ZONE Mediations


Principal, Carissa M. Wong, Barrister & Solicitor


Family Law ClerkYork University Dispute Resolution 


Aforward-thinking legal intellectual possessing a creative, innovative, and positiveattitude.BRIEFPERSONALSUMMARYA member in good standing with the LSUC possessing over 9 years of active law practice in Canada. Highly efficient, hardworking, responsible, detail-oriented legal professional having an in-depth understanding of laws and legal codes A self-motivated individual who is a strong team player with excellent people’s skills for interacting with fellow lawyers, other professionals, and public Possesses excellent communication, drafting, analytical and problem-solving skills with the ...


Milestone Consulting Services


Senior Managing Consultant, Robinson Global Management Inc.


My name is Keshia Osbourne and I have lived in Toronto my whole life. I have a degree in Linguistics and Psychology and completed my certificate in conflict resolution. I currently work for Service Canada and am seeking employment as a mediator. I am working on obtaining my Q-Med within the next couple of months.


Owner/President, Remcor Project Services Inc,

Canadian and UK Citizen Member of:Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (PQS)Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)(Past) Licentiate Member of Chartered Institute of Builders (CIOB) Considered to possess strong leadership abilities with an open, communicative, inclusive, fair and team oriented approach to dealing with and resolving issues. Both a strategic and tactical thinker.Over the last 30 years have been involved in settlement of numerous contracual disputes with/between contractors/subcontractors and owners without the necessity of "Formal Dispute" Resolution or litigation. ...


Social Security Tribunal, Member


Vice President, 30 Forensic Engineering


Lawyer, Jordan Bronte Robertson Palmer Professional Corporation

I have been called to the Ontario Bar since 2010. I am a passionate advocate for Alternative Dispute Resolution, a system which allows the parties to craft their own solutions to unique problems while bypassing the expensiveness, delay, and arcane rules associated with some Court proceedings.


Partner, Hoffer Adler LLP

I have been a practising civil litigation lawyer since 1990, with experience in a wide variety of subject matter.  My practice is currently focused on franchise litigation and malpractice defense, together with other commercial and civil litigation. Having conducted many mediations as counsel throughout my career, I now offer my services as mediator as well.


Legal Relations, BIFA Business Individual Freedom Association


Partner, Lerners LLP


Management & Mediation Consultant, Hafeez & Associates

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING INVOLVING DISPUTE RESOLUTION COURSES AT YORK UNIVERSITY A wide range of courses including: Dispute Resolution Theory and Generic Issues, Commeercial Mediation and Negotiation, Advnaced Negotiation and Mediation Skills and Family Dispute Resolution. Subsequent to formal Professional Mediation training at York University, I have participated in a variety of mediations - both solo and as a co-mediator. I have for several years been an active Member of ADR Institute of Ontario as well as the ADR Institute of Canada. Also, I am a Commissioner of Oaths - International ...


Howard Martin Counselling and Mediation


Klein Family Dispute Resolution Services


Law Office of Deborah Herriot-Howes


Peterborough, ON

 I am a licensed lawyer in Ontario. For over two decades I have been involved in countless court room disputes, mediations, pre-conference hearings and settlement conferences.I obtained my law degree from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario in 2004. Subsequently, being called to the Bar in 2005. During my early years I worked at various firms in downtown Toronto in the area of litigation.In 2010 I opened up my own law practice.  I am also completing my LLM in Dispute Resolution from Osgoode Hall.


NATIONS GATE Consulting Group

Dr. Majid Pourostad is an Internationally Trained Lawyer (ITL). He obtained the degree of Professional LLM in International Business Law from Osgoode Hall Law School, completed NCA Program and got the Certificate of Qualification. Majid Pourostad has just started Licensing Process at Law Society of Ontario. Majid was also Visiting Scholar at Osgoode Hall Law School (September 2019 - April 2020) hosted by Professor Janet Walker. He currently is a member of Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society (TCAS) and has completed TCAS's Gold Standard Course (September 2017 - May 2018) for certification ...


Caron George Mediation & Dispute Resolution


Commercial Litigator, Self-Employed

Experienced commercial litigator in Toronto called in Ontario, Bangladesh and England and Wales.


Principal Owner, ADR Group

Mr Drake is a Senior Construction Executive and Principal with over 35 years of experience in the construction industry, mainly in major residential and commerical projects throughout Canada. Prior to founding Drake & Associates, Ralph previously held senior executive possitions with four major Contractors/Developers and his portfolio includes some of the most prestigious developments in the GTA & Canada. Having the skills and experience of being a professional quantity surveyor, chartered arbitrator with civil engineering has contributed to his sucess in all aspects of construction ...


Owner/Founder, Paul Di Clemente Workplace Investigations


President & CEO, Principal Consultant, Robinson Global Management Inc.

Andrea is the Founder, President & CEO, Principal Consultant of RobinsonGlobal Management, a Women Business Enterprise Council Canada, and Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council Certified company.Andrea received a 2020 WBE Canada Leader Award for exemplary leadership and communitycontribution and received the 2019 WBE Canada Rising Star Award for economic,business, and innovative impact in the diverse supplier community. Leveraging 18 years of experience, Andrea provides professionalglobal consulting services and advice to governments and agents engaging inlarge, sensitive, and ...


Legal Counsel, Department of Justice Canada

D.Phil. (Oxon.); LL.M. (Osgoode Hall); counsel for Canada on approximately 200 Indian residential schools claims; currently practising tax litigation; certified as bilingual (English and French)


President, Michael Patrick O'Brien Professional Corporation

Michael has worked in the labour relations field for over 30 years, occupying positions of increasing responsibility within Unions and on the management side. Commencing in March 2024, he is dedicating his practice to mediation and arbitration. Michael holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto (1996), and a Juris Doctor from Osgoode Hall Law School (2012), and will complete an LL.M. in Alternative Dispute Resolution, also at Osgoode Hall Law School, in 2024. Michael was called to the Ontario Bar in 2014 and practiced labour law in Toronto for over a decade, predominantly as ...


Weiler ADR Inc.

Recognized as one of Canada's foremost commercial mediators Rick Weiler brings 28 years of experience mediating well over 4,000 cases involving a wide range of subject matter.Rick teaches Mediation at the University of Ottawa Law School where he also sponsors the Weiler ADR Prize for Mediation. He was the first Canadian mediator to be certified by the International Mediation Institute. He is the author of the Mediation Chapter inCanadian Legal Practice.Rick is a past Chair of the National ADR Section of the Canadian Bar Association and was the recipient of the 2004 Award of Excellence in ADR ...


Instructional Designer, York


Toronto, ON

Goldblatt Partners LLP

Natai Shelsen is a mediator and lawyer specializing in employment, human rights, business-related matters and general civil litigation. She mediates disputes in advance of litigation and in the context of litigation. She is fluently bilingual in English and French.


Discrimination and Harassment Counsel


Diana has over 35 years of civil litigation experience, having appeared before all levels of court including the Ontario Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada. Diana has both private practise and in house government experience, most recently as the Director of Litigation for the City of Toronto.Diana’s areas of expertise include:personal injury claims, police claims, building claims, contract disputes, neighbour disputes, Occupiers’ Liability Act claims, professional liability claims. Diana has extensive practical experience acting as counsel on a broad range of civil litigation ...


Principal Mediator and Consultant, Anderson Mediation and Consiulting


Yola Grant, Mediation, Arbitration & Investigation Services

Yola Grant is an ethical, incisive and engaged facilitator of workplace dispute resolution Experience• for 30 years, spanning public service and private practice, Yola was exposed to every aspect of labour, employment and human rights law;• as Associate Chair (adjudicative lead) at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, decided significant age and citizenship discrimination cases (Talos and Haseeb); • as a mediator, trainer and neutral investigator for over a decade, conducted 40 investigations in unionized workplaces (including universities, hospitals, community service organizations, ...


Vice President, Roni Group Of Companies


Senior Associate, Stantec Consulting Ltd.

I am a design and construction senior project manager and facilitor with over 25 years experience in navigating complex stakeholder environements. With years of practical experience in mediating, officially or otherwise, disputes and conflict within projects, and extensive training in alternative dispute resolution, negotiation, and collaberative leadership, I bring both skills and experience to the table to help project parties settle or ideally avoid disputes and conflict.


Harold Tan is a Mediator, Investigator, Adjudicator, Trainer and Humber College Faculty. He holds a LLM (Alternative Dispute Resolution) from Osgoode Law School, a Qualified Mediator (Q. Med.) designation with ADRIO/ADRIC, and a Chartered Community Mediator (CC. Med.) designation with the Ontario Community Mediation Coalition.He holds an Advanced Certificate in Peacemaking Circles (University of Waterloo), and is trained in Restorative Justice (Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General). Additionally, he holds a Certificate in Adjudication (Osgoode Law).Harold advises and trains post-secondary ...


Siesde Dispute Resolution Technologies


Partner, MBC Law Professional Corporation

Ian is a litigator with a wide-ranging, results-orientedpractice. Ian divides his time between providing advice and representingclients in the areas of construction law, commercial law, estate litigation,professional negligence, employment law and under the broad heading ofadministrative law.In July 2019, Ian was selected to become a Fellow in theConstruction Lawyers Society of America (CLSA). The CLSA Fellowship – which islimited to 1,200 active practicing lawyers worldwide, reflects the excellenceand accomplishments of its Fellowship in construction law and closely relatedspecialties. With ...


Partner, WeirFoulds LLP


President, the Project Management Sentinel Ltd.

In September of 2019, I established 'the Project Management Sentinel Ltd.' to provide the related services of estimating, critical path scheduling and claims evaluation for the construction industry. In April of 2020, I participated in an ODACC Adjudicator's orientation and training course to better understand how construction disputes will be handled after the implementation of the Construction Act of October 2019. I am hopeful that I can participate as an Adjudicator in the new dispute reconciliation regime. I had been working in the road building industry with one company for over 4 ...


Dodokin Law & Conflict Resolution

Robin Dodokin is an experienced commercial litigator, mediator and arbitrator with expertise in resolving shareholder and business partner disputes, family business disputes, insolvency issues , estate disputes and disputes involving businesses, property and assets. She offers conflict resolution, mediation and arbitration in person or on a virtual or online platform which enables mediations and arbitrations which allows proceedings to be held remotely . Robin has found that online and virtual proceedings to be very effective and particularly necessary in the current challenging times that we ...


Brian Gray Law

Brian W.Gray, has practised intellectual property law for over forty years in Canada. He is a former co-chairman of the Intellectual Property and Entertainment Committee of the Intellectual Bar Association.Brian has litigated copyright, patent and trademark cases before the Federal Court in Canada. He has mediated software license, trademark, copyright and entertainment disputes and has arbitrated false advertising claims. He has particular expertise in software patents (lead counsel representing banks in the Amazon case and as intervener for insurance industry in the Benjamin Moore case).. ...


Omar Khan Mediation Inc. | OKM Inc.


Lawyer, Grewal Law Professional Corp


Lynn has been a mediator since 1999 working first as a volunteer for Conflict Mediation Services of Downsview conducting community-related mediations including parent/teen, teacher/student, disputes between neighbours and Small Claims Court cases. Starting in 2003, she has been conducting mediations through her private mediation practice and, in 2004, became a roster mediator for the Ontario Mandatory Mediation Program, mediating civil matters. Since 2002, Lynn has been acoach and associate facilitator in ADR workshops offered by the Stitt Feld Handy Group. She has the Executive Certificate ...


Senior Partner, Black Sutherland LLP


Regional HIV/AIDS Connection


President, Tolkun Consulting Services Inc.

A professional engineer with over 36 years of experience in the construction and management fields and currently a Certified Adjudicator in the Province of Ontario


Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council

Several years experience providing leadership and strategic guidance and representation developing, implementing, managing and monitoring corporate compliance programs and working with code of conducts and ethical issues.Over 15 years experience acting as regulatory subject matter expert on behalf of regulatory bodies providing mediation, adjustication and investigation services. Currently Chair of the Discipline Committee for the Condominium Management Regulatory Authority of Ontario, Chair of the Home Construction Regulatory Authority, Committee member for the Human Resourses Professionals ...


ADR Chambers

Jonathan Flanders, full-time mediator and arbitrator, has mediated over 2000 cases sincehis transition from a 20-year law practice to full-time mediation,including personal injury, insurance, product liability, property damage, libel, franchise, lease, employment, professional negligence, construction, contract, environmental, estates, business and real estate disputes.EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONSJonathan is a graduate of McGill University (B.Sc., 1975;B.C.L., 1978;LL.B., 1979) and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1981.Jonathan is a member of The Law Society of Upper Canada, ...


Founder / Lawyer, Tarantino Law


Synergetic Workplaces Consulting Incorporated


King City, ON

Mediator, Brown & Burnes


I am a British trained Barrister and Solicitor. I have been mediating in Ontario full-time since 2019 and officially launched my practice in 2020. My practice is predominently personal injury, commercial and insurance defence cases. I also mediate contractual disputes.   I beleive in collaborative mediation and help to facilitate effective negotiation during each session. I enjoy working with clients from a diverse backgrounds and making inclusivity my top priority. 


Halpin ADR

I have practiced commercial litigation for 37 years since my call to the bar in 1986, firstly with Blakes in Toronto then Ottawa and for the past 20 years with Norton Rose in Ottawa. Contract disputes have been the core of my practice for most of this time, although a lot of legal territory has been covered.·I have certificates from the University of Windsor Law in ADR and advanced ADR workshops and hold an Executive Certificate in Conflict Management. In terms of peer recognition, I have been recognized in BestLawyers in Canada: Corporate and commercial litigation, 2019-2023 and Canadian ...


Adjudicator/Lawyer


President, Creative People Solutions

My name is Marie-Josée Smith and I describe myself as a passionate, forward thinking HR Consultant and Mediator.I am Bilingual (French & English) and possess more than 20 years of experience managing all areas of the Human Resources portfolio. I have provided Strategic Leadership in regards to implementing best practices in Talent Management, Performance Management, Succession Planning, Organizational Development, Compensation and Benefits, Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining, Employee Development, and Strategic Planning.I have a MBA from Hautes Études Commerciales of Montréal, I am ...


Lawyer, Stephen M. Werbowyj Professional Corporation


Managing Partner, SUNN Econeering COnsulting Inc

Humanresource management executive with a career span of 26 years, successfullymanaged human resource units in different industries ranging from oil and gasto consulting services and manufacturing (Fortune 500 companies in Africa andSouth East Asia) A graduate of the prestigious Edo State University with adegree in Economics B.sc, Master`s degree M.sc in Economics from the Universityof Lagos, Master`s degree in Business Administration MBA (with specializationin finance) from the University of Lagos and Doctorate degree in Social Sciencesfrom the University of Leicester, United Kingdom - ...


Shaaron Jones-Crawford is an internationally trained Barrister with experience in Mediation, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution. She holds an LL.B and LL.M., called to the Bar of England and Wales and is a member of The Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in London, England. Shaaron holds a Chartered Mediator (C.Med.) designation from ADRIO/ADRIC.Shaaron holds an Executive Certificate of Conflict Management (EC.CM) from Windsor Law School, and also holds a Certificate in Adjudication (Osgoode Law School). Additionally, Shaaron is a Chartered Community Mediator (CC.Med.) from the ...


Maureen O'Reilly & Associates


Warren Morris is a non-practicing lawyer, who acts as a mediator, arbitrator, trainer, ombudsman and ADR consultant. Warren is an expert in commercial and workplace mediation. He has a unique ability to simplify complex matters and creates an atmosphere for resolving conflict. The ADR Institute of Canada has granted Warren the designation CHARTERED MEDIATOR (C.Med) in recognition of his experience, education and expertise in the field of mediation.Since 1999, Warren has successfully mediated numerous complex matters, ranging from multi-party financial reorganizations to sensitive workplace ...