Atty. Barry Weintraub
Barry is a founding partner of Weintraub Huang LLP. Barry's practice includes litigation of civil & corporate/commercial, environmental and employment matters.
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Barry Weintraub is a employment and environmental attorney based in Toronto, Ontario, practicing at Weintraub Huang LLP. They have 37+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1989. Admitted to practice in Ontario (1989). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Environmental Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Labour and Employment Law (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Awards: (2026). Serands clients in Toronto, ON and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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About
- Barry is a founding partner of Weintraub Huang LLP. Barry's practice includes litigation of civil & corporate/commercial, environmental and employment matters
- Barry is an experienced and successful trial and appellate counsel
- He has made more than 1500 appearances in various types of proceedings before various courts at all stages of litigation and has also appeared before several different administrative tribunals
- Barry has acted as counsel in numerous mediations and commercial arbitrations
- Barry is Past-Chair of the Civil Litigation Section and Environmental Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association and the National Environment, Energy and Resources Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association
- He was previously an adjunct professor of law teaching an advanced Civil Litigation course for many years at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Queen's University Faculty of Law
- He writes and speaks frequently on a variety of commercial, environmental and employment litigation issues
- Barry is recognized as a leading Canadian lawyer in various ranking publications including Benchmark Canada, Best Lawyers in Canada and Lexpert magazine CIVIL & CORPORATE/COMMERCIAL LITIGATION Barry has experience in various specialized areas of civil & corporate/commercial litigation, including corporate transaction disputes, shareholder remedies, contract claims, banking and investment management, injunctions, regulatory proceedings, construction matters, professional negligence, estates/trusts, defamation, real estate litigation and fraud
- He has handled large, complex matters involving co-ordination of litigation team efforts and extensive documentary and factual circumstances
- ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Barry has experience in all aspects of environmental litigation, including civil litigation of liability for cleanups of historical contamination, appeals of regulatory orders and defence of environmental prosecutions
- His clients include large and small corporations, insurance companies, financial institutions, professionals and individuals
- He has acted in many leading environmental law cases
- EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION Barry is an experienced workplace investigator in fraud, discrimination and harassment cases and has an extensive practice in employment law matters, including cases involving wrongful dismissal, restrictive covenants and human rights
- He was counsel for the successful complainant in the historic Tahmourpour v
- RCMP case before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal and Federal Court of Appeal, and has also acted in several administrative hearings, judicial reviews and constitutional cases
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Barry Weintraub's Areas of Practice
Each practice area below reflects the types of cases Barry Weintraub handles, with a brief overview of what that area of law covers.
Employment lawyers represent workers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage & hour disputes, and severance negotiations.
Barry Weintraub is one of 169,120 employment attorneys indexed nationally. Browse employment attorneys in Ontario →
Environmental attorneys for regulatory compliance, contamination, land use, and natural resource law.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in Ontario
Practicing law in Ontario. Legal matters in Ontario are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Toronto are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Ontario state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Ontario brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Ontario courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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