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Tanya Walker is a lawyer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, practising in the field of commercial litigation. She is the proprietor of Walker Law Professional Corporation and was a part-time member of the Ontario Assessment Review Board until September 2015. [1]
Walker obtained her law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in 2005. She also took an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree with a minor in Economics at McMaster University in 2002. Since 2006, she has been a member of the Ontario Bar.
Walker is a member of the following organizations:
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