Kate Kahn

Kate practices exclusively in the areas of labour and employment law. Kate primarily advises and represents employers but will also advise and represent employees when doing so will not conflict with her obligations to her employer clients.  

Kate assists and guides her employer clients and their managers and HR personnel in all areas of law related to the workplace, including hiring, firing, performance management, discipline, policies and procedures, human rights, health and safety, training, and workplace investigations. Kate assists her clients in managing workplace crises in real time with a view to obtaining timely resolutions and minimizing the employer’s legal and financial risk.  

Kate regularly appears before the Superior Court of Justice and the Small Claims Court, and she has enjoyed recent success with a landmark case at the Ontario Court of Appeal.  Kate also has over ten years of experience appearing before various administrative Boards and Tribunals, including the Ontario Labour Relations Board and the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, as well as representing unionized clients before grievance arbitrators and in the collective bargaining process. 

Kate originally came to Kingston to attend Queen’s University Law School.  She found a community here that she just couldn’t leave.  Kate enjoys hiking and camping with her dogs at Frontenac Park. She is also a proud (self-appointed favourite) auntie to ten nieces and nephews.