Who We Are

Karin Stein is a criminal defence lawyer in Ottawa and has been with Carroll & Wallace Barristers since her call to the bar of Ontario in 2005. Karin has worked on public inquiries, criminal and quasi-criminal cases and disciplinary matters. She has also appeared as counsel before all levels of courts in Ontario, including the Ontario Court of Justice, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Appeal.

Karin is a graduate of the University of Ottawa Common Law program and received a Masters in Criminology from the University of Ottawa. She is also a graduate of McGill University’s psychol​ogy program and received a graduate certificate in Criminology from the University of Toronto. Karin is a part-time professor at the University of Ottawa Common Law Faculty where she teaches Trial Advocacy and Appellate Advocacy.

Karin is the former President of the Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa, and a longtime member of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association and the County of Carleton Law Association.

Portia Larlee (she/her) is a graduate of the University of Ottawa Common Law program and was called to the Bar in June 2022. Before law school Portia worked as a social worker and has experience in community mental health and homelessnes prevention outreach. During law school Portia was a Ticket Defence Program student caseworker, a Prison Law clinic student caseworker, and a research assistant for the Indigenous Legal Traditions Committee. From 2019-2020 Portia was the Ticket Defence Program Student Coordinator and File Manager. Portia is excited to return to TDP as a member of the Board of Directors.

Tyler is an Ottawa-based lawyer who defends individuals and organizations charged with criminal and regulatory offences. He obtained his law degree from the University of New Brunswick and was called to the Ontario bar in 2009. Tyler has been a volunteer lawyer with the Ticket Defence Program since 2015. Outside his practice, he has also served on the boards of both the Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa and the Criminal Lawyers Association. He regularly assists with law student mentoring programs and has taught various courses in Criminal Law, Sentencing and Criminal Trial Advocacy at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa.

Denise Anne studied the western legal system inclusive Canadian laws and Indigenous traditions. The minaadendamowin respect in Indigenous governance reflects the need for healing in the criminal justice system. Reconciliation Advocate in the Ticket Defense Program facilitated the aboriginal urban issues. Her restorative justice approach offers public education, builds awareness on culture and promotes community-based solutions. She has unique lived experiences while engaged in local social justice initiatives that creates safe positive changes for the diverse population. She is a citizen Anishinaabe Nation, Ojibwe heritage, Garden River First Nation, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.

Erin has a long standing interest in social justice and access to justice. A graduate of McGill University’s joint law and social work program ( MSW/LL.B) and the University of Ottawa’s Master of Laws program, Erin has worked in the Ottawa community as a lawyer, social worker and volunteer. She has consistently demonstrated her commitment to supporting clients and defending the rights of those seeking equity. Her practice focuses in the areas of health law and wills and estates.

Erin has been a frequent guest lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa in the areas of health law and access to justice. Erin has been involved with the Access to Justice/ Ticket Defence Program course since 2015.

Pierre-Luc works as a jurist seeking to improve access to justice with a Montreal-based law office. He holds a civil law degree and a common law degree from the University of Ottawa. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 2017.

He joined TDP in 2018 as a volunteer licensee, while practicing criminal defence law. Pierre-Luc has represented individuals facing penal, criminal and professional disciplinary offences before various tribunals and boards, an experience that today nourishes his reflexions on the philosophical foundations of our criminal justice system.

Elizabeth is a lawyer at Carroll & Wallace Barristers in Ottawa. Elizabeth has been with Carroll & Wallace since 2008, first as a law student and then as a lawyer following her Call to the Bar in 2014. Elizabeth practises exclusively in the area of criminal defence and has appeared as counsel at all levels of court in Ontario. During her time at Carroll & Wallace, Elizabeth has worked on hundreds of different matters, including public inquiries, criminal charges, regulatory charges, disciplinary matters and quasi-criminal matters.

Elizabeth is a graduate of the University of Ottawa’s Juris Doctor program, as well as Carleton University’s Criminology program, where she graduated with High Honours and a Concentration in Law.

Elizabeth is a member of the Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa, the Criminal Lawyers’ Association and the Carleton County Law Association. Elizabeth is also licensed to practise law in Nunavut.

Professor Bouclin teaches broadly in the areas of social justice and conflict resolution. She holds a PhD from McGill University (Montreal), two interdisciplinary MAs and has been a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 2002. Suzanne Bouclin is highly regarded for her work in furthering social justice for marginalized people. In 2016, she was appointed to the Ontario Human Right’s Tribunal. In 2014, she re-launched the Ticket Defence Program as a community-campus partnership in the form of a free mobile legal clinic providing legal services to homeless people in Ottawa. She is also a member of the Observatory on Profiling, a bilingual, bi-juridical, and interdisciplinary hub for researchers documenting and observing profiling practices across Canada with the aim of contributing to public debate and policies around racial, social and political profiling.

Her research is situated at the crossroads of poverty law, film and media studies, and feminist theories. Suzanne Bouclin is the first legal scholar to receive the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation’s Early Researcher Award (2015-2020); she was also named the University of Ottawa’s Young Researcher of the Year (2015-2016); and was elected to the Global Young Academy (2016-2021).
Her current projects include the following: examining whether new communications technologies can help homeless people access law and justice; a collaboration with Professors Jena McGill, Amy Salyzyn and Teresa Scassa regarding the privacy issues around the use of mobile and web-based apps; and a close exploration of the cinematic representations of criminalized women. Professor Bouclin is also a member of University of Ottawa’s Centre for Law, Technology and Society.

Her career trajectory from practice to academia includes articling for a boutique constitutional litigation firm in Toronto and working with national non-profit organizations in the following capacities: Director of the Language Rights Program for the Court Challenges Program of Canada; Executive Director of the National Associations Active in Criminal Justice (NAACJ); and Research/Analyst with the National Association of Women in the Law (NAWL). Her volunteer work and community activism was recognized by her peers in 2014 with the Faculty of Law’s Community Service Award. She has been a member of the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund’s (LEAF) Legal Committee, as well as a board member of both the Canadian Law and Society Association (CLSA), and the Independent Film Collective of Ottawa. She is also currently a board member for the Canadian Film Institute and sits on the Canadian Journal of Poverty Law’s Editorial Committee.

Jon was called to the bar in 2014, and has been practicing solely criminal law since then at Bayne SellarErtel Carter. Jon has a Honors Degree in History and Film from Queen’s University, and a J.D. from Windsor Law. Jon has appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice, the Superior Court of Justice (including both jury and non-jury trials), and the Ontario Court of Appeal. Jon also represents clients in regulatory matters, such as Highway Traffic Act offences and By-law infractions, as well as appeals of such matters.

Michelle O’Doherty has been a supervising lawyer with the Ticket Defence Program since 2019. She practises criminal defence at the firm Bayne Sellar Ertel Carter, and has been since her call to the bar in 2012. She completed her law degree at the University of Ottawa where she graduated cum laude with a Juris Doctor in June 2011. Previously, she completed a Joint Honours in Political Science and History also at the University of Ottawa.

In her spare time, Ms. O’Doherty volunteers within the legal community and outside. Aside from volunteering with TDP, previously Ms. O’Doherty was on the executive of the Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa. She also regularly assists youth educational programs through the Ontario Justice Education Network. Ms. O’Doherty is also a Rotarian with the Rotary Club of Ottawa Metro and has volunteered for over 10 years with LiveWorkPlay, an organization that provides direct supports and services in the Ottawa area to deliver its mission: helping the community welcome and include people with intellectual disabilities, autistic persons, and individuals with a dual diagnosis to live, work, and play as valued citizens.

Maya Shukairy is a criminal defence lawyer and her firm is based in downtown Ottawa, Ontario.

Though she started her career in the Crown office, she chose to become a defence lawyer because she wants to help people who are facing criminal charges. This is because of her passion for human rights and standing against injustice.

She is extremely passionate about criminal law and she serves all of her clients with passion and dedication. She will do her best to fight for her clients’ rights. Maya is trilingual and offers her services in English, French and Arabic. She also accepts Legal Aid certificates.

It is because of her passion for helping other people that she decided to join the Ticket Defence Program and will be happy to serve clients who apply for this program with the same dedication she serves her clients who retain her.

More information to come.