Atty. Maggie Wente
Maggie Wente (BA, LLB, MSW) is a partner at Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP. She is a member of Serpent River First Nation and was born and raised in Toronto.
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Maggie Wente is a government attorney, practicing at Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP. Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Aboriginal Law / Indigenous Practice (2026) and Best Lawyers in America — Administrative and Public Law (2026).
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- Maggie Wente (BA, LLB, MSW) is a partner at Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP. She is a member of Serpent River First Nation and was born and raised in Toronto
- Recently Maggie focuses much of her practice on advocating for equality for Indigenous children and individuals in child welfare systems and the exercise of inherent jurisdiction over child well-being
- She does this in litigation and in negotiation about child welfare funding, program delivery and First Nations law-making
- Maggie also advises and litigates about a broad range of First Nations governance matters as well as ways to uphold constitutionally protected Aboriginal rights
- Maggie has appeared in all levels of court in Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Federal Court and in the Supreme Court of Canada
- Maggie is actively involved in community service, service to the profession, and mentors students and young lawyers both within and outside OKT
- Maggie is President of the Indigenous Leadership Initiative, past-President of the Board of Directors at Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto and was a Commissioner at the Ontario Human Rights Commission from 2006 to 2015
- She is a member of the Indigenous Bar Association, the Law Society of Ontario and the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador
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Attorneys for administrative law, agency hearings, government contracts, licensing, and public benefits.
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