Employment Litigation Manual (Second Edition)

James G. Knight, LL.B., is the managing partner of Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP, working out of both the Hamilton and Toronto offices. He has 40 years of experience representing management in labour and employment law. Jamie regularly appears before the courts, arbitration boards and federal and provincial labour relations tribunals, as well as before adjudicators in human rights, employment standards and health and safety matters. He has extensive experience in collective bargaining and in guiding employers through the process of responding to union organizing campaigns. Jamie is a Fellow of the American College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Jamie was named by Best Lawyers as the 2019 and 2023 Lawyer of the Year for his work in Labour and Employment Law in Hamilton. In 2017, he was also named the Canadian HR Reporter 2017 Employment Lawyer of the Year, as selected by Canadian Lawyer Magazine.

Jamie has authored or co-authored over 20 publications for human resources professionals and lawyers, most of them in multiple editions. Jamie taught management and human resources employees in employment law programs at the University of Guelph for 20 years, with a focus on workplace safety and the legislative requirements for managing human resources. He was a member of th, e Board of Directors of the Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers (CACE) from 2008 to 2019. He is a past President (2016-17) and former Chair of the Human Rights Committee (2010-15), and was Co-Chair of the 2011 CACE Conference. Jamie also co-chaired the annual LSUC Conference, “6-Minute Labour Lawyer” from 2008 to 2014, and continues as a speaker. Jamie has travelled widely, including to sub-Saharan Africa, where he and his wife have been involved with Canadian charities working in local partnerships to improve education, child care and micro-finance opportunities for women and disabled persons.