Does Torkin Manes represent employees in a wrongful dismissal claim?

No. The firm's Labour and Employment group represents management and employers, handling termination and severance, workplace investigations, human rights and discrimination matters, and collective bargaining from the employer side.

Can Torkin Manes help with a separation agreement or divorce in Toronto?

Yes. The firm's family law group handles separation agreements, cohabitation and marriage contracts, divorce, property division, and child and spousal support, and several of its lawyers are trained as family law mediators and arbitrators.

Does Torkin Manes act for developers on condominium or subdivision projects?

Yes. The firm's commercial real estate practice acts for developers and builders on condominium and subdivision developments, commercial leasing, joint ventures, and title repair, and it's named preferred counsel to the Lawyers' Professional Indemnity Company (LawPRO) on real estate practice standards in Ontario.

Where is Torkin Manes located, and does it have other offices?

The firm's only office is at 151 Yonge Street, Suite 1500, in downtown Toronto.

Is Torkin Manes connected to lawyers outside Canada?

Yes. It's the exclusive Toronto member of Meritas, an alliance it describes as invitation-only, connecting the firm to nearly 8,500 lawyers at more than 170 independent firms in 90 countries.

Can Torkin Manes advise a business on adopting AI tools?

Yes. In August 2026 the firm launched an AI and Innovation Group that covers AI procurement, data privacy and cybersecurity compliance, regulatory governance, and workplace AI issues.

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About Torkin Manes LLP

Torkin Manes LLP is a full-service business and litigation law firm on Yonge Street in downtown Toronto. Ronald D. Manes, one of its founding partners, is still listed on the firm's own site and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1974. Torkin Manes advises individuals, private and public companies, and investment funds, with a practice that spans corporate and commercial work, litigation, family law, commercial real estate, trusts and estates, and labour and employment law. It's the exclusive Toronto member of Meritas, an alliance the firm describes as invitation-only, connecting it to nearly 8,500 lawyers across more than 170 independent firms in 90 countries.

The firm says its family law group is among the largest in the country, and pairs those lawyers with its corporate, tax, real estate, and estate litigation practices on files that cross into more than one area. Torkin Manes describes its broader work as helping companies and business ventures grow, in its own words, "from ideation to launch, sales, succession or public offering." In August 2026 the firm added an AI and Innovation Group to advise clients on AI procurement, data privacy, cybersecurity compliance, and regulatory governance, building on its existing technology and privacy work.

Practice areas

Business & Corporate Law

Real Estate Law

Construction Law

Wills, Estates & Trusts

Family Law

Employment & Labour Law

Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Bankruptcy & Insolvency

Insurance Law

Tax Law

Technology & Startups

Health Law

Administrative & Regulatory Law

Milestones & recognition

Ronald D. Manes, a founding partner still listed on Torkin Manes' own site, was called to the Ontario Bar in 1974.
Manes received an honorary Doctor of Laws from the Law Society of Ontario at its March 10, 2025 convocation.
Canadian Lawyer magazine has ranked Torkin Manes first among Ontario's regional law firms.
Torkin Manes was named a 2024 Canadian Law Awards Excellence Awardee for Regional Law Firm of the Year, Central Canada.
In August 2026, the firm launched an AI and Innovation Group covering AI procurement, data privacy and cybersecurity compliance, and regulatory governance.

In the community

Torkin Manes lawyers volunteer with Pro Bono Ontario's Free Legal Advice Hotline, which offers 30 minutes of free legal advice on civil law matters.
In 2009, the firm co-founded the Family Legal Health Program with Pro Bono Ontario at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, a program the firm describes as Canada's first medical-legal partnership and one that's since been replicated at other children's hospitals.
The firm set up the Ron Manes Justice in Action Fund, a gift to Pro Bono Ontario named for founding partner Ron Manes, to help fund the group's access to justice work, including virtual court appearance services for unrepresented litigants.
Torkin Manes lawyers and staff take part in the Baycrest Ride for Brain Health, the CIBC Run for the Cure, the Daily Bread Food Bank, the Law Society of Ontario's Lawyers Feed the Hungry, and the United Way campaign, and associates and students separately run projects supporting people experiencing homelessness in Toronto.
With Osgoode Hall Law School, the firm funds a bursary that provides two Black Canadian law students a scholarship of $13,500 each.
The firm is a signatory to the Law Firm Diversity and Inclusion Network's Statement of Principles and an Employer Partner with the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion.

Good to know

Wheelchair accessible

Lawyers 125

Certified Specialists

A designation granted by the Law Society of Ontario, not a self-declared area of focus.

Neil M. AbramsonHealth Law and in Civil Litigation, Law Society of Ontario

This firm’s lawyers at a glance

Called to the bar: 1974–2025 · median 13 years in practice 124 of 125 lawyers
Law schools: Osgoode Hall Law School (30), University of Toronto (21), Western University (20), Queen's University (18), University of Ottawa (9), University of Windsor (9) and 13 more 124 of 125 lawyers
Languages on the roster: Cantonese, English, French, Mandarin, Punjabi, Taiwanese

Who handles what

The neighbourhood

Torkin Manes' office is at 151 Yonge Street, Suite 1500, in downtown Toronto. The building connects to the Queen subway station through the PATH, Toronto's underground pedestrian network, and an Impark lot beneath the building is reachable from the Richmond Street entrance. The firm describes its client base as running from owner-operators and founders to investment funds and high net worth individuals, the kind of mix a full-service downtown firm serves. For clients who can't visit in person, the firm says it can arrange accessible feedback and alternate formats on request.

Frequently asked questions

Does Torkin Manes represent employees in a wrongful dismissal claim?: No. The firm's Labour and Employment group represents management and employers, handling termination and severance, workplace investigations, human rights and discrimination matters, and collective bargaining from the employer side.
Can Torkin Manes help with a separation agreement or divorce in Toronto?: Yes. The firm's family law group handles separation agreements, cohabitation and marriage contracts, divorce, property division, and child and spousal support, and several of its lawyers are trained as family law mediators and arbitrators.
Does Torkin Manes act for developers on condominium or subdivision projects?: Yes. The firm's commercial real estate practice acts for developers and builders on condominium and subdivision developments, commercial leasing, joint ventures, and title repair, and it's named preferred counsel to the Lawyers' Professional Indemnity Company (LawPRO) on real estate practice standards in Ontario.
Where is Torkin Manes located, and does it have other offices?: The firm's only office is at 151 Yonge Street, Suite 1500, in downtown Toronto.
Is Torkin Manes connected to lawyers outside Canada?: Yes. It's the exclusive Toronto member of Meritas, an alliance it describes as invitation-only, connecting the firm to nearly 8,500 lawyers at more than 170 independent firms in 90 countries.
Can Torkin Manes advise a business on adopting AI tools?: Yes. In August 2026 the firm launched an AI and Innovation Group that covers AI procurement, data privacy and cybersecurity compliance, regulatory governance, and workplace AI issues.

Where to find them

151 Yonge Street, Suite 1500, Toronto, ON M5C 2W7 · 416-863-1188

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