Meaghen Russell

First Year of Call
Ontario, 2006

Areas of Practice
Employment Law

Description
Meaghen Russell is a partner in our Employment and Labor group. Meaghen’s practice involves advising and representing employers on a wide range of employment and labor matters, including complicated human rights issues, workplace accommodation, wrongful dismissal litigation, and employment contracts and policies. She has represented clients in numerous trials, mediations and hearings before various tribunals. Meaghen provides training to clients on a variety of topics, including workplace accommodation, and workplace violence and harassment. She has also participated in a number of comparative law seminars and presentations that focus on the differences between Canadian and US employment law.

Meaghen obtained a joint JD/LLB degree from the University of Windsor and the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, and was admitted to both the Ontario Bar and the Illinois Bar in 2006.

Prior to practicing in Ontario, Meaghen practiced with a full-service law firm in Chicago. Her practice in Chicago involved representing both private and public sector employers in the areas of employment, labor, education law and civil rights defence.