Ray Soma

Gardiner Roberts LLP

Ray Soma

Gardiner Roberts LLP

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Firm Summary

Soma represents companies and executives in all areas of employment law including
wrongful dismissal, human rights, harassment, rightsizing of workforces, employment
contracts, employment policies, human rights issues, occupational health and safety, workers
compensation, mergers and acquisitions, and privacy law issues. Soma has also conducted
numerous harassment and discrimination investigations for various Municipalities and
Corporations and provides in-house training to organizations on workplace compliance. She has
been involved in numerous high-profilelitigation matters including representingAir Indiaas
lead counselat theAir IndiaInquiry.
Soma has published extensively. Her works include the Halsbury’s Laws of Canada volume on
Discrimination and Human Rights, 674 pages (Lexis Nexis; 2018), the Halsbury’s Laws of Canada
volume on Employment Law, 785 pages (Lexis Nexis; 2023 reissue), and the Employment Equity
Manual (Carswell). She co-drafted the original “Rules of Practice” for the Ontario Human Rights
Tribunal and also assisted in drafting the Law Society of Ontario’s Rules of Professional Conduct
relating to lawyers practicing mediation.
She has been involved in several high-profileinvestigations including theinvestigation
concerning theToronto Community Housing Corporation.She has represented significant
members of society including CEOs, senatorsand government officials in highly sensitive
matters, both nationally and internationally.