A law firm that works.
Just like you.

We are a proudly independent legal firm, located in Ottawa on traditional, un-ceded Algonquin Anishinabe territory.

Practice Areas

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Employee Rights
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Disability Rights
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Human Rights

Meet the Avant Law Team

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Daniel Tucker-Simmons

daniel@avantlaw.ca

Daniel is founder and principal lawyer at Avant Law PC. Daniel’s mission is to make the law comprehensible and accessible through the use of technology and innovative business practices. In addition to managing Avant Law, Daniel is an adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa law school, where he supervises and instructs a practicum course focused on experiential learning, innovation, and access to justice.

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Michaela Crumb

michaela@avantlaw.ca

Michaela is a legal assistant/law clerk at Avant Law PC. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Carleton University and a Master's degree in Criminology from the University of Ottawa. Michaela utilizes her experience in criminal defence and immigration law to advocate for human rights, social equity and mental health awareness.

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Jack Bellemare

jack@avantlaw.ca

Jack Bellemare is a licensed paralegal at Avant Law PC. He works in employment law, workplace injury, and Landlord and Tenant Board matters. He comes to Avant Law from a background in helping manage small law firms that practiced criminal and aboriginal law. Those fields interested him for the same reason he came to employment law; they help working people address their problems. Jack completed his paralegal education at Algonquin College in 2023 and graduated with honours, after first completing an Honours B.A. in History and Arabic Studies at uOttawa in 2015. In his own time, Jack can normally be found cycling or spending time with his three cats.

How We Work is What Sets Us Apart

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Creativity

Creativity isn’t a quality typically associated with law firms. We're going to change that. Whether it’s thinking creatively about how we do business or innovating new ways to deliver services, creativity is a core value of Avant Law.

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Within Reach

We are committed to running a low-overhead and high-efficiency law practice. We believe in using technology and ingenuity to reduce some of the costs that make hiring a lawyer difficult for many people and small organizations.

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Driven

We are passionate about our core values, and those values guide the work that we do and the ways in which we do it. Our dedication, advocacy and expertise is based in the strength of our values and our passionate belief in them.