Machado Law Professional Corporation

About Machado Law Professional Corporation

Machado Law Professional Corporation is a solo practice run by Pamela Machado from an office in Burlington. Machado earned an honours degree in political science, legal studies, and criminology from the University of Waterloo, then a law degree from Dalhousie Law School, and was called to the Bar of Ontario in June 2009. Machado's early career was at a Cambridge, Ontario firm handling criminal law, civil litigation, and estate matters, work that included representing police associations in Police Services Act cases and Special Investigations Unit matters. In 2012, Machado moved in house as counsel to the York Regional Police Association, focusing on police labour law and negotiating two rounds of collective bargaining agreements before arbitration boards, human rights tribunals, and disciplinary bodies.

The firm now represents police associations and individual uniform and civilian members across Ontario. Its work spans police discipline under the Community Safety and Policing Act, human rights complaints, criminal defence tied to an officer's duties, and grievances and collective bargaining for police associations. Machado has taken part in well over 100 interviews with the Special Investigations Unit, and the firm also drafts wills, powers of attorney, and advance care directives, and handles WSIB claims.