Maria Constantine (she/her/hers) is a partner in Employment & Labour Group at Cassels. Maria helps employers navigate employment relationships, litigation, and corporate transactions to comply with applicable employment laws and mitigate potentially significant financial, regulatory, and reputational risk.
In particular, Maria advises on employee hiring, discipline and dismissal, employment standards compliance, disability management and accommodation, workplace investigations, and human rights issues. She regularly represents employers in litigation matters and has appeared as counsel at all levels of court in Ontario and at a variety of administrative tribunals, including the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario and Ontario Labour Relations Board. Maria has particular expertise in written advocacy and extensive experience drafting complex employment contracts and workplace policies. She also provides strategic advice on employment issues arising in complex corporate reorganizations, mergers, and acquisitions.
Maria has written extensively on topics relating to employment and human rights law and is a frequent speaker at employment law seminars and conferences.
For her work, Maria has been recognized as a leader in her field by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Maria is also a member of Cassels’ Corporate Responsibility Committee and Co-Chair of the Pro Bono Subcommittee. She volunteers with Pro Bono Ontario’s Free Legal Advice Hotline and Toronto Metropolitan University’s Law & Business Clinic.
