4505 Canterra Tower
400 - 3rd Avenue S.W.
Calgary AB T2P 4H2

Direct Phone: 403.693.4304
Fax: 403.508.4349
Email: rgarden@mlt.com

Administrative Law
Labour and Employment Law
Natural Resources Law
Police Law

Rob Garden has more than 30 years' experience in his primary areas of practice: labour and employment law, administrative law, and natural resources law. He has negotiated numerous complex collective agreements and major construction contracts on behalf of large corporate clients, served as an interest and rights arbitrator, and represented a major health care client in fee negotiations with the Government of Saskatchewan. Rob regularly advises clients on human resources and industrial relations issues, including occupational health and safety, human rights and workers' compensation.

Rob's approach to effective client representation leads him to seek a thorough understanding of each client's corporate culture. His practice philosophy dictates that his objective is to assist his clients in achieving their business goals, not just resolving narrow legal issues. Rob has successfully put this philosophy into practice for a number of clients, especially resource-based clients in the uranium, potash and grain handling sectors. He has acted as corporate secretary to several corporations and mining joint ventures in Saskatchewan, and regularly advises a number of clients based in Alberta.

Rob is an experienced advocate who has represented employers before numerous administrative tribunals and arbitration boards, including the Alberta and Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench, Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, the Labour Boards of Canada, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and Human Rights Tribunals for Canada, Alberta and Saskatchewan. In recognition of his abilities as an advocate and negotiator Rob was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1992.

In 2008 Rob was appointed Chairman of Mindoro Resources Ltd. and also serves as corporate secretary to the Management Committee of the Cigar Lake Joint Venture and as a director of Golden Band Resources, a Canadian exploration company based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

• Admitted to the Alberta Bar (2002)
• Admitted to the Saskatchewan Bar (1974)
• LL.B. (Saskatchewan, 1973)
• B.A. (Distinction, Political Science and Economics, Saskatchewan, 1968)

• "BV Peer Review Rated", very high legal ability and ethical standards rating (Martindale-Hubbell)
• Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Labor and Employment Law - 2008)
• "Leading Practitioner" (Labour: Lexpert Legal Directory - 2006 and 2007)
• Listed in Best Lawyers in Canada (Labor and Employment Law - 2006, 2008)

• Mindoro Resources Ltd. - Chair
• Calgary United Way Leaders of the Way - Committee Member
• University of Calgary, Moots - Former Chair
• Haskayne School of Business, Moots - Former Chair
• University of Calgary Arbitration Conference - Advisory Board

• Regular speaker at conferences and seminars on various labour and employment law topics in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and British Columbia
• University of Saskatchewan College of Commerce, College of Law and College of Arts and Science - Guest Lecturer