About Wright Henry

Wright Henry LLP is a labour and employment law firm based in Toronto, founded in 2019 by Michael Wright and Tracey Henry. Both had built established careers representing unions, employees and professional associations before starting the firm together, and it's grown since then to eleven lawyers working out of one office at 200 Wellington Street West. The practice covers three connected areas: labour work for trade unions and associations, including organizing, collective bargaining, grievance arbitrations, and pension and benefit matters; employment advice and representation for individual employees, senior executives and professionals; and litigation before courts, labour boards and other tribunals.

Two years after opening, Wright Henry was named to the Globe and Mail's Canada's Best Law Firms list, and Chambers Canada now ranks its Employment & Labour: Labour for Unions practice, with clients quoted there describing the team's counsel as well prepared and its litigation positions as nuanced and well considered. The firm's case list includes acting as co-counsel in Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc., representing steelworkers' locals through the Stelco and Algoma Steel restructurings, and a proposed class action on behalf of Ontario Power Generation retirees over post retirement health benefits.

Milestones & recognition

  • Founded in 2019 by Michael Wright and Tracey Henry.
  • Named to the Globe and Mail's Canada's Best Law Firms list in 2021, two years after opening.
  • Chambers Canada ranks the firm's Employment & Labour: Labour for Unions practice, with both founders individually ranked in the guide.
  • Acted as co-counsel in Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc., arguing against the enforceability of the arbitration clause in Uber's driver contracts.
  • Represented United Steelworkers Local 1005 in Stelco Inc.'s 2017 insolvency restructuring, a matter Lexpert named one of the year's Top 10 Deals.
  • Represented United Steelworkers Local 2251 in the 2018 Algoma Steel restructuring, also named a Lexpert Top 10 Deal.

In the community

  • One of the firm's co-founders sits on the Advisory Committee for Queen's University's Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace and has taught labour and employment law at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School.
  • Lawyers at the firm belong to the Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers, the Canadian Bar Association and the Ontario Bar Association, and one serves on the OBA's Labour Relations Section executive.
  • Wright Henry represented the Laurentian University staff union when the university became the first public sector university in Canada to file for creditor protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act.

Good to know

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This firm’s lawyers at a glance

Called to the bar
1991–2025 · median 9 years in practice 11 of 11 lawyers
Law schools
Osgoode Hall Law School (8), American University Washington College of Law, University of Toronto, Western University 11 of 11 lawyers

The neighbourhood

Wright Henry's only office is Suite 602 at 200 Wellington Street West, in downtown Toronto. From there its lawyers appear before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Labour Relations Board, the Canada Industrial Relations Board and the Supreme Court of Canada, and their case list has reached unions and clients well beyond the city itself. It's a single-location practice built to serve labour and employment clients across the province, not a multi-office operation.

Frequently asked questions

Does Wright Henry represent individual employees, or only unions?
Both. Alongside its labour work for trade unions and professional associations, Wright Henry represents individual employees, senior executives and professionals in employment disputes, with advice the firm says is tailored to each situation rather than a generic approach.
Does Wright Henry handle collective bargaining and grievance arbitrations for unions?
Yes. The firm advises and represents trade unions and associations on organizing, collective bargaining, grievance arbitrations, pension and benefit matters, governance and insolvency proceedings.
What is the Wright Henry class action against Ontario Power Generation about?
Wright Henry represents management retirees of Ontario Power Generation who left the company between 2001 and 2021, in a proposed class action alleging OPG did not maintain their post retirement health benefits at the same level as current management staff. The firm's fees in the case are contingent, meaning they're only paid if the action succeeds and there's a recovery for the plaintiffs. The action has not yet been certified by a court.
How big is Wright Henry and where is its office?
Wright Henry has eleven lawyers working from a single office at 200 Wellington Street West, Suite 602, in downtown Toronto.
How long has Wright Henry been practicing labour and employment law?
The firm was founded in 2019 by Michael Wright and Tracey Henry, who each had established labour and employment law careers before starting the firm together. Within two years it was named to the Globe and Mail's Canada's Best Law Firms list.
How do I get in touch with Wright Henry?
You can reach the firm by phone at 416-306-8280 or by email at info@wrighthenry.ca. Its office is at 200 Wellington Street West, Suite 602, Toronto, ON M5V 3C7.

Where to find them

200 Wellington St. West, Suite 602, Toronto, ON M5V 3C7 · 416-306-8280

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