About Stephen
Stephen Shamie is a senior labour and employment lawyer in Hicks Morley’s Toronto office. He has over 30 years of experience advising and representing employers on a wide variety of matters relating to human resources law.Stephen’s practice emphasizes the negotiation of collective agreements and the defence of employers in arbitration cases, human rights hearings, labour board proceedings and before the courts. He regularly negotiates collective agreements in the hospitality, media, sports and industrial sectors. Stephen has acted as lead employment and labour counsel on many different corporate transactions and has been retained on numerous occasions by both corporations and other law firms.Stephen served as the firm’s Managing Partner for 18 years and is general counsel for the Canadian Football League.
Stephen Shamie is a senior labour and employment lawyer in Hicks Morley’s Toronto office. He has over 30 years of experience advising and representing employers on a wide variety of matters relating to human resources law.
Stephen’s practice emphasizes the negotiation of collective agreements and the defence of employers in arbitration cases, human rights hearings, labour board proceedings and before the courts. He regularly negotiates collective agreements in the hospitality, media, sports and industrial sectors. Stephen has acted as lead employment and labour counsel on many different corporate transactions and has been retained on numerous occasions by both corporations and other law firms.
Stephen served as the firm’s Managing Partner for 18 years and is general counsel for the Canadian Football League.
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Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Labour and Employment Law, Toronto, Canada (2016)
- Recognized: Labour and Employment Law
- Canadian Legal Lexpert® DirectoryLabour Relations (Most Frequently Recommended); Employment Law (Consistently Recommended)
- Chambers Canada – Band 1Employment & Labour, Ontario
- Who’s Who Legal – Thought Leader Labour & Employment
- Who’s Who Legal – Global LeaderLabour & Employment (Recommended)
- Who’s Who Legal – National Leader, Canada Labour, Employment & Benefits