Loretta Stoyka

Senior Counsel

stoyka@millercanfield.com

Windsor
T: +1.519.561.7406
O: +1.519.977.1555 or +1.313.962.1990
F: +1.519.977.1565

Loretta Stoyka’s practice area covers Canadian Employment law with an emphasis on Workplace Safety and Insurance Law and Corporate Compliance. In her 25 years of experience in Worker's Compensation Law, she was Director of Human Resources and Government Relations for an Interprovincial and International Trucking Company and in private pracitice acting on behalf of corporations across the Province. Ms. Stoyka then served in a quasi-judicial position as a Vice Chair of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal of Ontario. She is a former Director of the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board of Ontario, Chair, Governance Committee; Vice Chair, Investment Committee.

“Integrity combined with the highest level of legal expertise in order to achieve results beyond the expectation of the client is what I strive for in all my dealings.”
Loretta Stoyka

In a Workers' Compensation matter, Loretta's research and submissions on behalf of a corporate client resulted in setting aside four levels of Workers' Compensation penalties over a four-year period with a rebate of several million dollars.

"The above result was accomplished based on knowledge of the law and the fortitude to present unusual arguments combined with the integrity of relationships."

Professional Activities

First in Ontario to achieve Certification as Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law
Harvard Law School, Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee
Windsor Utilities Commission, Past Commissioner; Governance Committee, Chair
ATHENA Scholarship Fund (Windsor), Founder and President
Ontario Parole Board, Past Member
Ontario Review Board, Alternate Chair
Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, Institute of Corporate Directors Program, 2007
University of Toronto, Financial Literacy-Directors & Executives Program, 2006

Honors + Awards

Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce, Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient 2009
Woman of the Year, Windsor, 2003
Business Professional of the Year, Windsor, 1996
University of Windsor School of Law, Criminal Law Prize, Faculty of Law 1983

Civic, Cultural + Social Activities

ATHENA International, Provincial Director
Hospice Village of Windsor and Essex County Capital Campaign, Honorary Chair
Ontario Chamber of Commerce, Past Director
Windsor & District Chamber of Commerce, Past Chair, Board of Directors
St. John Ambulance, Past Chair, Board of Directors
YMCA, Past Director
Windsor-Essex Development Commission, Past Director

Publications

"Drug Testing in the Workplace. Recent Canadian court decisions strike a balance between safety at work and individual rights," Hot Points, Fall 2008

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