Michael S. Smyth

Michael is an employment and labour lawyer who advises employers on matters related to grievances and arbitrations, discipline and terminations, human rights issues and complaints, certification applications, corporate restructuring, collective bargaining and employment contracts.

Lauri A. Reesor

Lauri advises a wide variety of employers with respect to labour relations and employment issues, with a particular focus on human rights litigation, pay equity, labour arbitration and education law with a concentration on special education.

Vincent M. Panetta

Vince advises a range of employers in the public and private sectors on all matters of employment law, labour relations, privacy and human rights.

Edward J. O’Dwyer

As an experienced litigator, Edward acts as employer counsel in wrongful dismissal and wrongful competition matters for clients in a variety of sectors including federally regulated employers and employers in the financial services industry. He regularly appears before arbitrators, administrative tribunals and appellate courts. In addition to his courtroom experience, he routinely acts for employers in complex WSIB/WSIAT matters including cases involving traumatic mental stress, chronic mental stress and presumptive PTSD.

Siobhan M. O’Brien

Siobhan routinely provides advice on wrongful dismissal litigation, human rights law, grievance arbitration, labour relations, collective bargaining and strike management.

Julia M. Nanos

Julia advises employers on a wide range of labour and employment issues including employment standards, employment contracts, collective bargaining, union certification and organizing drives, human rights and accommodation, wrongful dismissal litigation and grievance and interest arbitrations.

Natasha D. Monkman

Natasha Monkman is a pensions and benefits lawyer in Hicks Morley’s Toronto office and the chair of the firm’s Pensions, Benefits and Compensation Practice Group.  She regularly advises employers on governance, plan administration, investment and compliance matters relating to their employee benefit plans and pension plans as well as compensation matters.

Matthew J. Mihailovich

Matthew is the chair of the firm’s Healthcare Practice Group. He advises a wide variety of employers in both the public and private sectors on issues relating to their workplaces. He appears before labour arbitrators, in court, and before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, the Ontario Labour Relations Board, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal. He also regularly acts as spokesperson in collective bargaining.

Kathryn L. Meehan

Kathryn Meehan is an employment and labour lawyer in Hicks Morley’s Waterloo office. She frequently represents clients before the courts and administrative tribunals including labour arbitrations, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal and the Ontario Labour Relations Board.

Mark H. Mason

Mark’s practice includes arbitration advocacy, employment litigation, human rights proceedings and the entire spectrum of collective bargaining including interest arbitrations and strike management. Mark advises a variety of employers and brings a practical and solutions-focused approach to the legal services he provides.