Hicks Morley is pleased to announce that Stephen Shamie and John Brooks have been recognized among the country’s “Leading Practitioners” in the area of Labour Relations, and Jeffrey Goodman in the area of Employment Law, in The 2020 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. This guide profiles the “Most Frequently Recommended” lawyers across Canada through an annual peer survey.
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Hicks Morley is pleased to announce that the firm is consistently ranked as the leading law firm in the “Labour Relations, Employment and Pensions Lawyers Who’s Who: Toronto” according to The 2020 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada.
Clients have recognized Hicks Morley for its unparalleled client service, as published in the BTI Client Service A-Team 2020: Survey of Law Firm Client Service Performance. In the report, Hicks Morley was named a Standout in Investing in Client Relationships and Client-facing Communication.
The Fall 2019 issue of OMHRA’s ECHO newsletter features two articles authored by Amanda Cohen and Jessica Toldo. In the article “Divisional Court Reaffirms the Orillia Hospital Test for Accommodation,” the authors discuss a recent decision by the Ontario Divisional Court which quashed the decisions of the Arbitrator in a workplace accommodation related case.
Hicks Morley has once again been recognized as a leading law firm in the Chambers Canada 2020 guide for Employment & Labour (Ontario and Nationwide) and Pensions & Benefits (Nationwide). The firm receives praise for its “tremendous bench strength” being “a pre-eminent boutique in Ontario,” as well as for working on “very big pensions matters”…
Hicks Morley has been named the Employment Law Firm of the Year 2019 by Chambers Canada. The Chambers Canada Awards reflect a law firm’s prominence in key practice areas and notable achievements over the past 12 months including outstanding work, impressive strategic growth and excellence in client service.
Hicks Morley’s Melissa Roth was featured by PrecedentJD in an August 28, 2019 article titled “Meet Three Lawyers Who Love Living and Working in Waterloo.” “It’s a busy market” Melissa says of Waterloo, a city renowned as the second-densest concentration of tech start-ups in the world – next to Silicon Valley.
Hicks Morley is pleased to announce that as of today, Amy Tibble is the newly elected President of the Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers (CACE). Amy has served on the Board of CACE alongside her practice in various capacities over the previous 3 years. We wish Amy all the best in her new role.
Hicks Morley is pleased to announce that Jason Mercier has joined the firm as an associate in our Ottawa office. Jason provides advice and representation to employers and management in both the private and public sectors on a wide range of labour, employment and human rights issues, including grievance arbitrations, collective bargaining, labour disputes, termination and wrongful dismissals, occupational health and safety, worker’s safety and insurance, human rights and accommodation and employment standards. He is fluent in both French and English, and maintains a fully bilingual practice.
Hicks Morley congratulates 32 of our lawyers for being recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada 2020 in the areas of Labour and Employment Law, Employee Benefits Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Privacy and Data Security Law and Workers’ Compensation Law.