Theresa Donkor

Theresa Donkor is an associate at Rudnicki & Company. She practices criminal defence, with a focus on appeals from conviction and sentence to the Court of Appeal for Ontario. Theresa also defends clients at trial, advises complainants in sexual assault cases, and represents lawyers and paralegals in professional disciplinary proceedings.

Racial justice is at the heart of Theresa’s practice. She is committed to fighting systemic racism in our criminal legal system and fearlessly advances race-based arguments in court. She has kept defendants out of jail in serious cases because of the need to remedy Black over-incarceration, has argued for the need to account for the harsh jail conditions faced by racialized people, and has had her clients’ convictions overturned because their trial lawyer lacked the cultural competence to defend them effectively.

Outside of her practice, Theresa serves on the board of Eva’s Initiatives for Homeless Youth and on the Young Advocates’ Standing Committee of The Advocates’ Society. She coaches the Julius Alexander Isaac Moot Cup team at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law. She also mentors law students and regularly speaks to the media, on panels, and at conferences on issues of racial justice, social justice, and criminal law.