Kathryn Lee Meehan

Kathryn Meehan is a partner in Hicks Morley’s Waterloo office, a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and the lead partner for its Southwestern Ontario region. Her long-standing client relationships reflect her commitment to understanding her clients’ businesses and providing practical, strategic and solution-oriented advice on all aspects of labour and employment law. She is recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada and the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as a leading practitioner in Labour Relations and Employment Law.

An accomplished advocate, Kathryn regularly represents employers in complex workplace disputes before labour arbitrators, administrative tribunals and the courts. She has extensive experience acting in grievance arbitrations and proceedings before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario and the Ontario Labour Relations Board. Her advocacy experience also includes trials before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, judicial review applications before the Divisional Court and appeals before the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Kathryn is frequently retained to advise on challenging workplace matters involving senior leaders, complex employment issues, significant human rights concerns and difficult labour relations disputes. Clients value her ability to assess risk clearly, identify practical solutions and provide advice that balances legal considerations with the realities of running a workplace. Her earlier career working and teaching in human resources gives her a practical appreciation of the operational realities that shape workplace decisions.

Kathryn regularly shares her knowledge as a speaker and trainer, delivering engaging presentations for executives, human resources professionals, managers and industry groups on a wide range of workplace law topics.

Kathryn graduated as the gold medalist from the LL.B. program at Western University and earned her LL.M. from the University of Cambridge, England. She also holds a Master of Industrial Relations and a B.A. (Honours) from Queen’s University and completed her articles as a judicial law clerk at the Court of Appeal for Ontario.