Practice profile - Senior partner in the firm, appointed Queen's Counsel in 1981
- Alberta's most experienced management-side labour and employment lawyer, with more than 45 years of experience
- Recognized as one of the leading 500 lawyers in Canada and as a "leading practitioner" in the areas of labour law, employment law and workplace human rights by the Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory
- Has advised and acted on behalf of employers in most of Alberta's industries, including natural resources, utilities, manufacturing, broadcasting, retail and grocery, health care and education, forestry and transportation
- Particularly experienced in respect to construction labour relations matters, having handled numerous precedent-setting cases in this area
- Founding President of the Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers
- Experienced before all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada
- Listed in Best Lawyers in Canada 2008 under Labour and Employment Law
- Awarded Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating ("AV"), which shows that a lawyer has reached the height of professional excellence - has usually practised law for many years, and is recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity
Representative work For more than 45 years, Dave has represented employers in virtually all aspects of management-side labour and employment law. His work includes the following: - Provides strategic guidance to organizations regarding corporate structure from a labour relations standpoint
- Regularly defends and challenges decisions of administrative tribunals in the Court of Queen's Bench and Court of Appeal
- Continually represents and advises employers regarding matters such as union certification and revocation, unfair labour practice complaints, strikes and lockouts, and successorship and common employer applications before the Alberta Labour Relations Board and the Canadian Industrial Relations Board
- Continually represents employers in mediating and arbitrating disputes arising under collective agreements
- Continually acts as employer nominee on rights and interest arbitration boards
- Negotiates collective agreements and has conducted interest arbitration hearings
- Advises federal, provincial and municipal public sector employers, as well as the Province of Alberta, including the Premier and provincial cabinet ministers
- Assisted in drafting the labour legislation currently in place in Alberta
- Advises and represents organizations regarding wrongful dismissals, human rights concerns, Occupational Health & Safety complaints, administrative law, and miscellaneous employment-law matters
To contact Dave, call 780.482.9202 or email dross@mross.com.
Bar Admissions
Alberta, 1961
Education
University of Alberta
Professional Associations and Memberships
Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers, Founding President
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