Adrian Frost
Lawyer
he/him/hisAdrian’s practice is focused in the areas of labour, employment and human rights law.
Profile
Adrian is a partner at TDS with a practice focused in the areas of labour, employment and human rights law.
Adrian acts as counsel and provides advice on all aspects of employment and collective bargaining relationships, including employment agreements and employee manuals, terminations and wrongful dismissals. He frequently represents clients in labour board proceedings, grievance arbitrations and human rights proceedings. A particular emphasis in his practice has been to assist clients as lead negotiator in collective bargaining negotiations in a wide range of types of workplaces and sectors.
In recent years Adrian has frequently been appointed by parties to serve as a grievance arbitrator/mediator and as a conciliator/mediator to assist with resolving their collective bargaining negotiations. In 2024 Adrian was appointed as a part-time Vice-Chair of the Manitoba Labour Board and continues to serve in that capacity. At that time Adrian was also listed as a grievance arbitrator on the Manitoba Labour Board’s list of grievance arbitrators.
Adrian is the Chair of the firm’s Labour and Employment Law Practice Group, and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
Adrian is a current Director of CPHR Manitoba, and has served in that capacity since 2021.
Additional Information
University of Manitoba, LL.B., 1999
University of Manitoba, B.A., 1995
Manitoba, 2000
Recognized in the 2024 Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory for Labour Relations and Employment Law.
Received the Best Lawyers™ 2022 Labour and Employment Law “Lawyer of the Year” award in Winnipeg.
Included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers™ in Canada in the field of Labour and Employment Law, and has been so included in every edition since 2012.
Selected as a Lexpert® Rising Star: Leading Lawyer Under 40 for 2013 by Lexpert® Magazine.
Identified as a “Litigation Star” in multiple recent editions of Benchmark Canada, the Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys, and previously identified as a “Future Litigation Star”.
Adrian was the recipient of the A. Montague Israels Q.C. prize from the Law Society of Manitoba in 2000.
Adrian joined the Board of Directors of the CPHR Manitoba Chapter in 2021.
Adrian was a member of the Board of Directors of Rainbow Stage (1993) Inc. from 2013 to 2024. He served in a number of capacities during that period, including as the Chair of the Board of Directors from 2019 to 2022.
Former member of the Board of Directors of Small Scholars Inc., a fantastic before and after school program at Sun Valley Elementary School.
Adrian has been thrilled to participate as a cast member in five of the musicals jointly produced by the Manitoba Theatre Centre and Manitoba Bar Association: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2015), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (2014), Legally Blonde (2013), The Producers (2010) and Chicago (2008).
Adrian served as President of the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra from 2008 to 2010, and served on its Board of Directors from 2000 to 2012.
Adrian is a former President and Director of the Winnipeg Youth Orchestras Inc. (1999-2004)
Former President of the Manitoba Law Students’ Association (1998-99) and was Valedictorian for the 1999 graduating class.
Adrian has been a Head Coach or Assistant Coach with the Northeast Predators AA and Northeast Eagles Female Hockey Programs (2012 to present)
Former Co-Chair of the Labour and Employment Sub-section – Manitoba Bar Association
Former President (2017-18), Treasurer, Vice-President, Manitoba Director – Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers
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