David Luther

David is WorkSafeNB’s General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and serves on the organization’s Executive Leadership Team. David is responsible for leading the organization’s legal operations and teams and Board related services, and overseeing WorkSafeNB’s legal affairs, compliance, and legal risk management. David routinely provides counsel to WorkSafeNB, including its Board, to help protect the best interests of the organization by identifying and assessing legal risks and opportunities that influence the organization’s strategy and operations.

Additionally, David leads WorkSafeNB’s Decision Review Office, an internal segregated administrative appeal body responsible for conducting independent reviews of original decisions. In 2022, under David’s leadership, the Decision Review Office undertook a substantial modernization, resulting in a dramatic reduction in wait-times for clients, implemented core service standards and automation, and lowered operational costs.

David's work in developing and successfully implementing innovative legal solutions has been recognized nationally, including at the 2023 Canadian General Counsel Awards; by the Canadian Lawyer Magazine, National Post, Financial Post, legalwriter.net and other national publications; and, at the 2023 Canadian Corporate Counsel Association / Mondaq Awards, where WorkSafeNB was the recipient of the national "Innovation Impacting the Profession Award".

In addition to serving as General Counsel, David has held the roles of Corporate Secretary, Privacy Officer and Commercial Counsel with the organization.