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w w w . C A N A D I A N L a w y e r m a g . c o m J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 39 Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP Toronto, Waterloo, Kingston, Ottawa, London, Ont. hicksmorley.com Littler Mendelson PC Toronto, (plus 70 U.S. and global offices) littler.com The largest Canadian labour and employment boutique firm, Hicks Morley is armed with 117 lawyers, the size of a mid-size national firm. Managing partner Stephen Shamie says there's no shortage of work for those lawyers, who represent major universities, financial institutions, school boards, and manufacturers. Robert Hicks, Colin Morley, Fred Hamilton, Bruce Stewart, and Tom Storie founded the firm in 1972. Its most notable works include representing Ontario universities in the negotiation of a new sector-wide pension plan, acting for professional sports leagues involved in concussion class actions, and serving as counsel to one of Canada's leading steel producers in its CCAA restructuring. "Diversity of practice, large number of expert lawyers with a wide variety of experience who provide good counsel and advice." Founded in 1942, Littler is the world's largest employment and labour firm. It expanded into Canada in August 2015, opening its Toronto office with Barry Kuretzky, George Vassos, and Monty Verlint, lawyers who were part of the well-known boutique Kuretz- ky Vassos LLP. The firm has seven lawyers in Toronto and 1,067 around the world. Its clients include Brink's, Maxxam Analytics International Corp., Manpower, Lakehead Univer- sity, and Amer Sports. It practises in virtually every area of employment and labour law: employment contract negotiations; collective bargaining; human rights; disability and accom- modation; attendance management; workplace violence and harassment prevention; workplace investigations; structuring of severance packages; wrongful dismissal litigation and dispute resolution; employment stan- dards; and workers' compensation. High level of professionalism, quality of their work, and collegial- ity is "a trickle-down effect from the senior lawyers, George Vassos and Barry Kuretzky." Top 10 Labour and employment boutiques Untitled-7 1 2015-12-09 3:27 PM