Morgan Koch, Society of United Professionals/IFPTE Local 160

Morgan Koch is Chair of the Society of United Professionals/IFPTE Local 160’s Pride and Solidarity Committee, which works to advance equity for LGBTQ+ members and communities. She sits on similar committees of the Canadian Labour Congress and Ontario Federation of Labour.

Morgan first got involved in Local 160 as a member of the Legal Aid Ontario Lawyers organizing committee, which led more than 350 legal aid lawyers to join IFPTE. She subsequently served on the bargaining team for that unit’s first collective agreement.

Morgan is also passionate about workplace health and safety. She serves as both the certified Health and Safety Representative at her courthouse and as the Worker Co-chair of Legal Aid Ontario’s Joint Health and Safety Committee.

A criminal lawyer with Legal Aid Ontario for the past 11 years, Morgan was called to the Bar in 2012. She sits on courthouse stakeholder committees such as the Gladue Court (a special criminal court that uses sentences aligned with Indigenous traditions) and Community Justice Court committees.

Morgan has been involved in social justice activism for many years. In law school, Morgan won the 2011 Windsor Law J.W. Whiteside Award, which recognizes outstanding service to the Faculty of Law, the legal community and the community of Windsor, Ontario. In 2009, she received the $5,000 Windsor Law Social Justice Fellowship.