Jordan M. Smith

About Jordan M. Smith

Employers facing union or workplace problems get a lawyer firmly on their side with Jordan M. Smith, who acts only for management, in both the public and private sectors. On the labour relations front, that covers certification drives, collective bargaining, grievances and unfair labour practice complaints. Smith's employment work takes in wrongful dismissal claims and human rights matters, as well as workplace health and safety and workers' compensation.

Deals raise their own staffing questions too, and clients regularly bring Smith in for the employment and labour side of mergers and acquisitions. In 2019, for example, Smith was part of the Gowling WLG team that advised Doxim when it acquired Market Connections, Inc., looking after the employment piece with a colleague.

After an honours history degree at Wilfrid Laurier University and law school at the University of Windsor, Smith was called to the Ontario bar in 2010. Today Smith's a partner based in Gowling WLG's Waterloo Region office, and The Best Lawyers in Canada has recognized that labour and employment work in Kitchener every year since 2023.