Atty. Colleen Bauman
A strong defender of the view that a messy desk is a sign of creative genius, Colleen Bauman enjoys grappling with legal questions that don’t have an easy answer. Clients and colleagues look to Colleen when facing complex or novel constitutional, labour, or human rights issues.
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About Colleen Bauman at a glance
Colleen Bauman is a employment and appellate attorney based in Ottawa, Ontario, practicing at Goldblatt Partners LLP. Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Appellate Practice (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Labour and Employment Law (2026), and Lawyer of the Year — Appellate Practice, Ottawa (Canada) (2025). Serands clients in Ottawa, ON and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- A strong defender of the view that a messy desk is a sign of creative genius, Colleen Bauman enjoys grappling with legal questions that don’t have an easy answer
- Clients and colleagues look to Colleen when facing complex or novel constitutional, labour, or human rights issues
- In her down to earth style, Colleen guides them with thoughtful advice that is both practical and tactical
- Colleen’s clients include unions, professional associations, employees, other lawyers and even judges
- She is a persuasive advocate, appearing in Ontario and Federal courts on appeals and applications for judicial review, where she takes complicated legal principles and simplifies them into an eloquent argument about why her client’s rights should prevail
- No stranger to labour arbitration, Colleen enjoys working with unions, grievors and individual clients to build a case or resolve conflicts through negotiated settlements
- When not litigating, she represents clients in collective bargaining or interest arbitration, working to improve salaries, benefits, pensions and key protections in the workplace
- Colleen knows the Supreme Court of Canada better than most
- She started her law career as a clerk to Justice Rosalie Abella, and has returned many times since
- Along with her own appellate work, she leads the firm’s Supreme Court agency practice, advising lawyers on all aspects and stages of an appeal
- She is the Ottawa Regional Coordinator for the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute, which provides advocacy advice to lawyers appearing before the Supreme Court
- She is also a member-at-large of the Canadian Bar Association’s Labour and Employment Law section executive
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Colleen Bauman's Areas of Practice
Each practice area below reflects the types of cases Colleen Bauman 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.
Colleen Bauman is one of 169,120 employment attorneys indexed nationally. Browse employment attorneys in Ontario →
Appellate attorneys for civil and criminal appeals at state and federal court.
Colleen Bauman is one of 86,319 appellate attorneys indexed nationally. Browse appellate attorneys in Ontario →
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 Ottawa 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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