Craig Lawrence

Craig Lawrence is a Partner and the Toronto leader of the Employment and Labour group at Dentons Canada, practicing in Employment Law. His practice focuses on collective bargaining, grievance arbitrations, union certifications, and work stoppages, regularly acting as chief negotiator for a wide variety of private and public employers and advocating before labour arbitrators, the Ontario Labour Relations Board, and the Canada Industrial Relations Board.

He also represents employers in wrongful dismissal litigation, workforce reorganizations, employment standards matters, and pay equity disputes, appearing before Ontario courts and the Ontario Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal. Mr. Lawrence has successfully defended a large public sector organization in a pay equity complaint with potential liability in excess of CAD $22 million, acted as labour counsel to one of Canada's largest media companies on acquisition-related successor rights negotiations, and advised a Canadian transportation operator with more than 20,000 workers on strike contingency planning and injunction proceedings.

Craig holds an LLB from the University of Western Ontario (2007), an MA from the University of Guelph (2004), and a BA from the University of Western Ontario (2002). He has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada in Labour and Employment Law and the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Employment Law.