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Catherine Dunne

Catherine Dunne

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Catherine Dunne joined Paliare Roland as an associate after working as an articling student at the firm. Catherine has a growing civil litigation practice with a focus on class action litigation, public law, and commercial litigation. She is committed to using her legal practice to help people and advance social justice.

Catherine graduated from McGill University's Faculty of Law on the Dean's Honours List, where she won academic awards, including for having the second-highest standing in her first two years of studies. Throughout her time at McGill, Catherine was active in student life. She volunteered with the Legal Information Clinic, interned with the HIV Legal Network, and mooted at the Davies Corporate and Securities Law Moot, where she won prizes for first place team and second place oralist. 

Before law school, Catherine earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts from Western University as the UWO Gold Medalist. She also served as the President of the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance, where she advocated to all levels of government for financial aid for post-secondary students and for trauma-informed guidelines for post-secondary institutions’ gender-based violence policies.

Education

  • McGill University, BCL/JD, 2023
  • Western University, B.A. (Hons), 2019

Bar Admissions

  • Ontario, 2024

Representative Work

  • Cycle Toronto et al. v. Attorney General of Ontario et al.: Successfully acted for cycling Advocacy group Cycle Toronto and two individual applicants by preventing the Ontario government from removing the protected bike lanes on Bloor St, University Ave and Yonge St. The court found that doing so infringes s.7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (final relief: 2025 ONSC 4397; interim injunction granted: 2025 ONSC 2424; interim injunction initially denied 2025 ONSC 1650.