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Provided by Megan E Shortreed

Canada

Practice Areas

• Appeals and Judicial Review

• Commercial Litigation

• Employment Law

• Estates and Trusts

• Healthcare

• Human Rights

• Infrastructure and P3

• Product Liability and Tort Claims

• Professional Discipline and Regulation

• Public and Administrative Law

Career

Megan Shortreed is senior counsel with deep experience in corporate, commercial, employment, civil and estates litigation, as well as professional regulation. She argues cases involving shareholder and partnership disputes, duties of directors and employees, trusts and estates, product liability and other complex commercial cases. She acts often on behalf of senior executives respecting their compensation, employment contracts or termination from employment, and on behalf of employers, employees and complainants in respect of sensitive workplace investigations. She also acts as an independent investigator and adjudicator. Megan has extensive hearings experience before professional disciplinary tribunals.

In 2014, Megan became the inaugural recipient of Honsberger Award, the Toronto Lawyers Association award in recognition of ongoing contributions to the legal community and the community at large. In 2020, she was named to Benchmark’s Top 50 Women in Litigation in Canada and in 2021 and 2024, she was named Health Law Litigator of the year by Benchmark Canada.

A devoted mentor and educator, Megan participates regularly as a panelist and instructor at law schools and professional CLE programs. Megan is a Bencher (director) of the Law Society of Ontario, a director of the Law Society Foundation, and was an adjudicator in the Hearing and Appeals Divisions of the Law Society Tribunal from 2019 to 2021. She is a former director of the Advocates’ Society, and former Chair of the Homes First Foundation.

Professional Memberships

• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America

• Bencher, Law Society of Ontario (2019 to present)

• Director, Law Society Foundation (2019 to present)

• Editorial Board, Commercial Litigation and Arbitration Review (2012 to present)

• The Advocates' Society - Board of Directors (2014 - 2018)

• The Advocates' Society

• Toronto Lawyers' Association

• Ontario Bar Association

• Women's Law Association of Ontario

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Litigation: General Commercial - Ontario

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Megan Shortreed operates a wide commercial practice, with additional experience of public law-related mandates. She is based in Paliare Roland's office in Toronto.


Employment & Labour: Non-Unionised Employees - Ontario

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Megan Shortreed of Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein in Toronto has deep experience in employment litigation, as well as professional regulation. She argues cases involving shareholder and partnership disputes and duties of directors and employees. She also often assists senior executives with employment contracts, terminations and sensitive workplace investigations.

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