A Practice Restricted to Management

A Practice Restricted to Labour & Employment Law On Behalf of Management

With this experience, we help employers develop workable solutions to even the most complicated workplace problems. Our specialty in labour and employment law has been developed over several decades.

We trace our origin to Ferguson, Montgomery, Cassels and Mitchell, a full service firm established in 1953, whose strong presence in labour law emerged in the early days of this area of expertise. By the 1970s, the firm had several lawyers practicing exclusively in labour and employment law. In 1982, the labour department of Cassels, Mitchell, Somers, Dutton & Winkler (as the firm was then known) founded Winkler, Filion & Wakely and established a firm dedicated exclusively to the practice of labour and employment law on behalf of management.

When The Honourable Mr. Justice Winkler was appointed to the bench in 1993, our name changed to Filion, Wakely & Thorup. We opened an office in London, Ontario at that time to enhance our service to clients in Southwestern Ontario. In 2001, the firm name became Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP.

Over the years, we have met and dealt with innumerable conciliators, mediators, governmental decision-makers, union representatives, union and employee lawyers, and the members and staff of all labour boards and tribunals. We have also appeared before virtually all arbitrators and other adjudicators and decision-makers.