Frank Cesario
Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
Recognized since 2019
Toronto, Ontario
Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Labour and Employment Law
Frank is a senior litigator in Hicks Morley’s Toronto office. He is a strategic counsel for his clients, and has significant courtroom and hearing experience representing clients in complex and high-profile cases.
Frank represents his clients as a close and long-term advisor, and as a highly skilled advocate on their most important and challenging cases. Frank has particular expertise in arguing judicial review and appeals, and in litigation relating to the following: employment disputes (including senior employee litigation, for-cause terminations and federal unjust dismissal complaints); disputes relating to executive and incentive compensation; pension and benefits litigation; disability claims; restrictive covenant litigation; class actions; and labour injunctions.
Frank has represented clients in trials, appeals, arbitrations and tribunal/board hearings. He has appeared as counsel in all levels of court in Ontario (Superior Court of Justice, Divisional Court and Court of Appeal), in the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, the Federal Court, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. Frank was elected to The Advocates’ Society Board of Directors and is proud to continue the commitment to advocacy which The Advocates’ Society has promoted since its inception.
Frank has significant experience working with financial sector, university, school board, hospital and municipal clients.
Prior to commencing practice, Frank clerked at the Court of Appeal for Ontario.
When not in court, Frank can usually be found spending time with his amazing wife and two energetic sons—watching movies, exploring the outdoors and cheering on the Raptors, the Steelers and all Italian soccer teams.
- E-mail: frank-cesario@hicksmorley.com
- Direct Phone Number: 416-864-7355
- Phone Number: 416-362-1011
- Lawyer Page: https://hicksmorley.com/people/frank-j-cesario/
- 77 King Street West
TD Centre, 39th Floor
P.O. Box 371
Toronto, ON M5K 1K8
Canada
- Pronouns: He/Him
- Harvard University, J.D. (magna cum laude)
- University of Toronto, B.A.
- Ontario, 2001
- Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers - Member
- Canadian Bar Association - Member
- Divisional Court Users’ Committee - Member
- Ontario Bar Association - Member (Administrative, Civil Litigation, Class Actions, Constitutional, Civil Liberties and Human Rights Law, Education, Labour & Employment, and Pensions and Benefits Law)
- The Advocates’ Society - Member
46 The Best Lawyers in Canada™ awards
3 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada™ awards
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Labour and Employment Law
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
Employment Law (Consistently Recommended)
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