Lawyers Kelly Doctor

Kelly Doctor

Partner

• Location:

  Toronto

• Phone:

  416-979-4052

• Fax:

  416-591-7333

• Email:

  kdoctor@goldblattpartners.com

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Biography

Kelly Doctor has the smarts to see all possible solutions, and the heart and practical intuition to reach the best ones for her clients. She’s driven to fight for the rights of people experiencing disadvantage and discrimination in the workplace and elsewhere in their lives. While she loves to litigate, she also works quietly behind the scenes to advise clients on how to handle difficult situations in the workplace and negotiate resolutions to them.

A former Supreme Court of Canada law clerk, Kelly never shirks complex legal questions and has applied her aptitude for research and creative thinking to advance the law for trailblazing clients. Kelly has represented clients at the Supreme Court of Canada and elsewhere in cases raising difficult constitutional problems or novel human rights issues.

Union clients turn to Kelly to help them fight to protect good jobs and the gains made through collective bargaining. She has worked with teachers, firefighters, hospital employees, public servants, construction workers, and other professionals on issues as diverse as job security, workplace privacy, discipline, disability benefits, and more. She regularly represents employees who are fighting back against discrimination and harassment in the workplace, and with clients who are seeking systemic change. She often represents unions seeking to protect the benefits that have been negotiated as part of their benefit plans. With both her union and individual clients, Kelly gives practical advice and focuses on finding solutions that meet her clients’ needs in a cost-effective manner. She enjoys public speaking, and frequently presents at webinars and client conferences about substantive legal issues such as human rights and employee benefits, but also about matters that allow unions to provide effective and appropriate services to a diverse membership and to vulnerable employees.

Kelly also works with Indigenous clients facing problems in their workplace, and on land claims litigation. Kelly is a member of the Six Nations of the Grand River, and as a Haudenosaunee person, she understands that there are particular cultural and legal issues that her Indigenous clients may face when interacting with the Canadian justice system.

Fluent in French, and with degrees in both common law and civil law from McGill University, Kelly was called to the Ontario Bar in 2008. In 2022, she was recognized by Best Lawyers as a leading practitioner in labour and employment law.

Outside of the office, Kelly loves to travel, run and listen to podcasts, sometimes all at the same time. In the summer you can find her cheering for the Blue Jays or walking through the Don Valley with her giant St. Bernard.