David To is Counsel at the Ontario Ministry of Finance.  His practice includes tax litigation, government finance (bonds, contracts) and freedom of information. While articling in the same office, he also worked on provincial tax prosecutions, pensions and securities.

David graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2014 as the silver medallist. Some of his law school highlights include organizing cultural events for the Asian Law Students of Osgoode, assisting tenants through the Parkdale Community Legal Services program and enjoying his exchange term in Tokyo.   David has an undergraduate degree from the University of Western Ontario, where he studied accounting. In addition to having a conversational level of French, Cantonese and Japanese, he is currently learning Mandarin.

Amy Murakami is a lawyer at the City of Toronto.  Her practice focuses on litigation on behalf of the City of Toronto and its Agencies, Boards and Commissions.  She attended law school at the University of Toronto and was called to the bar in 2009.  She articled at the City of Toronto and has remained in the City's litigation division.  Prior to law school she attended Queen's University where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Economics.

Avvy Go

Avvy Go is the Clinic Director of Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic.  She received her B.A. in economics and management studies from the University of Waterloo, LL.B. from the University of Toronto, and LL.M. from Osgoode Hall Law School. Since her call to the Bar in 1991, she has worked exclusively in the legal clinic system, serving the legal needs of low income individuals and families, the majority of whom are non-English speaking immigrants and refugees.  Immigration, human rights, and employment law are some of the main areas of law that she practices in.   

Avvy is a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada, and has been serving in that role, on and off, since 2001.  She also serves on the LSUC’s Access to Justice Committee, the Equity and Aboriginal Issues Committee and the Human Rights Monitoring Group. 

Since 2005, Avvy has been a part time adjudicator of the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board, and a member of the Health Services Appeal and Review Board since 2011. 

Between 2009 and 2011, Avvy served on the Board of Directors of the Ontario Justice Education Network.  Avvy served on the Advisory Council of the Canadian Human Rights Museum between 2011 and 2013.  Since 2011, she has been serving as a member of the Community Council of the Law Commission of Ontario.

Avvy has given numerous lectures and educational seminars in various areas of law.  She has also published articles in various publications including law journals, law books, community as well as mainstream newspapers dealing with a variety of subject matters, most notably legal and policy issues affecting immigrants and racialized communities.

Apart from her legal practice, Avvy spends much time doing community organizing and advocacy work.  She had been involved in a number of community organizations such as serving as the Vice-Chair of the Court Challenges Program of Canada (1994-1997), President of the Chinese Canadian National Council (Toronto Chapter) (1989-1995) and board member of the Urban Alliance on Race Relations (1991-1994).  In 2007, she co-founded the Colour of Poverty Campaign (COPC), a campaign to address the increasing racialization of poverty in Ontario and currently serves a steering committee member of COPC.

Avvy has received the following awards: Order of Ontario (2014), the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers’ Lawyer of Distinction Award (2012), City of Toronto’s William P. Hubbard Award for Race Relations (2008) and President's Award of the Women's Law Association of Ontario (2002).