Larry's extensive management labour law practice involves labour relations, arbitration, human rights, workers' compensation, occupational health and safety, collective bargaining, mediation and conciliation. He represents employers, employees, and employer/employee groups in all sectors of the economy, including retail, wholesale, manufacturing, mining, construction and health care. Larry is also involved in administrative law practice before tribunals and courts, including sitting as a panel member in administrative law tribunals.
Professional
· "Best Lawyers in Canada" - Labour and Employment Law, 2006-2012
· Appointed Queen's Counsel, 1988
· Partner, 1974
· Admitted to the Saskatchewan Bar, 1973
Seminars & Presentations
· Presenter at the Saskatchewan Legal Education Society Inc. employment law seminar on "Current Issues in Employment Law" 2002
· Lecturer: Canadian Bar Association, area of Labour Relations
· Bar Admission Court Lecturer: Administrative Law, 1985-1990
· Member: 3-member group appointed to study labour relations as it pertained to unionized construction industry in Saskatchewan in 1986, which led to the Hornung report in October 1986.
· Seminar presenter: Saskatoon Personnel Association
· Seminar presenter: Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce
· Seminar presenter: Health care seminars for special care homes and hospitals involving trade unions, management and labour relations policies from 1998
· Seminar presenter: Saskatoon Insolvency group regarding implications of receivership and bankruptcy on employment contracts, construction labour relations seminars as they relate to use of union and non-union contractors in construction sites
· Seminar presenter: General labour relations seminars from 1989 to present for Centre for Labour-Management Studies Group regarding union/management relations, including the co-operation model between management and unions; discipline and discharge in unionized workplace; illness and disability in unionized workplace
· Presenter: Human Resource Management Association seminars on "Trends in Labour Arbitration", Telemarketing Conference on Hospital Downsizing: Employee Severance Packages, Litigation and Related Issues (1992 to 1994)
· Presenter: Western Canadian Cities Personnel Conference for Human Resource Practitioners on the Evolution of Rights and Responsibilities in the New Workplace: Duty to Accommodate (1998)
· Presenter: Canadian Bar Association Annual Convention "Concessions or Closure from Management Labour Perspective", 1993 and "Winning Advocacy Skills: Third Edition" C.L.E. program for cross-examination of an Expert Witness, 1994.
Memberships & Associations
· Member, Law Society of Saskatchewan
· Chairman, 1993-1999, Labour Committee, Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce
· Past President, 1982-1983, Canadian Bar Association, (Saskatchewan Branch)