Jeffrey E. Goodman*
Partner Toronto, T: 416.869.8550 F: 416.862.8247 jgoodman@mathewsdinsdale.com
Divinia Nyarko, Paralegal Assistant 416.862.8280 x306 dnyarko@mathewsdinsdale.com
Biography
Law Society of Ontario
Osgoode Hall Law School, LL.B.
University of Western Ontario, B.A.
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
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.
* Denotes practicing through a law corporation.
Industry recognition
Who’s Who Legal – Thought Leader – Global Elite
Labour & Employment
Who’s Who Legal – Thought Leader
Labour & Employment
Who’s Who Legal – Global Leader
Labour & Employment
Who’s Who Legal – National Leader, Canada
Labour, Employment & Benefits
The Best Lawyers in Canada™
Labour and Employment Law
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
Employment Law (Most Frequently Recommended)
Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada
Labour 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 Canada
Labour and Employment Law
Presentations
EPLI Update – Still Living in a COVID World
Presentation for Chubb Insurance Company of Canada
The COVID Pandemic: Implications for Directors and Officers
Emerging Issues in Directors’ and Officers’ Liability 2021, The Law Society of Ontario
Canadian Common Law Contractual Update
International Constituency Meeting, National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law, American Bar Association
Employment Contracts and the State of the Law on Termination Clauses
Annual Review of Civil Litigation 2020, Carswell
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
Employment Law, EPLI Claims and the current COVID-19 Crisis
Presentation for Zurich Insurance
Developments in Responsible Business Conduct
International Labor and Employment Law Committee Midyear Meeting, American Bar Association
Ethical Considerations in Workplace Investigations
Law Society of Ontario: Emerging Issues in Directors’ and Officers’ Liability
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
Local Law, Personal Ethics and Corporate Standards
International Bar Association: Annual Employment and Discrimination Conference
Exploring the Enforceability of Termination Provisions Through the Lens of Fairness Principles
Ontario Bar Association: 16th Annual Current Issues in Employment Law
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
Ethics, Cyber Security, and Data Protection
The International Forum on Employment Law, Kildare, Ireland
Challenges in International Employment Law
National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law, American Bar Association, New Orleans, Louisiana
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