Ted received his B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1964 and his LL.B. from Osgoode Hall in 1967. He was called to the Bar in 1969 and was then appointed to and served as law clerk to the Chief Justice of the High Court for the Supreme Court of Ontario for a one-year term. He then commenced the practice of law most of which was with Osler Hoskin & Harcourt where Ted was head of the firm’s Labour & Employment group.
Ted has over 40 years of negotiation, mediation, and arbitration experience, and has represented numerous clients before arbitrators, administrative tribunals, and all levels of the courts in a variety of matters. He has particular expertise in all aspects of labour and employment law, and has participated in approximately 2,000 cases involving wrongful dismissals, collective bargaining negotiations, human rights proceedings, employment law, labour relations, and workplace restoration issues.
Since his retirement from the active practice of law, Ted has expanded his investigative and adjudicative experience in a variety of different roles including:
- Appointed as a Vice Chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board for two (five-year) terms;
- Appointed as a member of the Discipline Hearings Panel of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization (“IIROC”) with responsibility to adjudicate complaints filed against members of the investment industry;
- Conducted numerous mediations, arbitrations and investigations at the joint request of the parties;
- Appointed by a number of municipalities to serve as their Integrity Commissioner with responsibility to investigate and adjudicate public complaints filed against members of Council that they had allegedly violated the municipality’s Code of Conduct;
- Served as a Director and Member of the Governance Committee of a number of private and public companies with responsibility to oversee the development and enforcement of their Codes of Business Conduct.
Ted was a past Chair of the Labour Section of the Canadian Bar Association, Ontario and National Branches. He has also served, on a volunteer basis, as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Holy Trinity School, a member of the Executive Board of the Conference of Independent Schools, President of York Downs Golf & Country Club, and Chair of the Markham Public Library Board.
Ted can be reached through the Toronto office of ADR Chambers.
