Partner, Toronto
Direct: 416.864.7304
Main: 416.362.1011
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Year of Call: Ontario, 1988
Biography
Stephen Shamie is a senior labour and employment lawyer in Hicks Morley’s Toronto office. He has over 30 years of experience advising and representing employers on a wide variety of matters relating to human resources law.
Stephen’s practice emphasizes the negotiation of collective agreements and the defence of employers in arbitration cases, human rights hearings, labour board proceedings and before the courts. He regularly negotiates collective agreements in the hospitality, media, sports and industrial sectors. Stephen has acted as lead employment and labour counsel on many different corporate transactions and has been retained on numerous occasions by both corporations and other law firms.
Stephen served as the firm’s Managing Partner for 18 years and is general counsel for the Canadian Football League.
Practice Areas
Industries
Arts, Entertainment & Sports Financial Services Hospitality & Gaming Manufacturing Media & Communications Retail & Wholesale Trade Technology
Awards & Recognition
The Best Lawyers in Canada™ (2006–2025)
Labour and Employment Law
Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” (2016)
Labour and Employment Law, Toronto
Chambers Canada – Band 1 (2016–2025)
Employment & Labour, Ontario
Chambers Global – Band 1 (2008–2018)
Employment & Labour
Hugh Campbell Distinguished Leadership Award (2024)
The Canadian Football League
Who’s Who Legal – Thought Leader (2021–2024)
Labour & Employment
Who’s Who Legal – Global Leader (2021–2024)
Labour & Employment (Recommended)
Who’s Who Legal – National Leader, Canada (2013–2023)
Labour, Employment & Benefits
The Legal 500 Canada (2015–2021)
“Leading Practitioner” – Labour and Employment Law
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (2015–2024)
Labour Relations (Most Frequently Recommended); Employment Law (Consistently Recommended)
Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (2005–2021)
Labour and Employment Law
Lexpert® US/Canada Cross-Border Lawyers in Canada (2018–2019)
Labour and Employment Law (Most Frequently Recommended)
Expert Guides Best of the Best (2017)
Labour and Employment
Memberships & Affiliations
30% Club Canada – Member
Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers – Member
Canadian Bar Association – Member
Canadian Bar Association Law Firm Leadership Conference – Co-Chair (2014, 2016, 2017), Organizing Committee Member (2013, 2015)
H.J. Heinz Company of Canada Ltd. – Member, Board of Directors
Queen’s University Faculty of Law, Dean’s Council – Member
Queen’s University Faculty of Law, Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workforce – Member of the Advisory Committee
Ontario Bar Association – Member (Labour and Employment Law)
Ontario Volleyball Association – Member of the Board of Directors (2013–2016)
Education
Queen’s University, LL.B.
McGill University, M.B.A.
University of Toronto, B.A. (Hons.)
