john erickson

John W. Erickson Q.C.

Year of Call: 1967
Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation with an emphasis on Construction Law, Employment Law, and Personal Injury work; Mediation and Arbitration, and Aboriginal Law
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Email: jerickson@erickson-law.com
Law Clerk: Norma Badi, Carol Morgan, Sandra Kennelly

John Erickson is a well-known and highly respected litigator who holds the designation as a Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation by the Law Society of Upper Canada. With many years of service in the legal profession, John is the senior litigator in the firm.

He has extensive experience in construction matters and has chaired arbitration panels in construction disputes.

He has vast experience in civil litigation matters, Aboriginal and First Nations issues, the forestry and natural resources sector, employment and dispute resolution matters. He has acted as General Counsel to many construction companies, forestry companies, First Nations and First Nation organizations in Northern Ontario, and has organized and chaired conferences examining new partnerships between non-Aboriginal business and First Nations in Northwestern Ontario.

John graduated with a B. A. from Queen's University in 1962, and earned his LL.B. at Queen's University in 1965. Called to the Bar of Ontario with Honours in 1967, he was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1979.

Memberships:
The Canadian Bar Association
The Advocate’s Society of Ontario
Thunder Bay Law Association

Community Involvement:
Director, Thunder Bay International Airport Authority
Member and Past Vice-President, Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce
Past Member, Kinsmen K40 Club
Past Director, Trillium Foundation
Past Chair, Trillium Foundation Thunder Bay Area Review Committee
Past Director, Board of Governors, Port Arthur General Hospital
Past Director, Council for Canadian Unity
Past Director, Thunder Bay YMCA
Past Director, Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra
Past President, Thunder Bay Country Club
Vice-Chair, Liquor Licence Appeal Tribunal of Ontario, 1977-1982
Former Legal Aid Area Committee member, District of Thunder Bay
Past Director, Ontario Hydro
Past Chair, Ontario Hydro Social Responsibility Committee