Brian is a mediator, arbitrator and investigator with ADR Chambers. He has extensive experience in the administrative justice sector in Ontario. His areas of expertise includes employment and human rights disputes, sexual harassment, workplace harassment, discrimination and reprisal, occupational health and safety, insurance (SABS), licencing, education, child welfare, environmental, landlord/tenant, public policy, privacy and access to information, conflict of interest, and property tax disputes.
Brian is a part-time Board Member of the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board where he acts as a labour arbitrator for workplace disputes arising within the Federal public sector. Brian is also an external adjudicator with the Canadian Industrial Relations Board.
Prior to joining ADR Chambers, Brian was Deputy Director and Senior Counsel at the Ministry of the Attorney General providing legal, adjudicative and operational support to 13 administrative tribunals and boards that comprise Tribunals Ontario, including, for example, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, the Licence Appeal Tribunal, the Landlord and Tenant Board, the Assessment Review Board and the Child and Family Services Review Board. In his role as Deputy Director, he managed the legal services branch including the litigation team that appeared before all Courts in Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Prior to his position as Tribunal Counsel, Brian was litigation counsel at the Ministry of the Environment (2010 – 2012) and the Ministry of Labour (1999 – 2010). Brian was also in private practice (1993 – 1999), practicing criminal law, administrative law and civil litigation.
Brian is a licensed member of the Law Society of Ontario (1993) and Law Society of Manitoba (1991). He has an LL.B. from the University of Calgary Faculty of Law and a LL.M. in administrative law from York University, Osgoode Hall. Brian earned his B.A. in economics and political studies at the University of Manitoba.
Brian is available to conduct mediations and arbitrations in-person, by video conference and teleconference.
