About Erica
Finding creative ways to assist my clients to address life’s challenges
and to make improvements.
Integrity,
Common Sense
and Care
“To Erica and Ruth,
Thank you both for all of your help throughout the chaos.
Could not have done it without you.
Many thanks!”
Law School was not in my plans when I considered making a career change. As an Occupational Therapist I had qualified and worked in the U.K., the U.S., and Canada. I enjoyed the creativity required to enable individuals with multiple disabilities to maximize functional ability.
Nonetheless, I was ready for a new challenge.
Nudged by a friend, I took the LSAT on a whim and applied to Law school. I was surprised to be accepted at Osgoode! Competing with outstanding fellow candidates was tough. I benefitted from the practical programs which provided opportunities to volunteer in courts and clinics. These showed me that lawyers also find ways to help. As a lawyer now, I appreciate that I can continue to think creatively. I apply a different knowledge base – this time legal principles and tools to improve the lives of my clients.
I like to believe that my previous career path gives me some enhanced appreciation of the multitude of challenges faced by clients. People often comment about my career switch as a dramatic career change. However, . I found that law is also a “helping profession”.
Our Team
Paralegal
Ruth Teclemariam
Enjoy the peace of mind of close personal attention, great depth of experience and knowledge and a strong network of resources.
Our offices are associated in practice with Emma (Ayesha) Abbas, a lawyer called to the Bar in Ontario in 2021. She is a member of an esteemed multigenerational family of lawyers and judges in Pakistan, where she commenced her legal experience as a member of the family law firm. She then studied law at the University of London and worked in the legal field in the UK before moving to Canada in 2017 to complete her Canadian legal studies and licencing requirements. She is able to bring unique, diverse, and global experience to the provision of legal services.
Emma’s current legal practice spans the areas of real estate, family law, business, charity, and intellectual property law.
Putting Accessibility, Reliability, Inclusivity, Sustainability and in Empowerment as cornerstones of her service to her clients, Emma identifies her practice by the acronym ARISE.
Emma can be reached through my offices at [email protected], and alternatively at ARISE Legal Services Professional Corporation at [email protected]
ARISE Legal Services Professional Corporation
M: 437-992-1267
W: https://www.ariselegalservices.com/
