Sheilagh litigates primarily in the areas of labour, employment, insurance benefits, human rights and professional discipline\regulation matters.

With extensive experience in the specialized field of disability insurance and employment benefits, Sheilagh is a member of the firm’s pensions and benefits group. She regularly provides advice to the firm’s clients on such claims concerning disability insurance, health benefits, employment insurance and workplace safety and insurance benefits.
Sheilagh has a strong interest in education law. In the course of both her labour and disability law practice, she works extensively with teachers’ federations. She is a co-editor of the second edition of Education Labour and Employment Law in Ontario.

A frequent writer and presenter on legal issues, Sheilagh has published papers and leads discussion groups and workshops on matters of disability law, discrimination, employment and equality rights and labour relations issues. Her papers have been published in the Journal of Law and Social Policy, the Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Arbitrators, and numerous continuing legal education publications. Sheilagh has a special interest in equality rights generally and specifically as they relate to sexual orientation and disability rights. She is regularly invited to provide in-service and to lead workshops on these issues and she is proud to provide representation to members of GLBT communities.

Sheilagh regularly appears before various tribunals, including arbitration panels, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal, human rights boards of inquiry, Boards of Referees and Umpires, Review Tribunals, professional discipline tribunals, coroner’s inquests, and private administrative tribunals. She has advocated for clients before the Ontario Superior Court, Divisional Court and the Tax Court of Canada. Alternative dispute resolution strategies and mediation are also an integral part of her practice.

Sheilagh is a member of the Ontario Bar Association, the Advocates’ Society, and the Ontario Trial Lawyers’ Association.