Seabrook Workplace Law
2 lawyers · City of Toronto
One of 2,345 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 478 handling Employment & Labour Law.
About Seabrook Workplace Law
Seabrook Workplace Law, known on its site as SWL, is a Toronto firm that advises employers, employees, and freelancers on workplace law, from contracts and policies to terminations, investigations, and human rights complaints. Founder Samantha Seabrook was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2011 after graduating from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Seabrook started at Heenan Blaikie, then moved to Hicks Morley and became chair of that firm's Workers' Compensation practice group, guiding employers, from police services and school boards to manufacturers and telecommunications companies, through WSIB claims and WSIAT appeals. At SWL, Seabrook continues that appeals work and also conducts workplace investigations into harassment, violence, discrimination, and hostile work environment complaints.
Partner Ted Panagiotoulias was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2014 after graduating with distinction as silver medalist from the University of Windsor Faculty of Law. Panagiotoulias built a second career in human resources and labour relations, rising to vice president of employee and labour relations before returning to legal practice, and now pairs that HR background with employment law at the firm. SWL calls itself a virtual law firm that relies on technology rather than a single storefront, while keeping meeting locations in downtown Toronto. It also handles employer side immigration work, including labour market impact assessments, intra company transfers, and work permits under trade agreements such as CETA, CUSMA, and CUKTCA, and represents licensed professionals and tradespeople in disciplinary proceedings.
Practice areas
Milestones & recognition
- Founder Samantha Seabrook was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2011 after graduating from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
- Seabrook chaired the Workers' Compensation practice group at Hicks Morley before founding SWL.
- Partner Ted Panagiotoulias graduated with distinction as silver medalist from the University of Windsor Faculty of Law in 2013 and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2014.
- Seabrook is a member of the Ontario Bar Association, the Canadian Bar Association, the Association of Workplace Investigators, and the Canadian Association of Workplace Investigators.
- Seabrook co-authored articles in Canadian Lawyer InHouse Magazine, FTR Quarterly, and the International Law Office Newsletter, and contributed a chapter to Federal Labour Law and Practice.
In the community
- Samantha Seabrook serves on the board of directors of Alternatives, an East York mental health counselling services agency.
- Seabrook also serves on the board of directors of the Amazonia Yurahu Alliance, an organization that supports an Indigenous people in the Amazon rainforest.
Lawyers 2
This firm’s lawyers at a glance
- Called to the bar
- 2011–2014 · median 13 years in practice 2 of 2 lawyers
- Law schools
- University of Toronto Faculty of Law, University of Windsor Faculty of Law 2 of 2 lawyers
Who handles what
Offices 2
The neighbourhood
SWL doesn't work out of a single storefront. The firm describes itself as a virtual law firm built around technology, and it lists two meeting addresses in downtown Toronto: a suite at 111 Queen Street East, and a fifth floor space at 30 Wellington Street West. That structure fits a practice built around advising employers, whose own workplaces are spread across sectors and, on the immigration side of the work, across the country. Rather than anchoring around one office, the firm organizes around where a meeting or a file needs it to be, whether that's a downtown Toronto boardroom or a video call.
Frequently asked questions
- I think I was wrongfully or constructively dismissed. Can SWL help?
- Yes. SWL advises and represents employees on wrongful dismissal, constructive dismissal, mass terminations, and layoffs, along with reviewing employment contracts and termination packages and bringing human rights applications before the HRTO or the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
- Can SWL help my business bring in a foreign worker or transfer an employee to Canada?
- SWL's immigration work is aimed at businesses. The firm handles labour market impact assessments, intra company transfers, work permits, and Global Talent Stream applications, and can advise on immigration provisions under trade agreements including CETA, CUSMA, and CUKTCA.
- I'm a licensed professional or tradesperson facing a misconduct complaint. Does SWL represent people like me?
- SWL represents professionals and tradespeople, noting there are over 100 regulated professional and trade categories in Ontario, in proceedings involving allegations of incompetence, misconduct, unprofessionalism, or unethical behaviour.
- Does SWL conduct workplace investigations?
- Founder Samantha Seabrook is a workplace investigator who has looked into complaints of harassment, violence, discrimination, and hostile work environments, and the firm also develops and delivers training so an organization's own HR team can run investigations and climate reviews.
- Where is Seabrook Workplace Law located?
- SWL operates as a virtual law firm with meeting locations in downtown Toronto, at 111 Queen Street East and at 30 Wellington Street West.
- Who leads the firm?
- SWL was founded by Samantha Seabrook, called to the Bar of Ontario in 2011. The team also includes partner Ted Panagiotoulias, called to the Bar of Ontario in 2014, who combines employment law with a background in human resources and labour relations.
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