Lawyer Profile
Adrian B. Frost
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Overview
Adrian is a partner at TDS with a practice focused in the areas of labour, employment and human rights law.
Adrian acts as counsel and provides advice on all aspects of employment and collective bargaining relationships, including employment agreements and employee manuals, terminations and wrongful dismissals. He frequently represents clients in labour board proceedings, grievance arbitrations and human rights proceedings. A particular emphasis in his practice has been to assist clients as lead negotiator in collective bargaining negotiations in a wide range of types of workplaces and sectors.
In recent years Adrian has frequently been appointed by parties to serve as a grievance arbitrator/mediator and as a conciliator/mediator to assist with resolving their collective bargaining negotiations. In 2024 Adrian was appointed as a part-time Vice-Chair of the Manitoba Labour Board and continues to serve in that capacity. At that time Adrian was also listed as a grievance arbitrator on the Manitoba Labour Board’s list of grievance arbitrators.
Adrian is the Chair of the firm’s Labour and Employment Law Practice Group, and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
Adrian is a current Director of CPHR Manitoba, and has served in that capacity since 2021.
The services of Adrian Frost are provided through A.B. Frost Law Corporation.
Primary services: Labour & Employment Law
Services: Agency Services
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Government Regulatory
Human Rights
In-House Counsel Services
Labour & Employment Law
Workplace Investigations
Manitoba, 2000
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2000 (MB)
Professional Details
Education
University of Manitoba, LL.B., 1999
University of Manitoba, B.A., 1995
Awards & Recognition
Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
“Repeatedly Recommended” in Labour Relations and Employment Law
Selected as a Lexpert Rising Star , Leading Lawyer Under 40 (2013)
Best Lawyers
in Canada
Consistently recognized in Labour and Employment Law (since 2012)
Named “Lawyer of the Year,” Winnipeg, Labour and Employment Law (2022)
Benchmark Litigation Canada
Recognized as a “Litigation Star” in multiple editions of Benchmark Canada, the Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys in Labour and Employment
Academic and Professional Distinction
Recipient, A. Montague Israels Q.C. Prize, Law Society of Manitoba (2000)