Carol S. Nielsen

About Carol S. Nielsen

Carol Nielsen is a Toronto partner at Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti who acts for employers on labour relations and employment law, for unionized and non-union workplaces alike and under both federal and provincial rules. The client list takes in businesses big and small, from manufacturers, healthcare and education employers to tech and sports companies, along with municipalities and other broader public sector bodies.

Nielsen first joined Filion as an articling student in 1996, was called to the Ontario bar in 1998 and became a partner in 2004. These days Nielsen also has a hand in how the firm is run, with a seat on its executive committee and on its finance and AI committees. Nielsen holds an honours degree in political science and economics from McGill and a law degree from the University of Toronto.

The practice mixes courtroom work with everyday advice. Nielsen regularly takes on complex, high-stakes cases over pay equity, human rights and wrongful dismissal, and is one of the lawyers Filion names as a contact on pay equity. Nielsen also advises on discipline, disability management and privacy, and buyers and sellers get help with the workplace side of a sale. The aim throughout is practical, cost-effective advice that resolves human resources problems or keeps them from starting.

Nielsen also writes for the profession and has served as an editor. Nielsen co-wrote Carswell's Human Resources Guide to Discipline and Termination of Employment through three editions, wrote the Canada chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide on employment and labour laws for 2026, and spent eight years as Associate Eastern Editor of the Canadian Labour Relations Board Reports. The Best Lawyers in Canada has recognized Nielsen for labour and employment law since 2021.