Nick Papageorge

Nick Papageorge

recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Ones to Watch since 2024
Awarded Practice Areas
Labour and Employment Law
Works at
Ross & McBride LLP

11 Best Lawyers awards

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Biography

Nick Papageorge is a Partner in the Labour & Employment Law and Human Rights Law Groups at Ross & McBride, and he is recognized by Best Lawyers Ones to Watch in the practice area of Labour and Employment Law since 2024.

Nick works with both employer and employee clients to find practical solutions to workplace matters, including human rights issues, wrongful dismissal claims, health and safety reprisals, duty of fair representation complaints, and judicial reviews.

Nick regularly appears as lead counsel before the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, the Ontario Labour Relations Board, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and the Divisional Court. Nick has also appeared as lead counsel before the Court of Appeal for Ontario and the Federal Court of Appeal.

Areas of law:

  • Employment Law
  • Human Rights Law
  • Administrative Law
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Labour Law (Union-Side)
Works at
Ross & McBride LLP

11 Best Lawyers awards

Ross & McBride LLP logo

Locations

Education

  • University of Toronto, J.D., graduated 2018

Bar Admissions

  • Ontario, Law Society of Ontario, 2018

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada 2026 for work in:
  • Labour and Employment Law

Case History

Cases
  • Zarabi-Majd v. Toronto Police Services Board, 2023 HRTO 1314
Successfully argued against the dismissal of a unionized worker’s human rights complaint against her union.
  • Green v. Ontario (Human Rights Tribunal), 2025 ONSC 6223
Acted as lead counsel in an application for judicial review that resulted in the Court overturning the dismissal of the Applicant’s human rights complaint in a significant public interest matter.
  • Talwar v. Best Buy Canada Ltd., 2025 ONSC 5814
Successfully represented the Plaintiff in a wrongful dismissal claim in which the Court found there was no just cause for dismissal and awarded the Plaintiff eighteen months’ notice.
  • Brian Graff v. Real Crowd Capital Inc., 2023 CanLII 12654 (ON LRB):
Represented the Applicant in a multi-day hearing before the Ontario Labour Relations Board, which ultimately found in favour of the Applicant and awarded over $100,000 in damages.

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