John Coleman is Managing Partner of Norton Rose OR LLP and sits on Norton Rose Group's Executive Committee. He is a member of our Canadian executive committee and Chair of our Canadian management committee. Mr. Coleman practises employment and labour law. For the past 25 years, he has focused on matters pertaining to federally regulated industries such as banking, transportation and communications companies. He has appeared on numerous occasions before the Canada Industrial Relations Board, labour arbitrators and the courts as counsel for major private and public sector clients. Selected client work Mr. Coleman has acted as counsel to the following clients: · CN (lead labour counsel in connection with its privatization process) · National Bank · Bell Mobility · Maritime Employers Association · Canada Post · Brink's · Aeroplan (lead labour and employment advisor in the creation of its income trust) Rankings and recognitions · Best Lawyers in Canada, 2012 - Labour and Employment Law · Guide to the World's Leading Labour & Employment Lawyers, 2011 · PLC Which Lawyer? Cross-border Labour and Employee Benefits Handbook · The International Who's Who of Management Labour and Employment Lawyers, 2011 · Best Lawyers' Lawyer of the Year, 2009 - Labour and Employment Law, Montréal Memberships and activities · Canadian Bar Association · Secretary, Quebec Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee · Former lecturer, Labour Law, Faculty of Law, McGill University (1998-2008) Directorships · McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) · Chair, Council for Services to Children and Adolescents (CSCA), The Montreal Children's Hospital, (MUHC) · Executive Committee, Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation · Centaur Theatre |