About Deborah
Deborah Ikede is an associate at MBBM Lawyers LLP, specializing in commercial and insurance litigation, including accident benefits claims, contract disputes, occupiers' liability and slip and fall matters, and commercial general liability files. She earned an Honours B.Sc. in Psychology from Dalhousie University in 2007 and a J.D. from the University of Ottawa in 2011, and during law school she won the Elizabeth Fry Social Justice Interest Award and was elected president of the Ontario Black Law Students Association. After being called to the Ontario Bar in 2013, she joined a Toronto litigation firm where she built experience in accident benefits and tort claims, and she has appeared before the Financial Services Commission of Ontario, the Ontario Court of Justice, and the Superior Court of Justice. Before joining MBBM, she served as in-house counsel for an environmental company and worked with the Indigenous Litigation Practice Group of an Alberta litigation firm.
Education & credentials
- Law school
- University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
- Undergraduate
- Honours B.Sc., Psychology, Dalhousie University, 2007
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