Robert Blair

Robert is the Manager, Adjudication Legal Services in the Office of the Secretary to the Ontario Securities Commission. The Office of the Secretary safeguards tribunal integrity and procedural fairness and provides tribunal education. Before joining the Ontario Securities Commission, Robert practiced in the areas of securities, commercial, class action, and construction litigation. Prior to a career in law, Robert was an investment banker with two major bank-owned investment dealers in Calgary and Toronto. In addition to his involvement with SOAR, Robert is a member of CCAT’s Tribunal Excellence Committee.

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I have been involved with SOAR throughout the pandemic and SOAR’s pivot to offering virtual education for the administrative justice community. I look forward to continuing my involvement with SOAR and furthering its objectives. I am currently a board member, and SOAR’s Vice-President and Treasurer. I am also involved with SOAR’s Education Committee. I appreciate the opportunity to participate in the administrative justice community and contribute to a discussion of the common issues that tribunals face, and benefit from that discussion in my role as Manager, Adjudication Legal Services at the Ontario Securities Commission. In that role, I advise adjudicators, lead projects relating to the Tribunal’s policies and procedures, and develop and present education for adjudicators. In addition to my involvement with SOAR, I am a member of CCAT’s Tribunal Excellence Committee and have been a member of the OBA’s admin law section executive.