Bird Bolt Law

About Bird Bolt Law

Bird Bolt Law is a small employment, human rights, and education law firm in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 2024 by Nicole Biros-Bolton. Biros-Bolton spent 20 years in the gender-based violence sector before becoming a lawyer, working as a front-line counsellor and advocate for women, children, and gender-diverse individuals, including a role at the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic in Toronto and an anti-human trafficking program at a Toronto child and youth advocacy centre. Biros-Bolton also worked in the UK as a researcher, trainer, and advocate in a hospital program for pregnant women experiencing violence, and later practiced human rights and employment law at Ross & McBride in Hamilton before opening Bird Bolt Law. The firm's name reflects that background: Bird for gentleness and empathy, Bolt for efficiency and drive.

The firm represents employees and students in wrongful dismissal, workplace harassment, and discrimination matters, and brings cases before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, the Canadian Human Rights Commission and Tribunal, and the Federal Court. It also takes on Charter of Rights challenges centred on section 15 equality rights, represents professors and families in education law disputes, and conducts workplace investigations for employers. Bird Bolt Law calls its approach trauma-informed: it tries to explain each step of a legal process before taking it and doesn't assume every client wants to proceed the same way. The firm serves clients across Ontario, mostly by video or phone, from its office in downtown Hamilton, and it offers flat-rate, contingency, and limited-scope retainers alongside paid initial consultations.