Jodi Martin
Jodi Martin is a labour lawyer with significant experience in human rights and appellate advocacy. She assists union and institutional clients with judicial review applications and appeals, and she co-leads the firm’s workplace investigations team.
Jodi has acted as counsel to various trade unions and police associations at grievance and interest arbitrations, mediations, and before the Human Rights Tribunal and Labour Relations Board. Her investigative skills were central to her role as co-counsel in the Motherisk Hair Analysis Independent Review. She regularly provides pro bono counsel through the Wellspring Cancer Support Network.
Education
- Osgoode Hall Law School, LL.B., 2007
- University of Western Ontario, M.A., 2003
- University of Western Ontario, B.A., 2000
Bar Admissions
- Ontario, 2008
Professional Affiliations
- Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers
- The Advocates' Society
- Toronto Lawyers Association
Awards and Honours
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Best Lawyers in Canada 2025 – Administrative and Public Law, Labour and Employment Law
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Best Lawyers in Canada - Administrative and Public Law, Labour and Employment Law - Since 2022
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Benchmark Litigation - Future Star
Representative Work
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Counsel to Ontario Association of Child Protection Lawyers in Hunt v. Worrod (2019 ONCA 540).
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Co-counsel to the Waterloo Regional Police Association in Rivers v. Waterloo Regional Police Services Board et al (2019 ONCA 267).
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Acted as counsel to various trade unions and police associations at grievance and interest arbitrations, mediations, and before the Human Rights Tribunal and Labour Relations Board, including: OPP v. OPPA (2016 CanLII 59376); Abas v. Peel District School Board (2018 HRTO 890); Murray v. Kitchener-Wilmot Hydro (2018 HRTO 1002).
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Co-counsel to the Ontario Provincial Police Association in Ontario Provincial Police Association v. Ontario (2016 CanLII 59376 (ON LA)).
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Co-counsel to the Honourable Justice Susan Lang, Independent Reviewer in the Motherisk Hair Analysis Independent Review.
Community Involvement
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Traveled to Mexico City to act as an observer in the internal elections for the Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas – 2011
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Provides pro bono counsel through the Canadian Civil Liberties Association Public Participation-Project
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Provides pro bono counsel to employees at the Wellspring Cancer Support Network
Publications
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Parliamentary Supremacy and the Rule of Law: Reflections on Justice Rothstein’s Administrative Law Jurisprudence in an Age of Deference – Judicious Restraint: The Life and Law of Justice Marshall E. Rothstein, edited by Lisa M. Kelly and Ivo Entchev – Lexis Nexis – 2016 (with Michael Fenrick and Dan Rosenbluth)