Brent Mullin

Brent has over 35 years of experience as a lawyer and adjudicator in the province of British Columbia. Prior to joiningOverholt Law LLP, Brent served for 16 years as Chair of the Labour Relations Board of BC, the province’s leading administrative tribunal, and the Employment Standards Tribunal and a previous 6 years as a Vice-Chair at the Board. During his tenure, Brent issued over 900 written decisions and adjudicated many of the Board’s leading cases. Prior to that, Brent was a partner at a national law firm in Vancouver where he represented clients in mining, forestry, construction and municipal government in grievance arbitrations and applications before administrative tribunals and all levels of court in BC. He has also provided strategic advice on collective bargaining and the labour relations aspects of corporate structuring and commercial transactions.

Community Involvement

Brent has been a volunteer coach of youth basketball in Vancouver since 2008. Brent founded Raindogs Basketball in 2011 and coached teams in various club leagues under that banner. He has also coached in the public school system with teams at Lord Byng Secondary School and Queen Elizabeth Elementary School in Vancouver.

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Bar Admissions

British Columbia, 1983

Education

University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- LL.B. – 1982
Queens University, Kingston, Canada
- M.A. – 1976
University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
- B.A. – 1973

Classes/Seminars

Conference of Labour Board Chairs & Administrators, 2003 – 2017
Host, Conference of Labour Board Chairs & Administrators, 2003, 2012
Canadian Bar Association of BC Labour Law Subsection Annual LRB Bearpit Sessions, 2002 – 2016
Guest Lecturer, Labour Law, University of Victoria, 2015, 2017
Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice Conference, Vancouver, May, 2013
Continuing Legal Education Society of BC Labour Law Conferences, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010
Canadian Bar Association National Administrative/Labour Law Conference, November, 2005
The Canadian Institute, Advanced Administrative Law & Practice Conference
B.C. Human Resources Management Association
Insight Information Labour Relations Conference
Canadian Labour Congress Annual Winter School

Professional Associations and Memberships

Huu-ay-aht First Nations Tribunal, Vice Chair, 2018 – Present
BC Council of Administrative Tribunals, Director, 2013 – 2017
Circle of Chairs of BC Administrative Tribunals, Member, 2002 – 2017
Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice (CIAJ), Member and Participant at both National and Regional Roundtables

Pro Bono Activities

Raindogs Basketball, Founder, 2011 – Present
Lord Byng Secondary Schoo, Coach
Queen Elizabeth Elementary School in Vancouver, Coach

Practice Areas

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