Olga Redko(She/Her)
Partner
Olga has a general civil litigation practice with significant experience in all areas of public law, having acted for clients in a variety of administrative, regulatory, and constitutional law matters. She is also frequently involved in cases raising issues of Crown and foreign state immunity, acting on behalf of both private actors and public bodies.
Part of Olga’s practice entails representing international clients in proceedings to recognize and enforce foreign judgments and arbitral awards in Canada, as well as applications to enforce letters rogatory for the collection of evidence for use in foreign litigation.
Olga has argued before all levels of court in Québec and federally, including before the Supreme Court of Canada.
Prior to joining IMK in 2017, Olga served as a law clerk to the Honourable Clément Gascon at the Supreme Court of Canada. She has taught Judicial Institutions and Civil Procedure at McGill University’s Faculty of Law since 2022.
Areas of practice
Additional information
- B.C.L., LL.B., (Dean’s Honour List), McGill University, 2015
- B.A. (major in political science, minors in English literature and French), McGill University, 2011
- Law Clerk to the Honourable Clément Gascon, at the Supreme Court of Canada, 2015-2016
Best Lawyers in Canada — Ones to Watch
- Administrative and Public Law, Appellate Practice, Corporate and Commercial Litigation: 2026
- Administrative and Public Law: 2025
- Canadian Bar Association
- The Advocates’ Society
- Young Bar Association of Montreal
Canadian Bar Association - Quebec Division, Administrative Law Section
- President: 2018-2019, 2022-2024
- Vice-President: 2017-2018
The Legal Collective
- Member of the Board of Directors: 2017-2024
McGill University Faculty of Law
- Sessional Lecturer, "Judicial Institutions and Civil Procedure": 2022 - present
- “Religious Practice as a ‘Thin Skull’ in the Context of Civil Liability” (2014) 72:1 UT Fac L Rev 37.
- “The Role of Private Law in the Control of Risks Associated with Tobacco Smoking: The Canadian Experience”, with Lara Khoury and Marie-Ève Couture-Ménard (2013) 39 AJLM 442.
- Panelist, “CBA Administrative Law Year in Review”, CBA-Quebec (Montreal, 2022-2025)
- Panelist, “The Notwithstanding Clause: Theory, Practice and the Future of Section 33”, CBA Constitutional & Human Rights Law Symposium (2023)
- Panelist, “The Legacy of Justice Rosalie Abella on Canadian Administrative Law”, 16th Annual National Forum on Administrative Law & Practice, Osgoode Hall (October 2021)
- Unpacking constitutional challenges to legislation, Annual Conference of the Young Bar of Montreal (Montreal, May 2019)
- Panel chair, The influence of Charter values in Administrative Decision-Making and the Future Course After the Decision in Trinity Western, 2018 CBA National Administrative, Labour and Employment Law Conference (Ottawa, November 2018)
- Actions devant la Cour supérieure du Québec à l’encontre du MIDI ou autres organismes administratifs provinciaux, annual conference of the Association québécoise des avocats et avocates en droit d’immigration (Montreal, November 2018)
- Répartition de compétences et règlementation du cannabis, The Runnymede Society at the University of Montreal (Montreal, April 2018)