Frank Handy
Frank Handy is Vice-President of ADR Chambers and the Stitt Feld Handy Group. He is a Toronto-based mediator, arbitrator, negotiation consultant, facilitator, trainer, and litigator. He lectures in courses in Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) at the University of Toronto Law School and University of Windsor Law School, and has taught Negotiation at Osgoode Hall Law School.
Frank received his LL.B. in 1988 from the University of Windsor Faculty of Law and then earned his LL.M. in ADR from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1998. Since completing his law degree, he has participated in several continuing education courses and seminars, including the Advanced Negotiation Course at the Program of Instruction for Lawyers conducted by Harvard University Law School. Prior to joining the Stitt Feld Handy Group, he practiced litigation at the law firm of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt.
Frank has acted as a lawyer in administrative hearings, regulatory offenses and arbitration matters. Frank has participated in multi-party negotiations for individual, corporate, and government clients involving issues related to development proposals, government approvals, long term resource management planning, urban and rural development, park and recreation resources, municipal services restructuring, farm product regulatory and pricing systems, and other substance.
Frank has adjudication experience through his practice and was a former Chairperson of the Employment Insurance Board of Referees.
Frank is a Chartered Mediator (C.Med.) and has mediated in a wide variety of litigation and non-litigation disputes. He has experience in regulatory matters such as Environmental, Municipal, Land Use Planning and Development, regulated farm products and rural affairs, as well as more general commercial, employment, workplace, grievance and general litigation.
