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Barry B. Fisher

Barry B. Fisher Mediation & Arbitration
142 Fenn Ave
Toronto, Ontario   M2P 1X6

416 999 3785
barry@barryfisher.ca
barryfisher.ca
Degrees/Designations - B.A. LLB
Practice Areas - Employment, Human Rights and Labour
Practice Description - Over 95% of my mediation practice is related to employment matters, including wrongful dismissal, human rights, group disability claims, pensions and employment related tort actions.

My mediation style utilizes an evaluative model rather than a strictly facilitative one. Unless all the parties wish to have a joint session, I generally conduct my mediations on the basis of utilizing only separate caucuses.
Background - I practiced employment law since my call to the Ontario Bar in 1979. My ADR career started in 1988 when I was first appointed as a Vice Chair of the Ontario Public Service Grievance Settlement Board, a postion that I still hold. I have worked as a mediator and arbitrator both in employment and labour law disputes since 1996. The majority of my current practice involves working as an off roster mediator under the Ontario Mandatory Mediation Program.
I am the Past Chair of the ADR Section of the Ontario Bar Association.
I am also the author of the online Wrongful Dismissal Database, published by WDD Legal inc., found at www.wrongfuldismissaldatabase.com
I am the author of Fisher's Guide to the Mediation and Arbitration of Employment Law Disputes, published by Wrongful Dismissal Inc.
In 2016 I was inducted into the International Academy of Mediators.
In 2011 the Ontario Bar Association get me the Award in Excellence in ADR .
In 2023 the Ontario Bar Association gave me the Randall Echlin Award for Excellence in Labour and Employment Law.
Fees - Half day (three hours ) $3,000 and for each hour thereafter $700
For a full day mediation (7 hours) $4,500 and for each additional hour thereafter $700.
For Small Claims Court matters scheduled in next 30 days, $500 for each party for a two hour mediation.