Aya is a diligent and driven lawyer who will work carefully with you to get you the most favourable result possible. She takes a personal, creative, and hands-on approach to her files and believes that no matter what charges her clients face, they are entitled to the fullest protections, freedoms, and principles of fundamental justice guaranteed by our Charter.

Prior to join Mickelson and Whysall, Aya served as a legal caseworker for the UBC Law School Legal Advice Program and with the Queen’s Law Legal Aid Clinic, where she worked on a wide range of criminal files and advocated for clients in lower-level courts throughout B.C. and Ontario.

As an Associate Lawyer, Aya represents clients charged with criminal and quasi-criminal administrative law matters. She also represents clients charged with traffic offences, driving offences, and immediate and administrative driving prohibitions. Aya’s passion for defending her clients’ rights drives her to work tirelessly on their cases. Her determination and keen negotiation skills ensure that her clients will get the best defence possible.

Aya received her law degree from Queen’s University. Prior to law school, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts Criminology degree from Western University.

Aya has represented clients at Provincial Courts all throughout the lower mainland.