The Best Lawyers™ in Canada 2024 recognizes 26 Mathews Dinsdale lawyers, from coast-to-cost, as leaders in the fields of Labour and Employment Law, Workers' Compensation Law, Employee Benefits Law and Immigration Law.
Jeffrey E. Goodman*
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Partner Toronto, T: 416.869.8550 C: 647.500.6824 F: 416.862.8247 jgoodman@mathewsdinsdale.com
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Neeta Mistry, Paralegal Assistant 416.862.8280 x260 nmistry@mathewsdinsdale.com
Biography
Bar admission
Law Society of Ontario
Education
Osgoode Hall Law School, LL.B.
Western University, B.A.
Membership and affiliations
America Employment Law Council (AELC)
American Bar Association
Canadian Bar Association
College of Labour and Employment Lawyers - Fellow: Elected
International Bar Association
International Forum on Employment Law
Ontario Bar Association
The Advocates’ Society
The Law Society of Ontario
Practice areas
Profile
Jeffrey is a commercial employment lawyer, mediator and senior member of the firm’s litigation group. He has acted as strategic advisor to his clients on a wide range of work- and business-related issues for over 30 years. He has a particularly high profile in the insurance, information technology and professional services industries.
Jeffrey specializes in employment, class action, trade secret, shareholder and oppression, commercial and defamation litigation. Jeffrey is regularly retained to act as an expert on Canadian employment and labour law in international and domestic litigation and is quoted on these topics by both the media and the courts.
Jeffrey is a prolific author and speaker, having presented before numerous organizations and conferences around the world and having authored, co-authored and/or edited numerous legal texts, papers and articles on a wide range of employment, human rights and labour law issues. He uses his strong business sense to provide his clients with strategic, practical and timely advice. In addition to being exceptionally responsive and accessible, he is dedicated to understanding his clients’ particular business needs and is committed to recommending the best possible course of action.
Jeffrey spent six years teaching employment law at Queen’s University Faculty of Law and was a member of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario’s Practice Advisory Committee for six years. Jeffrey has completed Harvard Law School’s Lawyers’ Mediation Workshop. He is among a select few senior Canadian lawyers elected to the prestigious College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.
Jeffrey was the co-chair of the organizing committee of the American Bar Association’s Thurgood Marshall Dinner, a leading diversity event where he introduced the keynote speaker, Madame Justice Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada. Jeffrey is a Partner in our Toronto office.
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Industry recognition
Who’s Who Legal – Thought LeaderLabour, Employment & Benefits
Who’s Who Legal – Thought Leader – Global EliteLabour & Employment
Who’s Who Legal – Thought LeaderLabour & Employment
Who’s Who Legal – Global LeaderLabour & Employment
Who’s Who Legal – National Leader, CanadaLabour, Employment & Benefits
The Best Lawyers in Canada™Labour and Employment Law
Canadian Legal Lexpert®Employment Law (Most Frequently Recommended)
Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in CanadaLabour and Employment Law
Expert Guides Best of the Best (formerly Expert’s Guide to the World’s Leading Employment and Labour Lawyers)Labour & Employment
Legal 500 CanadaLabour and Employment Law
Canadian HR Reporter 5-Star Employment LawyerEmployment Law
Presentations
June 2023
Employment Contracts and Workplace Investigations
Presentation for a Large Professional Services Firm
June 2023
Business Protection: The Top 5 Things You Need to Know Right on Restrictive Covenants and Confidential Information
Panelist, International Forum of Senior Executives Advisers (IFSEA) Conference, London, UK
May 2023
A Review of Key Cases from 2022-23, Director & Employers – Lens on EPLI Related Liability
Presentation for Victor Insurance Managers
April 2023
HIROC AGM and Conference
Panelist, Pan-Canadian trends on wrongful dismissal claim post pandemic. Toronto, ON
September 2022
HDR - Employment Law Master Class
Panelist, Understanding recent trends in just cause terminations to limit exposure to legal issues. Toronto, ON
June 2022
International Forum of Senior Executive Advisers (IFSEA)
3rd Annual International Conference on Risk, Reward and Reputation Management Issues for Senior Executives & Founders – Navigating a Business Divorce between Co-Founders – balancing the legal, commercial, reputational and often deeply emotional aspects of a co-founder break-up. One-Day In-Person Conference, London, England.
September 2021
EPLI Update – Still Living in a COVID World
Presentation for Chubb Insurance Company of Canada
April 2021
The COVID Pandemic: Implications for Directors and Officers
Emerging Issues in Directors’ and Officers’ Liability 2021, The Law Society of Ontario
April 2021
Canadian Common Law Contractual Update
International Constituency Meeting, National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law, American Bar Association
September 2020
Employment Contracts and the State of the Law on Termination Clauses
Annual Review of Civil Litigation 2020, Carswell
August 2020
How Employers Around the World Are Now Coping: An International Perspective on L&E Issues in a Post-COVID World
Webinar, American Employment Law Counsel
April 2020
Employment Law, EPLI Claims and the current COVID-19 Crisis
Presentation for Zurich Insurance
May 2019
Developments in Responsible Business Conduct
International Labor and Employment Law Committee Midyear Meeting, American Bar Association
February 2019
Ethical Considerations in Workplace Investigations
Law Society of Ontario: Emerging Issues in Directors’ and Officers’ Liability
September 2018
Protecting Proprietary Technology and Confidential Information, and Enforcing Restrictive Covenants in Asia and the Americas
CM Murray LLP Global Business Protections Conference: International Restrictive Covenants and Confidential Information Protections, London, England
May 2018
Local Law, Personal Ethics and Corporate Standards
International Bar Association: Annual Employment and Discrimination Conference
April 2018
Exploring the Enforceability of Termination Provisions Through the Lens of Fairness Principles
Ontario Bar Association: 16th Annual Current Issues in Employment Law
October 2017
Employment Law at the Forefront of Global M&A
Fifth Transatlantic Conference, Employment Lawyers Association’s International Committee and American Bar Association International Labor & Employment Law, London, England
June 2017
Ethics, Cyber Security, and Data Protection
The International Forum on Employment Law, Kildare, Ireland
March 2017
Challenges in International Employment Law
National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law, American Bar Association, New Orleans, Louisiana
News
Mathews Dinsdale lawyers from coast-to-coast recognized in the 2023 Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as leaders in Labour Law, Employment Law, Construction Labour Relations, Occupational Health & Safety Law and Workers’ Compensation Law.
Mathews Dinsdale recognized by The Legal500 Canada 2023 as a leading firm in Labour and Employment, highlighting our national reach. Testimonial - "It is the only workplace law firm with offices from coast-to-coast, so being a national organization ourselves this is extremely important to us. It was Canada’s first law firm to devote its practice to employment law."
The Best Lawyers™ in Canada 2023 recognizes 24 Mathews Dinsdale lawyers, from coast-to-cost, as leaders in the fields of Labour and Employment Law, Workers' Compensation Law, Education Law, Employee Benefits Law and Immigration Law.
Who’s Who Legal Canada 2022 recognizes seven Mathews Dinsdale lawyers, from BC, ON and NS as Thought Leaders in the fields of Labour and Employment Law.
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