The 2026 listing of leading Toronto Employment & Labour Lawyers details Toronto-based solicitors practising within the areas of employment and labour law matters in the Toronto legal market who have been identified by their peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Preeminent
Brian W. Burkett, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Roy C. Filion KC, Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP
Douglas Gilbert, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Leading
George Avraam, Baker McKenzie
Robert Bayne, Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP
Matthew Certosimo, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Richard Charney, Norton Rose Fulbright
John Craig, Mathews Dinsdale & Clark LLP
Hugh R. Dyer, Miller Thomson LLP
Denis Ellickson, CaleyWray LLP
Sunil Kapur, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
James G. Knight, Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP
Lorenzo Lisi, Aird & Berlis LLP
Jennifer Mathers McHenry, Mathers McHenry & Co.
Sven Poysa, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Angela Rae, Rae Christen Jeffries LLP
Nancy Ramalho, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Stephen J. Shamie, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
Michael G. Sherrard, Sherrard Kuzz LLP
Lisa Talbot, Torys LLP
Allan C. Wells, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Recommended
John Brooks, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
Kathleen Chevalier, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Robert Church, CaleyWray LLP
Sarah Crossley, Sarah Crossley Mediation & Workplace Investigations
Lorna Cuthbert, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Donna D’Andrea, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
Matthew Demeo, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
Henry Dinsdale, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
Cheryl Edwards, Mathews Dinsdale & Clark LLP
Chris Foulon, Israel Foulon Wong LLP
Lisa Goodfellow, Miller Thomson LLP
Jeffrey Goodman, Mathews Dinsdale & Clark LLP
Clifford Hart, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Alix Herber, Protea LLP
Darryl R. Hiscocks, Torys LLP
Donald B. Jarvis, Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP
Laurie Jessome, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Irfan Kara, Torys LLP
Norm Keith, KPMG Law LLP
Kenneth Krupat, Ken Krupat LL.M. (Joblaw)
Tim Lawson, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Melynda Layton, Law Office of Melynda Layton
Mathias Link, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Bonny Mak, Mathews Dinsdale & Clark LLP
John Mastoras, Norton Rose Fulbright
Kate McNeill-Keller, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Jeffrey Mitchell, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Richard Nixon, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
Christopher Pigott, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Michael Richards, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
Damian Rigolo, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Craig Rix, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
Priya Sarin, Sherrard Kuzz LLP
Karen Sargeant, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Nancy Shapiro, The Employment Law Boutique
Hena Singh, Singh Lamarche LLP
Sharaf Sultan, Sultan Lawyers PC
Kristin Taylor, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Rebecca Wise, Torys LLP
Andrea York, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP