Our Team
Josephine Racioppo
B.A., J.D., L.L.M.
Bio
Practicing in both public and private law, Josephine established Racioppo Giangrande Law to help persons traverse change, enforce rights, surmount barriers, and resolve disputes. Josephine is a trauma-informed, passionate champion of alternative dispute resolution, access to justice and inclusivity. She is known for her calm confidence, authenticity, and integrity. Josephine views challenges as opportunities for growth, and change as a time for thoughtful redirection towards long-term solutions that work for people.
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Experience Meets Advocacy
Having 20 years of dispute resolution and tribunal litigation experience, Josephine brings instincts and skills honed to her analysis of each case when acting as an advocate. She brings a high-level of expertise addressing evidentiary issues early on and anticipating issues before problems arise. Her prowess with statutory interpretation and application of legislative provisions and rules also lend to her effective and successful advocacy in any hearing room.
Because Perspective Matters
Josephine’s insights and knowledge have come from being on every side of the proverbial table including through her work as a representative, a mediator, and also long-time tribunal adjudicator – having presided over thousands of cases and decided a broad range of complex legal issues and evidentiary or procedural questions, and relating to matters spanning from medical to financial to human rights including at an appellate level tribunal.
Appeals & Judicial Review
Josephine ensures decision reasons are sound, that relevant evidence has been considered and weighed carefully, and that established common law principles and rights including reasonableness, and procedural fairness have been upheld.
Helping People Move Forward Faster
Taking a client-centred approach, Josephine understands the cost as well as the toll of litigation including the emotional, physical and mental impacts on a person and their loved ones. Where possible, she brings her pragmatic problem-solving and negotiation skills in getting disputes settled faster and fairly, whether it is through mediation or other collaborative mechanisms so that her clients can rise again and move forward with their lives.