Marino Sveinson 5YEARSAWARDED

Marino Sveinson

recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021
Awarded Practice Areas
Labour and Employment Law
Marino Sveinson
Marino Sveinson
Vancouver, BC
Works at
Crawford Munroe Thomson LLP

6 Best Lawyers awards

Crawford Munroe Thomson LLP logo

Biography

Marino Sveinson has practiced exclusively in the area of workplace law throughout his career.

Marino strives to provide strategic result-oriented advice and representation to employers for all aspects of workplace law in unionized and non-union environments in both the provincial and federal sectors. Marino represents employers on human rights matters, wrongful dismissal matters, labour relations issues, collective agreement grievances, employment contract drafting and interpretation, privacy obligations including access to information requests, workers compensation, corporate restructuring and acquisitions and disputes over obligations of departing employees. He also acts as an independent investigator for bullying and harassment complaints and provides training services.

Marino has represented clients at all levels of the courts in BC, federal court, collective agreement arbitrations, human rights tribunals, provincial and federal labour relations boards, workers compensation tribunals, and regarding complaints to the office of the information and privacy commissioner of BC.

Works at
Crawford Munroe Thomson LLP

6 Best Lawyers awards

Crawford Munroe Thomson LLP logo

Locations

Education

  • University of Toronto, Laws, graduated 1999
  • University of British Columbia, Arts, graduated 1995

Bar Admissions

  • British Columbia, 2000
  • Yukon, 2014

Affiliations

  • Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers - Chair, Human Rights Committee, 2015-2019
  • Canadian Bar Association - Member, Employment, Labour, Human Rights and Privacy subsections; Former Co-Chair Human Rights subsection
  • Continuing Legal Education (BC) - Former Co-Chair of Human Rights Conference

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2026 for work in:
  • Labour and Employment Law
Awards:
  • Acritas Stars 2019 - Designated as an "Independently rated lawyer"
  • Chambers Canada, British Columbia: Employment and Labour, Chambers and Partners, 2019-2022
  • Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2016-2022: recommended in Workplace Human Rights - Employer; 2017-2022: recommended in Workers' Compensation - Employer; 2020-2022: recommended in Employment Law - Employer

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