Richards Advocacy

About Richards Advocacy

Richards Advocacy is a Toronto law firm working from an office at 3 Church Street in the city's downtown core. The firm groups its work into four areas: advisory services for institutions managing risk and conduct policy, external workplace investigations, civil and commercial litigation, and a Regulated Health practice that represents professionals before their Colleges. Its clients include non-profit organizations, universities, camp operators, and insurers, and its investigative and litigation work reaches clients in Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia; it isn't limited to the Toronto area.

Founder and managing partner Ashley Richards has practiced litigation and advocacy for 20 years and has appeared at every level of court in Ontario as well as the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal. Two of the firm's partners sit on the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner's roster of independent investigators, and Ivana Bozinovic has completed certificate training with the Association of Workplace Investigators, applying a trauma-informed approach to each file. The Regulated Health group is led by a partner with more than a decade of health law experience, representing nurses, physicians, pharmacists, dentists, and other regulated professionals in College complaints, investigations, and discipline hearings.