Angela is a litigator who focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, employment disputes, and class actions. She represents clients across a range of sectors, including health care, government, professional services, and a diverse range of private sector clients. She regularly appears before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, along with a broad array of administrative tribunals and arbitral bodies.
Prior to joining Mintz, Angela was an associate at a leading Canadian litigation boutique. In that role she handled a wide range of high-stakes matters, including complex fraud investigations and litigation, shareholder disputes, class actions, and both the defence and prosecution of professionals before regulatory bodies and in the Courts. She regularly appeared as counsel on contested motions, trials, and hearings, and acted for public bodies in complex litigation.
In law school, Angela received multiple awards for academic and community leadership, including the H. Carl Goldenberg Award in Labour Law and the University of Toronto Student Leadership Award (the Gordon Cressy Award). She also served as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law’s Journal of Law and Equality.
Angela is a litigator who focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, employment disputes, and class actions. She represents clients across a range of sectors, including health care, government, professional services, and a diverse range of private sector clients. She regularly appears before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, along with a broad array of administrative tribunals and arbitral bodies.
Experience
- Counsel to the Law Society of Ontario in the successful prosecution of a lawyer for professional misconduct. The Respondent lawyer was held to have knowingly participated in and assisted in fraudulent conduct. The lawyer’s license was revoked by the Law Society Tribunal and he was ordered to pay a significant costs award.
- Counsel to an automotive parts manufacturer in a proposed class action relating to allegedly defective airbag control units. Certification was dismissed.
- Counsel to Public Works and Government Services Canada in successfully defending a procurement complaint before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal involving allegations of breach of trade agreements in the procurement of hotel services.
- Counsel to an employee and shareholder in the successful trial of his wrongful dismissal and oppression action claim.
- Defence counsel to a respondent before the Ontario Securities Commission and related Court proceedings in Ontario and Manitoba on allegations of fraudulent conduct.
viewpoints
Attention Ontario Employers: Ontario Court of Appeal Upholds ESA Termination Clause in Bertsch v Datastealth Inc.
June 2, 2025 | Blog | By Mitch Frazer, Brad Tartick, Patrick Denroche, Angela Hou
In a rare but significant “win” for employers, the Ontario Court of Appeal confirmed that an employer can enforce a termination provision limiting an employee’s entitlements strictly to the minimum standards under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the “ESA”). The decision, in Bertsch v Datastealth Inc. (2025 ONCA 379), may mark a turning point in a legal landscape where such provisions are often struck down for ambiguity or statutory non-compliance.
Publications
- Co-author, “The Coles Notes on Coles: Product Recalls Can Defeat Certification,” The Lawyer’s Daily (Fall 2022)
- Co-author, “The Limits of Case Management: A Review and Principled Approach to the Court’s General Management Powers” The Canadian Class Action Review (Issue: No. 19-1, December 2023)
