Shields Hunt Duff Strachan
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.4 lawyers · Established 1996 · City of Ottawa
One of 437 law firms listed in Ottawa, and one of 65 handling Employment & Labour Law.
About Shields Hunt Duff Strachan
Shields Hunt Duff Strachan is a small Ottawa law firm that focuses on labour, employment, and litigation law. James L. Shields and Phillip G. Hunt founded the firm as Shields & Hunt in 1996, and it later grew into a partnership under its current name. Hunt retired from the firm in June 2021. Shields was called to the Ontario bar in 1970, decades before the firm existed, and later lectured at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law.
The firm represents employees, trade unions, professional associations, and organizations rather than employers. Its lawyers advise on wrongful and constructive dismissal, human rights complaints, workplace investigations, and administrative law, and they appear before federal and provincial courts, the Canadian Industrial Relations Board, and the Ontario Labour Relations Board. Two of the firm's partners are fluently bilingual and serve clients in English and French. The firm also offers estate planning services, including wills and powers of attorney, alongside its main employment and labour law practice.
Practice areas
In the community
- In 2021 the firm took part in Firms Filling Fridges, a County of Carleton Law Association fundraiser for the Ottawa Food Bank, and raised $1,120.
- In 2018 the firm took part in the 23rd Annual Law Day 5K Fun Run/Walk, starting at Ottawa City Hall, in support of Parents' Lifelines of Eastern Ontario.
- In 2016 the firm spoke at the Human Rights and Labour Law Conference hosted by Lancaster House at the Shaw Centre, on the topic of medical cannabis in the workplace.
- In 2016 the firm sponsored the 21st Annual Law Day 5K Run/Walk, which raised more than $20,000 for the Pro Bono Law Ontario clinic at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario.
- The firm supported the NHL Alumni Benefit Tour, which benefited the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Ontario.
Lawyers 4
This firm’s lawyers at a glance
- Called to the bar
- 1970–2003 · median 25 years in practice 3 of 4 lawyers
- Law schools
- University of Ottawa (2) 2 of 4 lawyers
- Languages on the roster
- English, French
Who handles what
Where to find them
68 Chamberlain Ave. First Floor, Ottawa, ON K1S 1V9 · 613-230-3232
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