Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP (Toronto, Ottawa)
Jeffrey Sack, Howard Goldblatt, and Michael Mitchell came together in the mid-1970s to found a law firm that promised to protect the rights of working people. Their mandate has broadened to include criminal and consti- tutional work, but the labour focus remains. The 49-lawyer firm represented the Canadian Labour Congress in three of the biggest labour-relations cases in the last decade: 2001's Dunmore v. Ontario (Attorney General), B.C. Health Services from 2007, and Ontario (Attorney General) v. Fraser in 2011. The firm is also spearheading overtime class actions against Canadian banks, and is counsel for the Ontario Conference of Judges, Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario, and numerous university faculty associations. "We come across them quite often because of the nature of our work," says one union in-house counsel. "They are really excellent."
Honourable mentions
Ball Professional Corp., Toronto Grossman Grossman & Gale LLP, Toronto Loranger Marcoux LLP, Montreal Rubin Thomlinson LLP, Toronto Shields O'Donnell MacKillop LLP, Toronto
Sherrard Kuzz LLP (Toronto)
Founders Michael Sherrard and Erin Kuzz have seen their firm steadily grow since emerging on the scene a decade ago. Today, 21 lawyers serve clients, unionized and non-unionized, domestic and foreign, public and private, in virtually every sector. The firm prides itself on its flat internal structure, eschewing associate or partner titles, while its 24-hour hotline is a prized safety net among clients, promising an SK lawyer at the other end seven days a week. "Best labour and employment firm I have dealt with," says one client.
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