Stuart Rush obtained his law degree from the University of British Columbia in 1970. He has practiced continuously in BC since 1971, representing trade unions and tribal organizations in labour and aboriginal litigation. He regularly appears before the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of BC, the Canada Industrial Relations Board, the BC Labour Relations Board and arbitration boards in BC and throughout Canada. He was appointed Queen's Council in 1992.

Don Crane received his law degree from the University of British Columbia in 1976. Since 1977 he has been a trial lawyer in both the criminal and civil courts. He has represented clients in a wide variety of criminal and civil cases, and regularly handles cases involving personal injury, employment and labour law, human rights law, defamation, and commercial litigation.

Stan Guenther graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1977 and has practiced continuously in British Columbia since 1978, appearing before administrative boards and tribunals and at all levels of the trial and appeal courts in a range of civil and criminal cases, including labour arbitrations, judicial review proceedings, workers' compensation appeals, and employment standards cases. His practice is currently focused on representing unions and individuals in workers' compensation cases, and in representing unions in grievance arbitrations.

Carolyn Askew obtained her law degree from the University of British Columbia in 1968 and has practiced labour and employment law since 1972. She worked as Legislative Director for the British Columbia Federation of Labour, as an organizer for the Telecommunications Workers Union and as general counsel for the Health Sciences Association. She has representated trade unions and their members before a range of administrative tribunals and all levels of courts in British Columbia. Carolyn also instructs in the Administrative Justice programs of the British Columbia Council of Adminstrative Tribunals. Carolyn joined Rush Crane Guenther as associate counsel in 2000.

Heather Neun graduated from UBC Law School in 1997, and was called to the BC Bar in 1998. After articling with a large Vancouver firm, and practicing with a litigation firm in Vancouver for the following three years, she joined Rush Crane Guenther as an associate in October 2001. Heather has worked primarily in labour arbitration and civil litigation.

Janet Patterson received her law degree from the Univeristy of British Columbia in 1988. Se worked for the British Columbia Government Employees Union until her appointment, in 1995, to the Public Service Appeal Board (1995-2001). She also worked as an independent consultant with unions, arbitrators, tribunals and Capilano College in the area of labour law, administrative law and human rights. In 2001, Janet was appointed as an Appeal Commissioner with the Workers Compensation Board and then as a Vice-Chair at the Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal (2003-2005). In September 2005 she joined Rush Crane Guenther and works primarily in the area of workers compensation and labour law.

Bruce Stadfeld, PhD., provides the firm with litigation support for aboriginal and labour law cases. Bruce, a Fulbright Scholar, is an historian specializing in the Aboriginal and environmental history of Canada. He has provided litigation support for several high-profile Aboriginal rights cases. Bruce is currently completing his LL.B at UBC and writing a scholarly monograph on the environmental and social history of hydroelectricity in British Columbia.

 

 

 

 

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