Michael Piaseczny
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.Associate at Gowling WLG
- Called to the bar
- 2023
- Languages
- English
Civil Litigation & Dispute ResolutionCivil Litigation & Dispute ResolutionAbout Michael Piaseczny
Michael Piaseczny is an associate in Gowling WLG's Advocacy Department, based in the Waterloo Region office. Employment and commercial litigation sit at the centre of the work, and municipal law is also one of the associate's areas of focus. Piaseczny was called to the Ontario bar in 2023.
Politics came first. Piaseczny earned an honours BA in political science and a Master of Applied Politics at Wilfrid Laurier University, then a Master of Political Management at Carleton University. While completing the second of those two master's degrees, Piaseczny worked on government and public affairs as a policy analyst with the Hotel Association of Canada.
Law school at the University of Ottawa ended with a JD, cum laude. During those years Piaseczny sat on the senior board of the Ottawa Law Review, co-edited Inter Alia, the common law faculty's student magazine, and worked as a research assistant in health law and policy, looking closely at how governments responded to COVID-19. In summer 2020 the Law Commission of Ontario awarded Piaseczny a student scholar fellowship.
Waterloo is home. Piaseczny grew up in the city and spent years playing competitive baseball and hockey on its behalf.
Practice areas
Employment and commercial litigation
Within the firm's Advocacy Department, Piaseczny handles litigation, with employment disputes and commercial matters as the main focus.
Municipal law
Piaseczny's areas of focus include municipal law.
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Education & credentials
- Year of Call, Ontario (2023)
- JD, Common Law (cum laude), University of Ottawa (2022)
- Master of Political Management, Carleton University (2019)
- Master of Applied Politics, Wilfrid Laurier University (2018)
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours Political Science), Wilfrid Laurier University (2017)
Awards & recognition
- Student Scholar Fellowship, Law Commission of Ontario, Law Commission of Ontario (2020)
Publications & speaking
- Child access during COVID-19's first wave in Ribeiro v. Wright: Expansion and restriction (with Giovanni Guiga), The Lawyer's Daily (2020)
- Why It's Unlikely that a Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Amy Coney Barrett Scenario Will Happen in Canada (with Giovanni Guiga), Ottawa Law Review (blog) (2020)
- Would a Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine Withstand Charter Scrutiny?, Inter Alia, uOttawa Common Law Student Magazine (2020)
- The determinants of differing legislative responses in similar states: A Nordic Case Study, Mapping Politics, Vol. 9 (2018)
Memberships & affiliations
- Waterloo Region Law Association: Piaseczny is a member of the Waterloo Region Law Association.
- Ottawa Law Review: Piaseczny was a senior board member of the Ottawa Law Review while studying law.
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