Howard Levitt is a senior partner at the Toronto employment law firm Levitt LLP.
24 Facts About Howard Levitt
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Howard Levitt writes a twice weekly column for the Financial Post.
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Howard Levitt attended the University of Toronto, where he obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree.
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Howard Levitt did courses at Harvard Law School, following that, obtaining his Negotiation and Advanced Negotiation Certificate under Roger Fisher.
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Howard Levitt started his career as an employment lawyer specializing in wrongful dismissal.
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Howard Levitt worked on several prolific cases in his early career.
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Howard Levitt represented Betty Stone, who worked for the Toronto branch of the National Council of Jewish Women.
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Howard Levitt represented Yolanda Ballard, the long-time companion of the Toronto Maple Leafs owner Harold Ballard.
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Howard Levitt argued the dismissal did not meet Ontario's Employment Standards Act.
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Howard Levitt has acted as lead counsel in more employment law cases before the Supreme Court of Canada and at more provincial Courts of Appeal than any other lawyer in Canadian history.
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Howard Levitt developed his career at Lang Michener, which has since rebranded itself as McMillan LLP.
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In 2011, Howard Levitt started his employment law firm, Howard Levitt LLP.
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Howard Levitt's clients have included the Business Development Bank of Canada, Corus Entertainment, CPA Canada, Rogers Communications, Shaw Communications, and The Co-operators.
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Howard Levitt's team represented Matthews, a former Ocean Nutrition Canada employee who sought damages over his exclusion from the company's long-term incentive plan.
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In May 2023, Howard Levitt was elected as a bencher for the Law Society of Ontario.
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Howard Levitt was Ontario Counsel for the Jean Chretien for Leadership campaign in 1990.
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At the time of the Meech Lake Accord, Howard Levitt was co-chair, along with the Honourable John Roberts, of ALARM, an organization of Liberals across Canada opposing the Accord which included Premiers and provincial Opposition Leaders.
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Howard Levitt authored The Law of Dismissal in Canada, a bestselling book analyzing wrongful dismissal cases.
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Howard Levitt's titles include The Law of Dismissal for Human Resources Professionals and War Stories from the Workplace: Columns by Howard Levitt.
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Howard Levitt is the Editor-in-Chief of the Dismissal and Employment Law Digest covering all employment law cases across Canada.
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Howard Levitt has a twice weekly column in the Financial Post section of the National Post.
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Howard Levitt's philanthropy includes giving $1,000,000 to the Sinai Health Foundation, a charitable organization serving Mount Sinai Hospital.
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In 2022, Howard Levitt supported the University of Toronto Faculty of Law with a multimillion dollar donation.
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Howard Levitt received the Governor General's Award for Community Service and Citizenship in 2012.