Ogletree Deakins
38 lawyers · City of Toronto
One of 2,345 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 478 handling Employment & Labour Law.
About Ogletree Deakins
Ogletree Deakins is a law firm that focuses on labor and employment law. It was founded on February 14, 1977, by a group of 16 attorneys based in Greenville and Atlanta. The firm opened its first office outside the United States in Berlin in 2012, and it has since grown into an international practice with more than 1,000 attorneys in 57 offices across the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe.
The firm's Toronto office opened in January 2016, staffed initially by a small group of lawyers who had left a large Canadian firm to build a Canadian and cross-border employment law practice. Ogletree Deakins also has Canadian offices in Montreal and Calgary. Today the Toronto office, at 220 Bay Street in the city's financial district, lists more than a dozen lawyers who advise employers, school boards, social service providers and municipalities on employment law, labour relations, human rights complaints and workplace investigations.
Practice areas
Milestones & recognition
- The firm was founded on February 14, 1977, by a group of 16 attorneys based in Greenville and Atlanta.
- It opened its first office outside the United States, in Berlin, in 2012.
- It opened its Toronto office in January 2016; the firm's Canadian offices also include Montreal and Calgary.
- Lawyers at the Toronto office have been listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada and Chambers Canada.
In the community
- A lawyer at the Toronto office co-chairs the advisory board of the Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace at Queen's University's law school.
- Another lawyer at the office teaches as an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto.
Good to know
Wheelchair accessibleLawyers 38
Alexa Sulzenko
Partner
Employment & Labour Law
Alexandra Wright-Mascotto
Associate
Employment & Labour Law
Alexandre Abitbol
Partner, Paris
Alison K. Adelman
Of Counsel, San Diego
Allen N. Albert
Associate, Washington, D.C.
Carmen M. Aguado
Shareholder, Los Angeles
Christina Kaszap
Associate
Employment & Labour Law
Daniel A. Adlong
Shareholder, Orange County
Hassan Ahtouch
Associate, Paris
Hugh A. Christie
Counsel
Employment & Labour LawBusiness & Corporate Law
Jean-Marc Albiol
Partner, Paris
Jerod A. Allen
Associate, Orange County
John T. Wilkinson
Associate
Employment & Labour Law
Jordan D. Simon
Partner
Employment & Labour Law
Justin A. Allen
Shareholder, Chicago, Indianapolis
Justine L. Abrams
Shareholder, Morristown
Katelyn M. Weller
Of Counsel
Employment & Labour LawBusiness & Corporate Law
Kathryn J. Bird
Office Managing Partner, Toronto
Employment & Labour Law
Kelvin A. Adefehinti
Of Counsel, Washington, D.C.
Kyle T. Abraham
Shareholder, Portland (OR), Seattle
Leroy Edozien
Associate
Employment & Labour Law
Leticia (Letty) P. Aguilar
Shareholder, San Antonio
Margaret Carroll Alli
Shareholder, Detroit (Metro)
Marielly Abzun
Associate, Tampa
This firm’s lawyers at a glance
- Called to the bar
- 1983–2019 · median 10 years in practice 3 of 38 lawyers
- Law schools
- Queen's University (3), University of Toronto (2), Western University (2), Dalhousie University, Université du Québec à Montréal, University of Essex and 3 more 13 of 38 lawyers
- Languages on the roster
- English, French
Who handles what
The neighbourhood
The Toronto office sits at 220 Bay Street, on the stretch of downtown Toronto that gives the city's financial district its name. Within the legal profession, 'Bay Street' is also used as shorthand for the city's large, full service business law firms, which makes it a fitting address for a firm built around advising employers rather than individual workers.
The office is part of a Canadian practice that also has locations in Montreal and Calgary, and the firm's Canadian website is offered in both English and French. Lawyers there work on matters that cross the Canada-U.S. border as well as purely domestic Ontario cases.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Ogletree Deakins' Toronto office represent employees or employers?
- It represents employers. Lawyers there advise employers, school boards, social service providers and municipalities on employment law, labour relations and workplace investigations, and represent them in human rights and wrongful dismissal cases.
- Is the Toronto office part of a larger firm?
- Yes. Ogletree Deakins was founded in the United States and has grown to more than 1,000 attorneys in 57 offices across the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. Its Canadian offices are in Toronto, Montreal and Calgary.
- Does the Toronto office handle cross-border employment matters?
- Yes. The firm says it opened the office in part to serve the need for employment counselling and litigation both within Canada and in cross-border matters involving Canada.
- Can the Toronto office help with a human rights complaint in Ontario?
- Lawyers at the office appear before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, labour arbitrators and courts on human rights, long-term disability and wrongful dismissal matters.
- Does Ogletree Deakins offer service in French in Canada?
- The firm's Canadian website is available in both English and French.
- Where is the Ogletree Deakins Toronto office located?
- The office is at 220 Bay Street, Suite 1100, in downtown Toronto, in the area known as Bay Street that is the traditional centre of the city's financial district.
Where to find them
220 Bay Street, Suite 1100, Toronto, ON M5J 2W4 · 888-868-9756
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