Our Services

Advocacy Work

As set out in greater detail here, we advise clients on legal matters and advocate for them at administrative tribunals, in arbitrations and civil proceedings, at professional discipline hearings and in inquiries and inquests.

French Language Services

We provide services in French to clients, including representation in court and at arbitration and advice in labour and employment matters.

Education and Training Services

We design and deliver educational and training seminars for clients and the public on substantive areas of law. We also provide hands-on skills training to stewards, grievance officers and others.

Our blog provides current information on legal and policy developments.

Consulting Services

We assist our clients in law reform initiatives and in shaping public policy in a range of areas, including equity and human rights law, pension and benefits law, airline industry restructuring, regulation of professionals, health law, education law, occupational health and safety, collective bargaining legislation, jurisdictional disputes, and issues in the construction industry. In addition to advising labour and professional organizations and administrative bodies, we provide consulting services to international organizations and non-governmental organizations.

Strategic Advice

Our lawyers provide strategic advice to our institutional clients. We assist unions in positioning themselves for organizing drives, collective bargaining, changes resulting from re‑organization and privatization, worker ownership, internal organizational issues and other issues affecting a union’s long-term goals.

In-House Counsel Services

We act as a resource to in-house counsel by consulting on complex litigation and acting as co-counsel on request. We also provide research and educational services to in-house counsel to assist them in meeting their organization’s legal and policy objectives.

Interest Arbitration

We represent a wide range of clients, including lawyers, health care workers and others, in interest arbitrations. We also sit as nominees on interest arbitration boards and other tribunals established to resolve collective agreements, salary or other issues.

Legal and Public Policy Research and Writing

We have a group of lawyers with specialized expertise in research, analysis and written advocacy. Their work includes providing written representation and written materials to clients including factums, opinions, briefs on government policy issues, labour board briefs and written submissions.

Collective Bargaining

In addition to providing advice and assistance to our clients on collective bargaining, we negotiate collective agreements for unions and other organizations.

Recent News

News/4 October 2024

Phil Abbink and Danielle Bisnar to present at Ontario’s Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers: CALL at the Heart of Union Rights

Danielle and Phil are pleased to be presenting sessions on key issues for labour lawyers at the OnCALL Conference in Kingston on October 5, 2024. Dani... Read More
News/29 August 2024

16 Cavalluzzo LLP Lawyers Recognized as Best Lawyers Award Recipients, One Cavalluzzo LLP Lawyer Recognized as “One to Watch”

Recognized in Eight Different Practice Areas

Cavalluzzo LLP is pleased to announce that 16 lawyers have been included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada, and one lawyer has been in... Read More
News/26 July 2024

"Firms do not have ‘sole discretion’ to terminate employment contracts"

Stephen Moreau offered insights on a recent case that discusses terminations clauses

In today's Legal Matters, Stephen Moreau provides insights on a recent Ontario Superior Court decision regarding invalidating termination clauses that... Read More
News/12 July 2024

Grassy Narrows Seeks Declaration that Ontario’s Mining Act Is Unconstitutional

Mining Act allows for mining staking with no consultation from affected Indigenous nations

Grassy Narrows First Nation is launching a legal application today asking the court to declare that Ontario’s Mining Act is unconstitutional and has n... Read More
News/6 June 2024

Grassy Narrows First Nation files lawsuit provincial and federal government for mercury contamination

Lawsuit argues Crown violated Grassy Narrows’ Treaty rights by failing to protect against and remedy the effects of mercury and other industrial contamination

Grassy Narrows First Nation files lawsuit against provincial and federal government for mercury contamination. Lawsuit argues Crown violated Grassy Na... Read More
News/1 June 2024

Deborah Guterman quoted in the MacDonald Report

The Lincoln Alexander Law School commissioned an external review in response to an open letter to the Lincoln Alexander School of Law’s administration... Read More