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mwinch@casselsbrock.com

Telephone: 416 815 4365
Fax: 647 259 7968

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
2100 Scotia Plaza
40 King Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 3C2
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Melissa Winch

Melissa’s practice focuses on all areas of municipal, planning and environmental law, including tax assessment appeals. Prior to joining Cassels Brock as an associate, she was an articling student at the firm and was seconded to the criminal law offices of Greenspan Partners. During her secondment, Melissa had the opportunity to assist on a number of high-profile cases. Melissa also worked at the Ministry of the Attorney General, Crown Attorney’s office, where she prosecuted a variety of Provincial Offences.

Some of Melissa’s experience includes:

• Cases and appeals before many levels of court including Small Claims Court, Ontario Provincial Court, Ontario Superior Court and the Ontario Court of Appeal
• Assisting in preparing an Application for Leave to Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada
• Participating in preliminary inquiries, trials and set-date appearances
• Assisting with research and case preparation
• Matters before the Landlord and Tenant Board
• Drafting memorandum, pleadings and factums

While in law school, Melissa was a caseworker with the Community and Legal Aid Services Program and was also a teaching assistant for Property Law in the Academic Success Program. During this time, she was also the recipient of a number of awards, including the Law Society of Upper Canada award for outstanding achievement in legal studies.

Education

LL.B., University of Windsor, 2008
B.A. (Hons. with Distinction), Specialized Communications Studies, 2005

Call to the bar

Ontario, 2009

Associations

• Canadian Bar Association
• Ontario Bar Association
• Ontario Expropriation Association