John A Willes John A. Willes is an Ontario Barrister and Solicitor, and Emeritus Professor of Labour Relations and Business Law at the School of Business, Queens University. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1960, and joined the faculty of Queens Universty on a full-time basis in 1969, where he assumed responsibility for the business law program. Throughout his teaching career, he carried on an extensive commercial and labour arbitration practice, practised law as Counsel to a Kingston, Ontario, law firm, and from 1986 to 2000, acted as a Vice-Chair of the Ontario Public Service Grievance Board. During his long career as a lawyer, he has provided legal advice to many clients with extensive business interests in Canada, the United States, and abroad. He was appointed as a Queens Counsel by the Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Ontario in 1984. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queens University, Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws degrees from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Toronto. In addition to Contemporary Canadian Business Law (11th ed.) (McGraw-Hill Ryerson), he has authored numerous academic monographs and cases, and is the author of Contemporary Canadian Labour Relations (McGraw-Hill Ryerson), Canadian Labour Relations (Prentice Hall), and Out of the Clouds, the official military history of the First Canadian Parachute Battalion in World War II. Professor Willes is the co-author with John H. Willes of International Business Law (McGraw-Hill, U.S.A., 2004), and Fundamentals of Canadian Business Law (2nd ed.) (McGraw Hill Ryerson, 2008). Read More Read Less