VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 23, 2023 /CNW/ - Two of BC's leading and most experienced labour lawyers, both founding partners of Roper Greyell LLP, based in Vancouver, have received prominent national and international honours, recognizing their lifelong impact on the field.
Thomas A. (Tom) Roper, K.C., Chair of Roper Greyell has received the Bora Laskin Award for 2022. This is one of Canada's top law awards and recognizes Tom's decades of outstanding contributions to Canadian labour law.
Meanwhile, Tom's colleague Delayne Sartison K.C. has been elected a fellow of the prominent U.S.-based College of Labor & Employment Lawyers. Only five British Columbia lawyers have ever been accepted into this organization, including Tom Roper. The College is a professional association headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland, that honours the leading lawyers in the practice of Labour and Employment Law in the U.S. and Canada.
Bora Laskin Award 2022 – Tom Roper, Chair, Roper Greyell, Vancouver, B.C.
Among the many accomplishments of his 47-year career, Tom was one of three special advisers called upon by the Province of British Columbia to help revamp the B.C. Labour Relations Code in 1992. Those changes brought stability and innovation to B.C.'s labour relations system. Tom has also acted as counsel to unionized and non-union employers in virtually every sector of the Canadian economy.
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