Naomi Greckol-Herlich
Lawyer
- Location:
Toronto
- Phone:
416-979-4648
- Fax:
416-591-7333
- Email:
Biography
Ever since someone told her as a child that “girls don’t play baseball”, Naomi Greckol-Herlich has been squarely focused on equity and justice and the application of rules. She not only ignored that edict, but through baseball, developed a command of complex rules, strategic thinking, and an unrelenting drive for fairness that she now brings to her work with diverse clients and as part of the research department at Goldblatt Partners.
Naomi is a seasoned litigator with expertise in labour, administrative and criminal law. She has unique experience counselling individuals facing all types of investigations at work and managing the complicated interplay between concurrent investigations. She brings deep compassion, empathy, and expert knowledge to clients facing challenging circumstances. She is particularly proud to have a been part of a team that secured a directed verdict on behalf of an individual charged with multiple counts of sexual assault, and she is the only lawyer to have obtained an order anonymizing the name of a member in a discipline decision from the College of Teachers since the publication of member names became mandatory.
Naomi attended law school at McGill University where her academic and community contributions were recognized with the Blake’s Scholar Award. She also chaired OutLaw, the Queer law students’ association, worked as a caseworker at a community legal clinic, and completed an internship with the International Criminal Justice Program of Human Rights Watch. Naomi also completed her articles as a clerk for the judges of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario, Central West Region where she worked on all manner of cases before both the Superior and Divisional Court.
Prior to law school, Naomi obtained a Master’s degree in world history at Northeastern University where she wrote her thesis on the relationship between media coverage and public policy responses to the Rwandan Genocide, and also worked writing case studies for Harvard Business School. She really did stick with her childhood baseball hobby and parlayed it into playing with teams in New England and Japan, and with the Canadian Women’s National Team.
Outside of work Naomi enjoys picking up and putting down heavy things for fun, watching as many films as she can, taste-testing dumplings, cultivating her indoor jungle, and punning with her spouse and kiddo. She also recently took up competitive slo-pitch.