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33 CANADIANLAWYERMAG.COM/INHOUSE JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019 SHERR ARD KUZZ LLP Toronto sherrardkuzz.com Sherrard Kuzz LLP is one of Canada's leading employment and labour law fi rms exclusively representing the interests of management. Recognized nationally and in- ternationally, Sherrard Kuzz LLP is consis- tently named among Canada's Top 10 Em- ployment and Labour Boutiques (Canadian Lawyer®), Canada's Leading Employment & Labour Law Firms (Chambers Global® and Legal 500®) and as Repeatedly Recom- mended (Lexpert®). Sherrard Kuzz LLP has industry-leading expertise in the full range of employment, labour and human resources law. The fi rm serves clients across Canada, domestic and foreign, in the public and private sectors, ranging in size and complexity of operations from small, single-location enterprises to large, multi-site, multinational corporations. Sherrard Kuzz LLP is a member in Em- ployment Law Alliance®, the world's larg- est alliance of employment and labour law experts with more than 3,000 lawyers in 300 cities around the world. WHIT TEN & LUBLIN, EMPLOYMENT & L ABOUR L AW YERS Toronto toronto-employmentlawyer.com Whitten & Lublin is a growing fi rm. The fi rm was founded by David Whitten and Daniel Lublin in 2009 and has quickly grown to 12 lawyers, all with experience advising both employers and employees throughout Canada, with an emphasis on dismissal-related litigation. The fi rm's list of corporate clients has rapidly expanded as word gets out and includes one of Canada's largest engineering and consultancy fi rms, the world's largest helicopter manufacturer, one of Canada's largest security companies, as well as a global auto manufacturer and cosmetics company. CALEY WR AY Toronto caleywray.com CaleyWray is a full-service labour fi rm that has been serving trade unions and working on behalf of trustees/trust funds for more than 40 years. The fi rm provides represen- tation to its clients in all areas of law that impact trade unions and their members. CaleyWray acts for a variety of clients in construction, health care, industry, manu- facturing, transportation and service. Cli- ents are in the public and private sectors and the fi rm represents them in both federal and provincial jurisdictions. The fi rm's lawyers work in all labour-related forums including grievance arbitration, federal and provincial labour boards, human rights tribunals and workers' compensation tribunals. Caley- Wray lawyers also attend court on behalf of clients for matters including judicial review, injunctions and bankruptcy proceedings. CAVALLUZZO LLP Toronto cavalluzzo.com Paul Cavalluzzo, Jim Hayes and Elizabeth Shilton founded the fi rm in 1983 with a focus on social justice and equality. The 35-lawyer fi rm now represents clients such as the Ontario English Catholic Teachers, the Elementary Teachers' Federation of On- tario, the Ontario Nurses Association and Labourers' International Union of North America. The fi rm's mandates include rep- resenting the Canadian Civil Liberties As- sociation and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression on the Bill C-51 constitutional challenge, serving as counsel to Canadian non-residents in their constitutional chal- lenge relating to their right to vote, advo- cating on behalf of complainants and the CCLA in the disciplinary hearings in re- spect of police "kettling" during the G20 summit in Toronto, representing Grassy Narrows First Nation in their dispute with Ontario and Canada over mercury poison- ing and recently appearing in the Supreme Court of Canada in the Groia Appeal. GOLDBL AT T PARTNERS LLP Toronto, Ottawa goldblattpartners.com Goldblatt Partners has represented trade unions and professional associations in all aspects of labour and employment law for more than 40 years. From a four-lawyer of- fi ce in the mid-1970s, the fi rm has grown to more than 50 lawyers in Toronto and Ot- tawa. It serves a broad client base of trade unions, including labourers, education and hospital employees, university faculty and municipal employees, as well as lawyers, physicians and judges. The fi rm has rep- resented the Canadian Labour Congress in numerous Supreme Court of Canada freedom of association and equality rights cases and has also worked with internation- al organizations seeking to protect workers' rights. It has civil litigation and criminal law practices, which often intersect with the labour law practice, and a burgeoning Ab- original law practice. Other public interest cases include unpaid overtime class actions against Canadian banks and other employ- ers and minimum-wage class actions on be- half of junior hockey players. Labour & Employment Boutiques – Union Side Listed alphabetically