Professional Associations

In addition to her commitment to her clients, Mirilyn has contributed and continues to contribute to the practice of class actions in Ontario as well as to the practice of law generally

  • Board Member of the Ontario Bar Association Board of Directors, Chair of Professional Development, 2024-Present

  • Board Member of the Women’s Law Association of Ontario Board of Directors, Chair of Mentorship, 2024-Present

  • Member at Large of the Ontario Bar Association Class Actions Section Executive, 2025-Present

  • Chair of the Ontario Class Action Bench-Bar Liaison Committee, 2022

  • Moderator and speaker at the 14th Annual Class Action Colloquium, December 2022

  • Newsletter Editor of the Ontario Bar Association Class Actions Section Executive, 2016-2018, 2020-2022

  • Past Chair of the Ontario Bar Association Class Actions Section Executive, 2019-2020

  • Member of the Ontario Class Action Bench-Bar Liaison Committee, 2019-2021

  • Chair of the Ontario Bar Association Class Actions Section Executive, 2018-2019

  • Member of the Canadian Bar Association Civil Litigation Section Executive Committee, 2018-2019

  • Member of the Advocates’ Society - Class Actions Group, 2018-2019

  • Speaker at Advocates Society: Young Lawyers Division - Advocacy Primer: Professionalism in Motions, December 2021

  • Keynote Moderator at the 13th Annual Class Action Colloquium, December 2021

  • Speaker at Law Society of Ontario Class Actions: Update for Litigators 2021, January 2021

  • Speaker at the 12th Annual Class Action Colloquium, December 2020

  • Speaker at OBA Institute on Class Actions Costs, February 2019

  • Co-Chair of the 10th Annual Class Action Colloquium, December 2018

In the Media 

Recent win in Ontario Court of Appeal concerning class action opt-out rights quoted in Law Times re Johnson v. Ontario decision - 2022

Recent win in Ontario Court of Appeal concerning interlocutory vs final orders quoted in CanLII Connects re Johnson v. Ontario decision - 2021

Quoted in Canadian Lawyer Magazine on the vulnerability of Canadian businesses to class actions - 2020

Quoted in Law Times on the Blake v. Blake decision - 2019

Quoted in The Lawyers Daily on issues surrounding sustainable funding for Pro Bono - 2019

Quoted in Law Times on incumbent lawyer benchers - 2019

Quoted in The Lawyer’s Daily on Women mentors helping to smooth path to success in the law for colleagues - 2019