Hicks Morley is pleased to announce that Stephen J. Shamie has been named Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers®. Stephen is recognized in the 2016 edition of the directory, based on peer recommendations, as a leader in the area of Labour and Employment Law in the Toronto area.
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Hicks Morley once again ranked #1 in Canada in the field of Labour and Employment Law in Best Lawyers® in Canada 2016. Hicks Morley has more listed lawyers in the area of Labour and Employment Law than any other firm in Canada.
Hicks Morley’s Simon Mortimer was quoted in an August 24, 2015 Canadian Lawyer article entitled “LPP: Answering a Different Call”. The article discusses the English- and French-language Law Practice Program being offered to new law graduates. Hicks Morley participated in the program, offering an alternative route for law grads to gain the necessary skills and experience for future practice. While supportive of the program, Simon noted that the firm views articling as the path to becoming an associate and sees the LLP program, due to its short duration, as more of an internship.
Hicks Morley is pleased to announce Lauri Reesor, chair of the firm’s Human Rights practice group, has been selected to sit as a member of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario’s (HTRO) Practice Advisory Committee. View the HRTO’s announcement.
Hicks Morley’s Craig Rix co-authored an article, along with Karen Gordon of Squeaky Wheel Communications, featured on the cover of the July 2015 issue of Municipal World magazine. In the article entitled, “‘No Comment’ Is Not the Answer“, Craig addresses social media best practices and the important role of strategic communications in the context of…
Hicks Morley congratulates Stephen Shamie for once again being recognized as leaders in management labour and employment law in Who’s Who Legal: Management Labour & Employment 2015. Published since 1996, Who’s Who Legal recognizes the foremost legal practitioners in 34 areas of business law. Peer and client evaluations support the research of this publication to…
Hicks Morley congratulates each one of our lawyers who has been recognized as a leading practitioner in the 2015 Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory. Toronto David J. Bannon Labour Relations Labour Relations – Construction Sector Occupational Health & Safety Workers’ Compensation Harvey A. Beresford, Q.C. Labour Relations John E. Brooks Employment Law Labour Relations Donna…
Hicks Morley is delighted to once again be named “Most Frequently Recommended” as a leading firm in Labour Relations in the Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo and London areas, and “Consistently Recommended” as a leading firm in Labour Relations in the Ottawa area. The firm has also once again been named “Consistently Recommended” in Pension & Employee Benefits – Toronto and “Repeatedly Recommended”…
In the CTV News video article, “Hundreds sweat it out cycling for children fighting cancer“, Hicks Morley participants are seen pedaling in a spin-a-thon to raise funds that will directly benefit cancer research at the Hospital for Sick Children’s Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning. Hicks Morley has been a proud supporter of Bike…
Hicks Morley’s John Saunders was quoted in a June 2, 2015 paNow (Prince Albert. Right Now!) article entitled “POLL: Facing rising fire dept. labour costs, P.A. calls in big-city lawyer“. The article focuses on the decision made by the City of Prince Albert to hire John to represent and help handle its current round of…