Olga Leyenson

Olga Leyenson is a licensed paralegal with over 25 years of experience before the Small Claims Court, Landlord and Tenant Board, and Ontario Court of Justice. An instructor and a program lead in the paralegal program at George Brown Polytechnic, she has contributed her work to such Emond Publishing titles as Communications and Writing for Paralegals, 2nd edition and Ethics and Professional Practice for Paralegals, 6th edition. She volunteered as a member of the City of Oshawa’s Accessibility Advisory Committee from 2020 to 2022 and is the recipient of Her Late Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee Award from the Office of the Member of Parliament for Oshawa for her services to the community. Olga has obtained a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts at Excelsior University in Albany, New York and has been the managing partner of the law firm Gobin & Leyenson LLP since 2017. In her spare time, Olga actively provides mentorship to paralegal students and paralegals in areas such as practice management, Small Claims Court litigation, and residential tenancy law.