Theodore Goloff

Associations

Lord Reading Law Society: Past President, recipient of the Past Presidents' Medal (2015)

Canadian Friends of Tel Aviv University: Past President

Tel Aviv University: member of the Tel Aviv University International Board of Governors

Canadian Bar Association

American Bar Association (Sections of Labor and Employment Law, Business Law and International Law)

Ordre professionnel des conseillers en ressources humaines et en relations industrielles agrees du Quebec

Canadian Industrial Relations Association

Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers

Bar of Quebec (Disciplinary Council)

Chief Justice Greenshield Scholar at McGill University, Faculty of Law (1968-1969)

Community Involvement

President of the Lord Reading Law Society (2004-2005)
President of Canadian Friends of Tel Aviv University (2009-2014)
Member of the International Board of Governors of Tel Aviv University
Governor - Maimonides Geriatric Centre
Governor - Fondation Barreau du Quebec

Publications

Contributed to a Canadian Chapter Canadian Labour and Employment Law - An Overview of the Business Executive, in the volume International Labour and Employment Law, Aspatore Books 2005
Lawyers Weekly - April 19, 2005 - Electronic Surveillance of Employees May Cause Serious Litigation in Quebec
Lecturer at the Canadian Bar Association, Vancouver, B.C., August 2005 - Privacy Law in the Employment Context - Reflections on the Quebec Privacy Regime
Lecturer - Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers Congress, September 2008, Montebello, Quebec - Watching From the Wings - The Wal-Mart Cases Before the Supreme Court of Canada and What They Might Mean for Employer in Canada
Lecturer - American Bar Association, Section of International Law, June 2010, Eilat, Israel - The Long Long Arm of the Law - Extraterritorial Application of Canadian Labour and Employment Law
Bulletin - Canadian Bar Association
Canadian Bar Association - International Law Section Newsletter, April 2012 : Quebec's Highest Court's Last Word on Restrictive Covenants : Less is More
Lexology - May 31, 2012 - Superior Court adds new rules for measuring reasonable notice in Quebec - new rules or a flash in the pan

Interests

An avid sport fisherman and a lover of nature, Theodore would never hesitate to travel anywhere in Canada at a moment's notice to satisfy his passion. Member:

Memberships/Affiliations

Member of the Canadian Bar Association
Member of the American Bar Association (Sections of Labor and Employment Law, Business Law and International and Business Law)
Member of the Professional Corporation of Industrial Relations Counsellors of Quebec;
Member of the Canadian Industrial Relations Research Association (C.I.R.A.);
Member of the Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers;
Member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Quebec Bar;
Sessional lecturer ar the Faculty of Law, McGill University:
1. Autumn 2012 - The law of Union Management Relations
2. Winter 2013 - Quebec and Canadian Employment law
President of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Lord Reading Law Society on the Charter of Values (Bill 60)
Author/Signatory on behalf of the Lord Reading Law Society of a Brief concerning the Charter of Values (Bill 60), filed before the Committee on institutions of the Quebec National Assembly in December 2013
Moderator of a panel of international experts on the theme Union Organizing in New Sectors of the Economy - Strategies and Responses - American Bar Association, Section of Labor and Employment - International Law Committee - Tel Aviv, Israel, May 7, 2014

BEST PRACTICES - INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIESIn an effort to teach clients in best practices, Theodore organizes and prepares seminars offered to various levels of management on relevant topics related to labour relations and employment law. To cite only a few titles, Theodore has led seminars entitled:

How Unions do Business - What's in the Manager's Tool Box ;
Termination Strategies in a New Millennium ;
How to Step Lively and Avoid the Minefield of Constructive Discharge ;
How to Protect Management's Investment in Good People and Weed Out Those Who Cannot or Will Not Contribute.