before joining the firm, Candace worked as a Housing Caseworker at Parkdale Community Legal Services, appearing before the Landlord and Tenant Board. Candace is passionate about community development, workers’ rights, and the right to housing.
Candace received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto in International Development where she received the Global Development Studies Award. She holds a Juris Doctor from Osgoode Hall Law School.
Candace enjoys reading, playing board games with her friends and family, and learning new things.
Kim Patenaude graduated from the French Program of the Common Law Section of the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law. She is fluently bilingual, providing legal services in French and English in the areas of employment law, labour law, and human rights law.
Kim provides practical advice and representation to individual clients on issues such as wrongful dismissal, constructive dismissal, severance packages, employment contracts, non-compete clauses, long term disability benefit claims, WSIB/Workers’ compensation, discrimination, harassment, and accommodation.
Kim has acted in matters before federal and provincial courts, boards, tribunals, and arbitrators on behalf of public and private sector unions, and employees.
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Andrew Raven has over 40 years experience in all aspects of labour relations, human rights, and employment law. He has a widely acknowledged expertise in cases involving wage rate discrimination and pay equity. Andrew is passionate about the firm’s quality of work and commitment to clients since its inception in 1992. He is grateful for the opportunity to work closely with Canadian unions and employees in all facets of labour relations and employment law in Canada.
Andrew has presented cases in courts across the country, including the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal. He has had the good fortune to appear frequently before the Supreme Court of Canada in leading cases involving the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Human Rights Law, Labour Relations Law and Privacy Law. In 1995, Andrew was appointed by the Supreme Court of Canada to appear as amicus curiae in a leading human rights case involving mandatory retirement. In addition, Andrew appears regularly before both federal and provincial labour relations boards, human rights tribunals, and occupational health and safety decision-makers.
Andrew has a variety of interests outside of the practice of law including a passion for live music and a lifetime commitment to health and fitness. He has played ice hockey his entire adult life – including professionally in Europe for two years. He continues to skate and ski.
Zachary Rodgers practices in the areas of labour and employment law, human rights, disability benefits and administrative law. Zach joined Raven Law in 2018 as a summer student and completed his articles with the firm. He advises clients on wrongful dismissals, severance packages, disability benefits and discrimination. He also represents unions and their members in labour arbitrations.
Prior to attending law school, Zach worked on several progressive political campaigns. He continued to develop his interest in social justice advocacy through law school, working for a community legal clinic serving underserved individuals with family and civil law matters, assisting refugees to assert their claims with Winnipeg’s Welcome Place, and serving as the Editor of the Canadian Journal of Human Rights. Zach also completed a clerkship placement with the Manitoba Court of Appeal.
When not representing workers, Zach enjoys cycling and making music.
Anna Rotman is passionate about workers’ rights. She practices in the fields of labour, employment, and human rights law.
Anna practices Ontario and Québec law and is committed to furthering the rights of workers in both provinces. She represents unions and their members before labour and arbitration boards and advises individual clients on wrongful dismissals, disability claims, and human rights complaints.
Morgan Rowe practices in the areas of labour and employment, human rights, and constitutional and administrative law. Morgan regularly represents unions in grievance arbitrations, before labour boards, and in court proceedings across the country. She also represents individuals and employees in court, as well as before tribunals like the Social Security Tribunal, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal.
Morgan is a passionate advocate for disability rights and has volunteered with a number of community organizations providing services for and advocating on behalf of individual with disabilities, including Citizen Advocacy of Ottawa, the Ottawa District Injured Workers Group, and REACH Canada. In 2014, Morgan co-authored a book, titled Exploring Disability Identity and Disability Rights through Narratives: Finding a Voice of Their Own, which explores the stories of individuals with disabilities as they navigate barriers in Canadian society.
In addition to her advocacy work, Morgan is actively involved in community legal education and regularly gives presentations at conferences and in classrooms. She has taught as a Part-Time Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law, where she delivered the course on Disability Rights and Social Justice.
Morgan is a movie buff who dabbles in video editing in her spare time. She is an avid foodie, a long-time camper, and an amateur but enthusiastic gardener.
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Dayna Steinfeld started her legal career with RavenLaw in Ottawa, before returning home to Winnipeg to continue her legal practice. Dayna leads RavenLaw’s Winnipeg office and the firm’s Manitoba labour law practice. Working on behalf of unions and their members, Dayna provides advice and representation all areas of the law that touch unionized workplaces, including in the public sector, post-secondary education, construction, and healthcare. Her legal advocacy aims to advance the rights of workers in human rights proceedings, grievance arbitrations, labour board hearings, and through strategic assistance with organizing and bargaining. Dayna also regularly acts for professionals in proceedings before regulatory colleges.
After articling with the firm, Dayna worked as a law clerk for the Honourable Justice Marshall Rothstein at the Supreme Court of Canada.
Outside of the law, Dayna enjoys cooking, cycling, and spoiling her two dogs.
