Alessia Monastero

Alessia plays an active role in the legal community, holding executive positions with the Ontario Bar Association's Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law Section (Chair) and Entertainment, Media and Communications Law Section (Secretary). She also sits on the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada's Anti-Counterfeiting Committee and the International Trademarks Association Famous and Well-Known Marks Committee.

Alessia is a frequent speaker and writer on brand protection issues relating to fashion and design, and was given the Barry D. Torno Award in 2018 and 2019 for her research in this area. She is an advisor with The Fashion Zone at the Toronto Metropolitan University, and holds a certificate in fashion law from the Fashion Law Institute at New York's Fordham Law School.

Prior to completing her legal studies at Osgoode Hall Law School, Alessia studied marketing at the Schulich School of Business. Alessia combines her background in business with her knowledge of the law to help clients develop strategies to best protect their brands.