Shields O'Donnell MacKillop LLP
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.14 lawyers · City of Toronto
One of 2,273 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 311 handling Employment & Labour Law.
About Shields O'Donnell MacKillop LLP
Shields O'Donnell MacKillop LLP, known as SOM Law, is a small management side labour and employment law firm in downtown Toronto. Founding lawyers Daniel Shields and Julie O'Donnell built the firm around a single focus: advising employers, not employees, on the full range of workplace law. The firm's site marks 25 years in the workplace and describes lawyers with more than 100 years of collective litigation experience between them.
The practice covers both unionized and non-union workplaces, from small businesses to large corporations, across sectors that include construction, manufacturing, retail, technology, and the federally regulated industries governed by the Canada Labour Code. Lawyers appear before labour arbitrators and the Ontario Labour Relations Board, defend human rights and wrongful dismissal claims, run workplace investigations, and negotiate collective agreements. A separate part of the practice advises senior management and executive employees on compensation and severance. The firm has been listed among the Globe and Mail's Best Law Firms and in Lexpert and Best Lawyers rankings for its labour and employment work.
Practice areas
In the community
- The firm hosts Rock for Life, an annual event raising funds for the Stephen Lewis Foundation and World Vision to support awareness of child poverty.
- Malcolm MacKillop supports Bikes4Kids, a program that refurbishes bicycles for children across the Greater Toronto Area. In June 2022 the program gave 50 bicycles to an entire third grade class at a Toronto District School Board school.
- The firm contributes to a Merit Bursary Award program that has distributed more than 2,000 bursaries since 1996 to students who show commitment to academics, extracurricular activities, and community involvement.
- The firm takes part in Ride for Heart for the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Lawyers Feed the Hungry through the Law Society Foundation, and Walk A Mile In Her Shoes, a violence prevention event.
- The firm mentors law students and articling candidates and takes part in the Toronto Summer Student Recruitment Program.
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
By appointmentFees & payment
Hourly
ContingencyLawyers 14
Brandin O'Connor
Partner
Employment & Labour Law
Charlie Donovan
Associate
Employment & Labour Law
Daniel Shields
Partner
Hendrik Nieuwland
Partner
Joel Smith
Partner
Employment & Labour Law
Jozef Hadlaw-Murray
Associate
Julie O'Donnell
Partner
Employment & Labour Law
Malcolm MacKillop
Partner
Mary Diemert
Associate
Nicole Jakobek
Associate
Philip Wolfenden
Of Counsel
Employment & Labour Law
Rafeea Abdulla
Associate
Rochelle Allen
Associate
Employment & Labour Law
Todd Weisberg
Partner
Certified Specialists
A designation granted by the Law Society of Ontario, not a self-declared area of focus.
This firm’s lawyers at a glance
- Called to the bar
- 1978–2025 · median 12 years in practice 14 of 14 lawyers
- Law schools
- Osgoode Hall Law School (4), Queen's University (2), University of Leicester (2), University of New Brunswick, University of Ottawa, University of Toronto and 2 more 13 of 14 lawyers
- Languages on the roster
- English, French
Who handles what
Where to find them
65 Queen Street West, Suite 1800, Toronto, ON M5H 2M5 · 416-304-6400
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