Practice

In 1989, David, along with Alick Ryder, Kevin Whitaker, now Chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board, and Pamela Chapman, founded the firm that is now RWBH.

During his 20+ years of practice, David has acted for a broad range of union clients in a wide variety of matters, in the industrial, public and education sectors.

David has particular experience in privatization, successor rights and hospital merger cases, having been successful counsel in a number of precedent setting cases in these fields. He has also been counsel in ground breaking human rights cases, including cases which have vastly expanded the remedies available to employees who have been the victims of workplace discrimination.

In addition to his extensive experience representing unions before labour boards and grievance arbitrators, David is experienced in interest arbitration, health professions discipline matters, LTD litigation, and judicial review proceedings, having appeared before the Divisional Court and Court of Appeal for Ontario.

David has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the publication Best Lawyers in Canada in the specialty of labour and employment law.

Education

• Admitted to the Ontario Bar - 1988
• University of Toronto (LLB) - 1986
• University of Waterloo (BA) – 1982

Activities

Co-editor: Labour Relations Boards Remedies in Canada

Contributing author: The Labour Arbitration Yearbook (1999-2000 and 2001-2002).

Treasurer: Canadian Association for Labour Lawyers

Ontario Vice-President: Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers (2002 – 2006)

Union Co-Chair: Ontario Labour Relations Board Advisory Committee (2006 – 2007)

David has given seminars to union clients and others on human rights remedies, the duty to accommodate, successor rights, pensions, plant closures and other employment issues.