David Law is a partner at Emond Harnden LLP, a law firm advising Canadian employers on matters of labour, employment and workplace law in both official languages. Mr. Law is a graduate of the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School, and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1988. Mr. Law heard appeal cases in the Ontario worker's compensation system for over 5 years, was a policy adviser and senior planner for the Ontario WCB in the 1990s, was an advisor to the Board of Directors of the Nova Scotia WCB, and served as research counsel to the Royal Commission on Workers' Compensation in British Columbia. David Law's practice at Emond Harnden has a particular focus on issues of occupational health and safety, disability, accommodation, workers' compensation and labour relations. His clients include private and public enterprises. In 2006 he was successful at the Supreme Court of Canada in an important federal labour relations matter.

A Sessional Member of the Faculty of Law at Queen's University, Mr. Law is a frequent author and public speaker on matters of labour, employment and workplace law. Mr. Law has spoken at conferences organized by Lancaster House, the HRPAO, the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Advocates' Society, and many private client functions. His publications include two chapters in the University of Toronto Press text Workers' Compensation: Foundations for Reform. Mr. Law is the former Chair of Government Relations for the HRPAO, former Chair of Government Relations for the Canadian Council of Human Resource Associations and is active in a variety of community and public interest activities.