David S. Alli

David is a labour and employment lawyer in Hicks Morley’s Toronto office. He advises employers in the public and private sectors on a variety of labour and employment issues, with a particular focus on wrongful dismissal defence litigation, human rights, accommodation, grievances, collective bargaining, employment contracts and employment standards.

David has worked with clients to conduct extensive training sessions and has helped guide investigations and any discipline required following those investigations. He provides on-site training seminars on a range of labour, employment and human rights topics to assist organizations with compliance and strategy. He has appeared as counsel for employers before the Superior Court of Justice, the Divisional Court, the Small Claims Court, the Ontario and Canadian Human Rights Tribunals, and the Labour Relations Board.

David is a member of the firm’s Litigation, Human Rights, Municipal, Employment Equity, and Financial Practice Groups.

In his spare time David is an Ontario Bar Association member of council and has served as a director and second vice-president with the Peel Law Association. David has been a member of the teaching team of the “Lawyer as Negotiator” course at Osgoode Hall Law School and regularly presented on negotiation and cognitive bias.