Dan provides strategic legal advice in the areas of labour, employment, litigation, procurement, and insurance law. He brings experience in all stages of litigation and has represented clients in trials before the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta and the Provincial Court of Alberta.  Dan also has experience representing clients before a multitude of administrative bodies, including arbitration panels and the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board, Alberta Labour Relations Board, Workers’ Compensation Board, Dispute Resolution Decision Review Body, Appeals Commission, Alberta Human Rights Commission, Employment Standards Program Delivery, and the Social Security Tribunal of Canada.

EDUCATION

• JD, University of Alberta
• BA, Simon Fraser University

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, AFFILIATIONS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• Member, Law Society of Alberta
• Member, Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers
• Former Vice-Chair and Director, Edmonton Hospital Workers Child Care Society
• Former Member, University of Alberta Appeal Board
• Former Associate Member, Alberta Lacrosse Association

Dan previously worked in-house with a large employer and was lead counsel on non-bargaining unit human resource matters, which involved him drafting agreements and providing termination, discipline, compensation, job classification and benefits advice. Dan also provided procurement expertise, acting as lead counsel on various procurements, including a $26,000,000 health service procurement.

Dan’s broad in-house experience coupled with his extensive litigation background makes him well suited to lead litigation and advise on a vast array of labour and employment matters and independent contractor agreements, procurement solicitation documents, and human resource policies. Most recently, Dan has acted as a third party investigator for a large institution and has been lead counsel in termination and selection/competition arbitrations.

• “2020 Labour Law Year in Review”, McLennan Ross Seminar, 2021
• "Restoring Balance in Alberta’s Workplaces Act", Greater Parkland Chamber Webinar, 2020
• "Workplace Harassment & Violence: An Introduction to Employer Responsibility", McLennan Ross Webinar, 2020
• COVID-19: Workplace Relaunch Planning, McLennan Ross Webinar, 2020
• "Abridged Year in Review: A Survey of 2019 Cases that Corporate Counsel Should Be Aware Of", Canadian Bar Association Presentation, 2020
• “2019 Labour & Employment Year in Review”, McLennan Ross Seminar, 2020
• "2019 Employment Law Year In Review", 2019 Chartered Professionals in Human Resources (CPHR) “HR Bootcamp”, 2019
• “Abridged Year in Review: A Survey of 2018 Cases that Corporate Counsel Should Be Aware Of”, Canadian Bar Association, 2019
• “2018 Labour & Employment Year in Review”, McLennan Ross Seminar, 2019
• "Planning Ahead – Using Clarity in Drafting to Address Future Exposure", Chartered Professionals in Human Resources Presentation, 2019
• "Medical Marijuana and Legalization: Where Do Employers Go From Here?", McLennan Ross Webinar, 2018

• “Employee Home Expenses – Federal Government Fall Economic Statement 2020” Michelle Fong, MaryAnne, and Dan Weber McLennan Ross E-Alert, 2020