Our Team

Mae is a tenacious and empathic advocate with a special interest in workers’ rights, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and international human rights.

Mae represents union clients and employees in matters related to labour and employment law, professional regulation,  human rights, judicial review, and public interest litigation including Charter challenge applications. Mae joined Ryder Wright as an associate in 2017 and became a named partner of the firm in 2022.

Mae has appeared at all levels of court in Ontario, including the Supreme Court of Canada. In 2023, Mae was co-counsel with David Wright and Rebecca Jones on the landmark Ontario Court of Appeal decision striking down Bill 124, a law that limited wage increases to 1% for Ontario public sector and broader public sector workers for three consecutive years. Mae has also made submissions on multiple occasions before the Supreme Court of Canada on the persuasive power of international human rights law in understanding freedom of association and the right to vote as protected by the Charter. 

In addition to her work at appellate level courts, Mae has extensive experience in grievance arbitration. Mae has successfully argued for greater protections around a grievor’s personal health information, extensions of time limits for a grievor suffering from PTSD, and broader requirements for an employer to accommodate a grievor who had been declined LTD benefits.

Prior to coming to Ryder Wright, Mae worked in-house at unions where she represented health care workers and Ontario Public Service employees for several years, after articling at a prominent union-side law firm.

While in law school, Mae won numerous scholarships and prizes in recognition of her academic achievement and advocacy in her community, including a YWCA Woman of Distinction Award. She was also a union member organizer, contributing to the successful certification of two large bargaining units of precarious workers at McGill University.

Prior to her legal studies, Mae was a community organizer with temporary foreign workers, co-founding a community and advocacy center for Philippine migrant workers and their families.

The daughter of migrant workers, Mae brings to her practice a deep seated commitment to social justice and workers’ rights stemming from her lived experiences as a low wage worker and community and union organizer. She is particularly skilled in handling politically sensitive matters and prides herself in achieving creative solutions for her clients.