Jody Brown
Partner
- Location:
Toronto
- Phone:
416-979-4251
- Fax:
416-591-7333
- Email:
Biography
Jody Brown is a civil litigator with expertise in class actions. Whatever the subject, Jody makes complex litigation understandable and accessible for his clients.
In his class action practice, Jody secures collective redress for mass wrongs committed by corporations and governments. Unions, employees and lawyers regularly rely on Jody in his general litigation practice to advance and protect their interests as plaintiffs or defendants. Jody acts in a wide variety of matters including employment law, insolvency, consumer protection, claims under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, institutional abuse and professional negligence.
Jody is counsel in Granger v. Ontario, one of the few class actions that has been litigated through a common issues trial. Jody was successful in achieving a judgment for over 7,000 class members in the first certified class action regarding an alleged breach of section 8 of the Charter.
Jody has been counsel in many novel and multijurisdictional employment class actions covering provincial and federal employment standards for thousands of employees across Canada. Most recently Jody achieved certification on behalf of a class of delivery drivers allegedly misclassified as independent contractors in Cervantes v. Pizza Nova Take Out Ltd. Jody was counsel in the first successfully certified misclassification employment class action in Ontario, Rosen v. BMO. The action ultimately settled to the benefit of the employee class.
Jody has acted for hundreds of retiree class members after their previous employers sought to terminate post-retirement benefits.
Jody takes on select defence matters for individuals, insurers and businesses facing exposure from class actions to ensure the action is litigated in a cost-effective and expedient manner.
In his spare time, Jody can be found cycling or racing with a number of Toronto cycling clubs.