Arbitrator (C.Arb), Mediator (C.Med)
Specializes in:
Civil Claims, Construction / Engineering, Corporate & Commercial, Energy / Oil & Gas, Family / Eldercare / Parent & Teen, Family Business, General Practice, Labour, Non-profit Sector / Societies, Real Estate, Sports, Wills & Estates, Workplace
LETOURNEAU LLP
110, 416 - 6 Avenue S. Lethbridge, AB T1J 0Y6
Overview
Adam Letourneau, K.C. is Managing Partner of LETOURNEAU LLP. He is an Arbitrator, Mediator, Adjudicator and Lawyer. Adam has significant experience in consensual labour arbitration and in employment, contract, and family law arbitration and mediation. He is appointed to the Alberta Labour Relations – Grievance Arbitration roster. He has also adjudicated various unjust dismissal complaints under Part III of the Canada Labour Code.
Adam has practiced law primarily in the areas of family law and civil litigation, along with a general practice since 2006. He was significantly involved as claimant counsel for the Indian Residential School Independent Assessment Process cases for a number of years and attended hundreds of adjudication hearings.
Adam was elected as a Bencher (governor) of the Law Society of Alberta in 2011, and again in 2015, and during his terms, he acted as an Adjudicator for numerous Conduct and Appeal Hearings. He was an adjunct professor between 2016 and 2024 at the University of Lethbridge Dhillon School of Business, teaching various courses in Labour and Employment Law, Negotiations in Collective Bargaining, and Business Law. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Alberta and a post-graduate LLM degree in law in International Dispute Resolution from UCL – University of London. He was appointed as King’s Counsel in 2015. He was appointed as a Chartered Arbitrator in 2012 and as a Chartered Mediator in 2011.
Adam has been the chair of the designations committee (for Chartered Mediators and Chartered Arbitrators) for the ADR Institute of Canada as well as for the ADR Institute of Alberta. He was most recently Vice President of the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice. He has been a director or chair of various organizations and/or committees including with Legal Aid Alberta, Apeetogosan (Métis) Business Development Inc., and Rupertsland Institute and is the former co-Editor-in-Chief of the Alberta Law Review. Adam is currently appointed by the Alberta government as a Public Member of the CPA Alberta Discipline and Appeal Tribunals Roster. He is a co-author of the 5th edition of Employment Law for Business and Human Resources Professionals: Alberta and British Columbia (Emond, 2025). He is also the author of the book So, You Want to be a Lawyer, Eh? Law School in Canada, 3rd Edition (RCT Press, 2019).
Adam is available for and travels for arbitrations and mediations throughout Alberta.
ADR Services:
– Arbitrator- Mediator
- Mediator-Arbitrator
- Divorce & Separation Mediator
- Workplace Assessor/Investigator
Location Availability:
– Online- Calgary Area
- Central Alberta
- Edmonton Area
- North Eastern Alberta
- North Western Alberta
- Southern Alberta
- Out-of-Province
Languages Spoken:
ADR Training & Qualifications
Master of Laws (LLM) in International Dispute Resolution (University of London) - studied international commercial arbitration
Registered Family Mediator
Mediation training, Pulse Institute
Certificate in Arbitration, ADR Institute of Alberta
High Conflict Divorce training, Legal Education Society of Alberta
Other Professional Qualifications
Elected Bencher (Governor) of the Law Society of Alberta - adjudicated numerous disciplinary hearings and appeal matters.
Act as counsel for individuals and tribunals for professional regulatory matters.
