Recognized as a leading lawyer by Who’s Who Legal® (National Leader), Shana’s sophisticated expertise includes the representation of employers in several areas of employment and labour law, with particular emphasis on multinational entrance into Canada, compliance and risk management, policy globalization, executive and non-executive compensation, human rights and accommodation, workplace investigations, and wrongful and constructive dismissal. Prior to joining Sherrard Kuzz LLP, Shana was Legal Counsel to a telecommunications company publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Shana is frequently asked to chair and speak at national conferences and for employer associations and clients

Ms. Guilbert is a full-time Vice-Chairperson of the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB). Prior to her appointment in July 2019, she was the Executive Director and General Counsel of the CIRB after holding the same position at what is now the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board. She is a fluently bilingual Barrister and Solicitor with extensive experience as a lawyer in private practice, as a General Legal Counsel with a federal Crown Corporation, as a tribunal executive and as a Professor of Law with the University of Ottawa’s Telfer School of Management and its Faculty of Common Law.

Ms. Guilbert holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Political Science and History) and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Ottawa, and earned a Master of Law from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. She also studied Law and Political Science at the Université de Nantes in France. She is a member of the Law Society of Ontario and a prior member of the Law Society of British Columbia.

Kyle Lambert is an accomplished employment lawyer and litigator. He serves clients in a range of industries including aviation, telecommunications and media, and marketing. With extensive experience in employment and labour relations law, Kyle represents businesses in wrongful dismissal claims, human rights claims, and claims for breach of restrictive covenants, in addition to providing employment-related advice and analyses on large business transactions and workplace investigations.  Kyle is a frequent presenter and author on developments in employment and labour relations law in Canada. In his litigation practice, Kyle assists clients on shareholder disputes, complex contractual disputes, and government procurement challenges. He has appeared before all levels of Ontario’s civil courts, the Federal Court and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal.

Lennie has a broad management-side practice, including matters relating to collective bargaining, grievance arbitrations, collective agreement interpretation, human rights, accommodation, disability management, health and safety, workers’ compensation, workplace investigations, restructurings and downsizings, employment contracts and terminations, and wrongful dismissals. Lennie has represented clients before arbitrators, courts, labour boards, and human rights tribunals. Lennie prides himself on understanding the challenges facing employers and acting as a strategic partner to provide practical and timely advice.

Maciej is a management-side lawyer whose practice focuses on employment and labour law. He advises employers on a wide range of issues, including employment standards, labour relations, policies and contracts, wrongful dismissal claims, health and safety and human rights. He represents and advocates for clients in appellate and non-appellate litigation matters before courts, arbitrators and other administrative tribunals. Maciej regularly works with employers preparing companywide policy and strategy updates to ensure responsiveness to legal developments, and is also co-author of the Ontario Employment Standards Act: Quick Reference, Prior to entering legal practice, Maciej completed a PhD in psychology at the University of Toronto.

Simon-Pierre Paquette is Director, Labour, Employment & Litigation at Purolator Inc. having previously worked as general counsel of a Crown corporation, in-house counsel and labour relations director for a large federally-regulated employer and in private practice at a leading national law firm. His practices has been focused on labour and employment law, and he benefits from extensive experience in subjects such as labour relations, labour standards, grievance arbitration, human rights, privacy, official languages, pensions and workplace drug and alcohol testing.

Richelle provides advice to a wide range of clients in both the private and public sectors in management side employment law with a particular focus on wrongful competition, executive compensation, and wrongful dismissal issues. She has successfully litigated cases before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and Court of Appeal as well as private commercial arbitration proceedings and has conducted hearings before the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal. Richelle has extensive experience in financial and insurance industry advising on employee mobility and book of business ownership issues.

Richelle’s primary objective when working with clients is to provide timely and insightful legal advice that is appropriately tailored to the client’s business and economic needs and objectives.

Priya is an accomplished labour, employment and human rights lawyer with a background in civil litigation. She has extensive experience advising and representing a broad range of for-profit and non-profit management clients, in addition to conducting workplace investigations. While Priya places an emphasis on practical, risk-mitigating advice, she is no stranger to the courtroom and regularly advocates for clients in court and before Ontario’s administrative tribunals.

Fluent in English, French and Spanish, Priya is widely published and regularly asked to speak on topics relevant to her practice.

Priya is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, Canadian Bar Association, Ontario Bar Association, Advocates’ Society and Association of Workplace Investigators. She also sits on the Board of Directors of West Park Healthcare Centre.

Michelle Sterling is a Senior Investigator in Occupational Health and Safety for the ESDC – Labour Program. Michelle started her career with the Labour Program in 2008 and has held her current position for the past 7 years. Michelle is responsible for providing technical guidance to a team of Health and Safety Officers (HSO) in the Ontario region as well as conducting investigations and inspections of federally regulated employers. Michelle was responsible for training HSOs on the new Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations when they came into force on January 1, 2021.

Larysa Workewych is an associate in the Toronto office of Dentons Canada LLP, and practices in the firm’s Employment, Labour & Pensions practice group.

In her practice, Larysa advises provincially and federally regulated employers in all areas of labour and employment, including employment contracts and policies, terminations and wrongful dismissals, labour relations, collective bargaining, grievance arbitrations, human rights and workplace accommodations, and employment standards.

Larysa joined Dentons Canada LLP as a summer student in 2017 and articled with the Firm in 2018-2019.