Ben Drory is an investigator, mediator, and arbitrator with ADR Chambers. As ADR Chambers’ Senior Investigator, Ben investigates workplace, municipal, banking, and regulatory disputes. Ben is the Integrity Commissioner for several Ontario municipalities – including Sarnia, Wasaga Beach, and Wilmot – and has also investigated Code of Conduct matters for several others, including Niagara Falls, Niagara Region, and school boards. He was formerly the full-time lead investigator for Toronto’s Office of the Integrity Commissioner, and a Member of the Condominium Authority Tribunal and Toronto’s Administrative Penalty Tribunal. From 2012 to 2017, he was a full-time Mediator, Settlement Officer, and Arbitrator for insurance disputes respecting motor vehicle accidents.
Ben has significant adjudicative experience with Ontario municipalities, having been appointed a by-law Hearing Officer by several municipalities since 2019 – conducting formal hearings into by-law violations including parking, licensing, property standards, animal control, and tree preservation. Ben has extensive expertise in complaint handling and process design, and also teaches and coaches dispute resolution. He has been a coach for York University’s Certificate in Dispute Resolution since 2015, and formerly taught a course in Insurance Mediation at Humber College. He is the volunteer Chair of the University of Toronto’s Complaint and Resolution Council for Student Societies, and helps judge university mooting and negotiation competitions, including the Dentons Cup and Canadian National Negotiation Competition.
Ben earned Law and Master’s in Business Administration degrees from the University of Toronto, and is a member of the Ontario Bar. He is accredited as a Chartered Mediator (C.Med.) and Chartered Arbitrator (C.Arb.) by the ADR Institute of Canada, and is a former Director of the ADR Institute of Ontario.
