Littler

About Littler

Littler is a labor and employment law firm that represents employers exclusively. It was founded in 1942 in the San Francisco Bay Area by Robert Littler, then the Pacific Coast director of the National War Labor Board, and Thomas Coakley, a former California deputy attorney general. Arthur Mendelson joined the practice in 1944. The firm has since grown into an international network that operates as Littler Global, with offices in a number of countries. It opened its first Canadian office in Toronto in 2015, at Scotia Plaza, 40 King Street West, in the city's Financial District.

The Toronto office grew quickly starting in 2024, adding several partners from established Canadian employment and labour law firms, including three from Sherrard Kuzz and one from Ogletree Deakins, along with additional associates, including one from Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti. Littler later opened an office in Montreal in 2025 and has announced plans for one in Vancouver in 2026. The Toronto team advises employers on employment contracts, hiring and termination, employment standards compliance, workplace investigations, human rights matters, and restructuring, along with union side labour relations work such as collective bargaining and grievance arbitration. Its work also includes advising multinational companies on entering the Canadian market and adapting their policies to Canadian law.