Stuart Rush obtained his law degree from the University of British Columbia in 1970. He has practiced continuously in BC since 1971, representing trade unions and tribal organizations in labour and aboriginal litigation. He regularly appears before the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of BC, the Canada Industrial Relations Board, the BC Labour Relations Board and arbitration boards in BC throughout Canada. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1992.

Don Crane received his law degree from the University of British Columbia in 1976. Since 1977 he has been a trial lawyer in both the criminal and civil courts. He has represented clients in a wide variety of criminal and civil cases, and regularly handles cases involving personal injury, employment and labour law, human rights law, defamation, and commercial litigation.

Stan Guenther graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1977 and has practiced continuously in British Columbia since 1978, appearing before administrative boards and tribunals and at all levels of the trial and appeal courts in a range of civil and criminal cases, including labour arbitrations, judicial review proceedings, workers' compensation appeals, and employment standards cases. His practice is currently focused on representing unions and individuals in workers' compensation cases, and in representing unions in grievance arbitrations.

Carolyn Askew obtained her law degree from the University of British Columbia in 1968 and has practiced labour and employment law since 1972. She worked as Legislative Director for the British Columbia Federation of Labour, as an organizer for the Telecommunications Workers Union and as general counsel for the Health Sciences Association. She has representated trade unions and their members before a range of administrative tribunals and all levels of courts in British Columbia. Carolyn also instructs in the Administrative Justice programs of the British Columbia Council of Adminstrative Tribunals. Carolyn joined Rush Crane Guenther as associate counsel in 2000.

Janet Patterson received her law degree from the University of British Columbia in 1988. She worked for the British Columbia Government Employees Union until her appointment, in 1995, to the Public Service Appeal Board (1995-2001). She also worked as an independent consultant with unions, arbitrators, tribunals and Capilano College in the area of labour law, administrative law and human rights. In 2001, Janet was appointed as an Appeal Commissioner with the Workers Compensation Board and then as a Vice-Chair at the Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal (2003-2005). In September 2005 she joined Rush Crane Guenther and works primarily in the area of workers compensation and labour law.

Sarah O'Leary was called to the Bar in BC in 1981. She has been doing primarily disability and workers' compensation law for the last 18 years. She has been a Vice Chair of the Appeal Division, a Workers Advisor, and a disability law specialist with the Legal Services Society. She has been instructing workers' compensation advocacy at the CLC Winter School and the Labour Studies Programme at Capilano College for 17 years. Sarah is also on staff part-time at the Health Sciences Association of BC where she does workers' compensation advocacy and is a member of CEP Local 465.

Myrna Cresswell is a paralegal providing workers' compensation advocacy and support to the firm since November 2007. From 1986 to 2004, she worked as a Workers Advisor for the BC Government providing advice, assistance and representation to injured workers at all levels of the compensation appeal system. Prior to joining the Office of the Workers Advisors, she was with the Office of the Public Trustee, working in trust administration and review, public inquiry and investigations, and as a manager. Her areas of special interest with the Public Trustee included review of personal injury claims and settlements for children and with legal counsel in personal injury claims for dependent adults and children in care.

Gail Starr obtained his law degree from the University of Windsor in 1975. He has been Law Librarian at the Universities of Windsor and of Calgary, and was also a Professor of Law at the University of Calgary. He began advocacy for injured workers in compensation cases in 1993 in Vancouver. In 1995 he was appointed an Appeal Commissioner, and when the Appeal Division of the WCB was transformed into the Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal in 2003, he continued as a Vice Chair until early 2008. After retiring from the WCAT, he has resumed worker advocacy in compensation appeals, joining Rush Crane Guenther in a paralegal capacity in October 2008.

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