Adrienne Alexandra Telford

Adrienne is driven by a commitment to using the law as a tool for advancing justice, equity, and collective well‑being. She works closely with clients to solve complex legal problems and to find strategic, principled, and creative ways to promote their individual and collective interests before courts, administrative tribunals, and governments.

Adrienne’s practice spans constitutional and public law, Aboriginal law and Indigenous rights, labour law, human rights, elections law, professional discipline, and national security law. She appears regularly before trial and appellate courts – including the Supreme Court of Canada – as well as before numerous administrative boards, tribunals, and grievance arbitrators. She also represents clients in negotiations with governments and employers, and serves as a court‑appointed Special Advocate or amicus curiae in national security matters.

Adrienne’s representative litigation and advocacy experience includes acting as counsel to:

Adrienne is a regular speaker and writer on labour and constitutional law, human rights, Aboriginal law and Indigenous rights, oral advocacy, and public sector collective bargaining. She has prepared several papers and book chapters and has served as adjunct faculty at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, teaching constitutional in the Global Professional Master of Laws Program. She is co‑author, with Paul J. J. Cavalluzzo, of the chapter on freedom of association in Errol Mendes & Stéphane Beaulac, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms , 6th Edition (2025).

Before joining the firm, Adrienne clerked for Madam Justice Deschamps of the Supreme Court of Canada. She is a graduate of the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law and holds a B.Sc. from McGill University’s School of Environment.

Outside of practice, Adrienne can be found on the dance floor, travelling by bicycle, hiking in the coastal mountains of British Columbia, or learning guitar.