A recognized leader and advocate, Carissa Tanzola is committed to delivering strategic business solutions while navigating legal challenges with integrity and efficiency. As the current Managing Partner of Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP, she leads with innovation and passion, driving success for both her clients and the firm. Carissa provides employers with expert legal guidance and representation for complex workplace issues. Her practice has a special focus in workplace health and safety, workers’ compensation, disability management and accommodation matters. Carissa regularly appears before courts, arbitrators, the Ontario Labour Relations Board, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal, and other administrative bodies. Prior to joining the Firm, Carissa served as a Vice-Chair at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal. Carissa is a co-author of the Employer’s Guide to Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance (Carswell) and regularly speaks, writes, and teaches on labour and employment issues for industry groups and legal organizations. She is a past Chair of the Labour and Employment Section Executive of the OBA, as well as a past member of the OBA’s Board of Directors.
