Background
Trister, Benjamin J. was born on August 26, 1960 in Montreal, Quebec.
Trister, Benjamin J. was born on August 26, 1960 in Montreal, Quebec.
McGill University; University of Windsor (Bachelor of Laws, 1987). University of Detroit (Juris Doctor, 1987). Spoken languages: French.
Worked at Greenberg Trister Turner (Toronto, Ontario) specializing in Immigration Law, Employment Authorizations, Employment and Labour Law, Administrative Law. Admitted to the bar, 1989, Ontario. Author: "Citizenship," Canada Practice Guide, Immigration, Carswell, 1997.
"Work Permits and Visas," Canada Practice Guide, Immigration, 1996.
"Trust, Transparency and the Importance of Documenting Your Relationship with Your Client," Law Society of Upper Canada, 1996. "Initiating and Pursuing Application for Canadian Permanent Residence," Canadian Institute, Toronto, 1996.
"Strategies for Successful Foreign Relocations: The Canadian Experience," American Immigration Lawyers Association, Executive Transfers. "The General Agreement on Trade in Services: Expanding Worldwide Access to the Canadian Employment Market," American Immigration Lawyers Association, 1995-1996.
"Paper Routes to Canada: Overview of Canadian Immigration: Application for Permanent Residence," Canadian Bar Association, Ontario, 1995.
Executive Transfer, "Immigration Law Update: Making the Right Moves Under New Rules," Canadian Institute, Toronto, 1995. "Executive Transfers-New Strategies in Relocating Key Executive Personnel: Successful Foreign Worker Relocation: Canadian Experience," Canadian Institute, Toronto, 1994. "Facilitating Executive Transfers: Workshop for Human Resource Managers for Relocating Key Personnel in United States and Canada-General Agreement on Trade," Canadian Institute, 1995.
"Internet Transactions," Federated Press, Toronto, 1996.
"Executive Transfers: Strategies for Ensuring that Your Personnel Decisions are Realized," International Employee Transfer Conference Canadian Institute,, 1996. "Citizenship Law and Procedure After 50 Years of Canadian Citizenship," Law Society of Upper Canada-Immigration Update Conference, Toronto, 1996-1997.
"The General Agreement on Trade and Services: Expanding Worldwide Access to the Canadian Labour Market," Canadian Institute, Toronto. "Executive Transfers-Strategies for Successful Foreign Worker Relocation," Canadian Institute, Toronto, 1996.
Lecturer: "Ethics in Immigration Law Practice," Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto, 1991.
"Ethics in Immigration Law Practice," Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto, 1996. "Recent Developments in Canadian Immigration Law," Toronto, 1993. "Transborder Migration of Business People," Toronto, 1994.
"Immigration Update Conference," Chair, Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto, 1996-1997.
Member: Law Society of Upper Canada. Canadian Bar Association-Ontario (Chairperson, 1994 and Past Chairman, 1996, Citizenship and Immigration Section.
Executive, National Immigration Law Section, 1993). American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Inter-Pacific Bar Association (Vice-Chairperson, Immigration and Nationality Section, 1996).
Greenberg Trister Turner has blended a unique mix of human resources expertise to assist you in navigating this difficult regulatory, legal and contractual terrain. As legal advisors to corporations, individuals and other law firms, we provide legal insights into human resources issues: from the global relocation of personnel to employment policies and procedures. Our spectrum of services extends from facilitating the migration of skilled foreign workers and business persons and other immigration matters to human resources planning and collective agreement administration.
The firm"s clientele includes globally focused companies in business, financial services, manufacturing and entertainment, as well as highly skilled specialists such as scientists, executives, professionals and entrepreneurs.
Many of Canada"s most respected legal and accounting firms retain our firm to complement their services. We often work in concert with clients" in-house or external legal advisors to identify strategic preventative plans, and common-sense, practical solutions.
Member: Law Society of Upper Canada. Canadian Bar Association-Ontario (Chairperson, 1994 and Past Chairman, 1996, Citizenship and Immigration Section. Executive, National Immigration Law Section, 1993).
American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Inter-Pacific Bar Association (Vice-Chairperson, Immigration and Nationality Section, 1996).
