Throughout a highly successful 20-year career as a lawyer with Emond Harnden LLP, Andrew maintained a consistent focus on the area of labour and employment law, amassing the knowledge and experience required to be an effective arbitrator, mediator and independent investigator.
He maintained his legal practice until the spring of 2014, when he successfully completed the Ontario Ministry of Labour’s Arbitrator Development Program. Andrew is now on the Minister’s List of Approved Grievance Arbitrators.
In his legal practice, Andrew represented public and private sector clients of all types and sizes, and provided each with sound, practical advice. He also appeared before arbitrators, human rights tribunals and Federal and Provincial Labour Relations Boards. He has “lived” the challenges that both parties face in resolving complex and emotional workplace disputes. In short, Andrew is intimately familiar with the legal issues and the personal dynamics that shape today’s workplace.