Jane Gooding is a partner at Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP, a management-side labour and employment boutique law firm. Jane was called to the Bar in 2006 after graduating from Western University with an LL.B. Prior to attending law school, Jane obtained her Honours B.Sc. in Biology (Dean’s Honour List) from McMaster University.
Jane regularly provides advice and advocacy to both public and private sector clients in the areas of workplace and administration law. Jane has extensive experience representing employers in respect of collective bargaining, grievance arbitrations, wrongful dismissals, human rights, disability management and occupational health and safety issues.
Jane strives to be responsive to her clients’ needs by providing timely, practical solutions to workplace issues. Jane works in partnership with her clients to provide high quality, cost-efficient and client-focused service. As a strategic thinker and problem-solver, Jane is able to provide alternative approaches to issues as they arise. Jane is also an effective and passionate litigator. Jane is the past Chair of the Today’s Family Board of Directors and served on the YWCA Women of Distinction Committee.
Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP (Filion) is one of Canada’s largest and highest-ranking law firms practicing exclusively management-side labour and employment law.
The firm acts for over 1,000 federally or provincially regulated employers in both the public and private sectors. The firm’s clients operate in diverse economic sectors, including retail, energy, manufacturing, healthcare, education, hospitality, transportation, and government. Many have national or international operations.
The firm’s lawyers represent and advise in-house counsel, executives, managers, and human resources professionals on all aspects of the law governing the employer-employee relationship.
This includes advising on employers’ rights and obligations in relation to: employment contracts, employment standards/ policies, independent contractor agreements, terminations/employment-related litigation, the Charter & human rights, occupational health & safety, workplace safety & insurance, pay equity, employment insurance, workplace & whistleblowing investigations, accessibility for Ontarians with disabilities, freedom of information & privacy, restructuring & contracting out, mediation/arbitration, collective bargaining, labour relations & arbitration, strategic advice/complex legal opinions, and appeals/judicial reviews.
Filion has developed its specialty over several decades. The firm was founded in 1982 by the Honourable Warren Winkler QC, Roy Filion QC, and David Wakely, having evolved from Ferguson, Montgomery, Cassels and Mitchell, which began in 1953.
With the appointment of Mr. Winkler to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in September of 1993, the firm became Filion, Wakely & Thorup. In 2001, the firm changed its name to Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP to recognize the contributions of its London, Ontario partners, Peter Thorup and Frank Angeletti. Mr. Winkler went on to serve as Chief Justice of the Province of Ontario.
Filion is the only Canadian member of L&E GLOBAL, an alliance of over 1500 labour and employment lawyers in more than 120 offices around the world. As part of L&E GLOBAL, Filion offers access to a single legal powerhouse for clients requiring complex cross-border labour and employment services throughout the world.
The firm and its lawyers are regularly recognized by leading national and international legal ranking publications, including Chambers Canada, Chambers Global, Lexpert®, Martindale-Hubbell, Best Lawyers, and Canadian Lawyer Magazine.
