We are a group of people who actually like our job. We also like working with each other, making our communications and teamwork seamless and occasionally, kind of fun. As technology increasingly automates our day to day admin, each team member takes on an increasingly client-focused role, with everyone equally responsible for keeping our clients happy.
Marnie Baizley
Lawyer/Partner
Marnie Baizley's practice includes employment, labour and human rights law, as well as workplace investigations. She advises employers, human resources professionals and employees on a wide range of issues arising at all stages of workplace relationships.
Tiffany Thomas
Lawyer
Tiffany is a labour and employment lawyer with a passion and natural predisposition for practical problem-solving. Tiffany’s goal is to provide legal services in an approachable and accessible way. She aims to ensure that whatever the legal problem, her client understands the legal complexities and nuances and the solution to the problem.
Lexa Cutler
Lawyer
Lexa is a labour and employment lawyer with experience advising and representing both employers and employees in all aspects of workplace law. She has experience problem-solving and litigating a wide range of workplace issues relating to human rights, wrongful dismissals, health and safety issues, WSIB matters and grievance and policy arbitrations. Lexa aims to solve any legal problem with creativity, empathy and efficiency.
Ben Currie
Lawyer
Ben is a labour and employment lawyer with experience in all areas of workplace law. He has worked on a wide variety of workplace matters including employment contract and policy drafting, advising on employee discipline, and litigating human rights and wrongful dismissal claims. He also has experience in arbitrations and collective bargaining. Having also worked in employee relations, Ben understands the importance of practical solutions to workplace issues and enjoys problem-solving with his clients.
Vincent Hoss-Desmarais
Of Counsel Quebec Lawyer/Avocat partenaire au Québec
Vincent practices of counsel to SpringLaw. He is a bilingual lawyer who practices civil, commercial, copyright and employment/labour law. Vincent Hoss-Desmarais pratique en tant qu’avocat partenaire de SpringLaw au Québec. Il pratique en droit de l’emploi et droit civil.
Gaya Murti
Paralegal
Gaya is a licensed paralegal with a background in criminology and social work. Gaya will take the lead on litigation support, eDiscovery and further digitalizing our growing litigation practice, along with supporting our clients with legal research, drafting legal documents, filing and serving documents and ensuring that legal matters continue moving forward until resolution.
Amanda Termeulen
Finance Manager
Amanda is our Finance Manager overseeing our billing and our client services team. She has top-notch multi-tasking skills, attention to detail and an ability to work under pressure, ensuring our client accounts are organized, move forward, and meet key deadlines. With her exceptional people skills, warmth and compassion we know our clients are in excellent hands.
Jessica Raposo
Operations Manager
Jessica is our operations and project management lead, overseeing our firm’s internal and external operations, as well as supporting our marketing, administrative, HR, client services and legal teams. Jessica has a wealth of wisdom, compassion and killer people skills that we know our clients, partners and team value, along with ninja multitasking and organizational skills to keep the firm on track.
Mandeep Suri
Marketing Manager
Mandeep is our new Marketing Manager, overseeing the firm’s marketing and communications. Mandeep is a creative thinker and has spent her professional career developing and executing global marketing campaigns using a variety of media that bring a company's story, values, vision, and mandate to life.
Pauline Nyirabizimana
Bilingual Administrative Assistant & Client Intake Lead
Pauline is our Bilingual Administrative Assistant extraordinaire and Client Intake Lead! With 15 years of experience in office management and a diverse background in government, law, and sociology, Pauline is a true organizational wizard and an excellent addition to our Client Services team. As our Intake Lead, Pauline manages the smooth and seamless onboarding of our clientele, along with supporting all things administrative at Springlaw.
Extended Team & Collaboration
We advise on employment law across Canada, other than for Quebec workplaces which are governed by civil not common law. For those parts of a file, we work directly with our colleague, Vincent Hoss-Desmarais. See his bio above for more details.
Nous conseillons en matière de droit du travail et de l’emploi dans tout le Canada, à l’exception des lieux de travail du Québec qui ne sont pas régis par les règles de droit commun, mais par les règles de droit civil. Pour ces parties d’un dossier, nous travaillons directement avec notre collègue, Vincent Hoss-Desmarais. Voir son biographie ci-dessus pour plus de détails.
