Andrea Skinner
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Aird & Berlis LLP
Brookfield Place, 181 Bay Street, Suite 1800
Toronto, Canada M5J 2T9
T 416.863.1500
F 416.863.1515
Andrea is a partner within the firm’s Municipal & Land Use Planning Group. She has a diverse practice providing advice and representation to a number of municipalities as well as to developers and individual landowners. Andrea advises and represents clients in connection with planning applications and appeals, expropriation proceedings, environmental and regulatory matters, and other municipal-related issues.
She regularly appears before administrative tribunals, including Committees of Adjustments and the Ontario Land Tribunal. She also appears before the Ontario courts.
This diversification within Andrea’s specialty is a foundation of her professional competence and expertise, and underscores the successes that she has achieved on behalf of her clients.
Andrea is an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School where she teaches the Land Use Planning Law course. Andrea also serves as Chair of the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee. She is responsible for developing and implementing firm strategies around equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives. She works closely with the firm’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer and acts as a resource and advocate for lawyers and staff in respect of equity, diversity and inclusion issues.
Co-author with Patrick Harrington, Ontario Planning Legislation & Commentary, 2023 Edition, published by LexisNexis Canada, October 31, 2023.
Co-author with Christopher Williams and Matthew Helfand, Expropriation Law in Ontario, published by LexisNexis, May 13, 2021.