Biography

Jenna Bontorin is a Partner at PooranLaw. She is committed to delivering strategic solutions while navigating legal challenges with integrity and efficacy. Her practice is focused on human rights, labour and employment, education, and general dispute resolution. Jenna provides organizations and individuals with skilled legal guidance and representation for a variety of complex workplace and service disputes. She advises on organizational policies and practices, regulatory issues, and a variety of workplace and service matters with a focus on the disability, health sector, and social services sectors. She presents clients in grievance arbitrations, judicial review applications, proceedings before the Ontario Labour Relations Board, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, the Landlord and Tenant Board, and other administrative bodies.

Jenna is a committed advocate with a client-centered approach, leading the firm’s practice in dispute resolution, human rights, and education matters. She is the author of “Strategies for Success: Navigating Special Education in Ontario”, a resource for parents, students, and caregivers published in partnership with Community Living Ontario and supported by the Law Foundation of Ontario.

Prior her legal career, Jenna worked as an intern at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Social Policy and Development in New York, New York.

Publications, Presentations, & Contributions

• Author of “Strategies for Success: Navigating Special Education in Ontario, A Guide for Students, Parents and Caregivers” (with Community Living Ontario and support from the Law Foundation of Ontario, 2025)
• Seneca College – Instructor – Workplace Legal Landscape (2025)
• Contributor and Reviewer – Law Society of Ontario’s Paralegal Licensing Examination Study Materials – Administrative Law (Human Rights) – 2025 to present
• Human Resources Law for Education Professionals – Speaker (Osgoode Professional Development Program, 2024)
• Anti-Discrimination Intensive Program – Guest Speaker (Osgoode Hall Law School, 2024)
• Mastering Remote Hearings – Speaker (Ontario Bar Association, Administrative Law Section, 2022)