Canadian Lawyer

22 J a n u a r y 2 0 1 5 w w w . C a n a D I a n L a w y e r m a g . c o m C r o s s E x a M I n E D here are two George Kings. To many, perhaps most, citizens of Windsor, Ont., and the wider legal commu- nity, there is George King the labour lawyer — the go-to-guy in innumerable grievance, arbitra- tion, and contract negotiations who only and at all times rep- resents management in south- western Ontario. This George, always crisp in business suits, thick-framed glasses, and not a hair out of place, has long been the man the public sees in clips on the evening news, listens to in radio interviews, and is quoted widely in print. Top of his game, King has been a forthright, articulate, and knowledgeable spokesman for scores of employers over the years — mostly in the private sector but also for some public and non-profit organizations. Then there is the other King. The, let's say, after-billable-hours George. This King may surprise, perhaps even shock, those not in the know. But this King is as passionate about music as he is about law. In fact, he may be one of the most knowledgeable and enthusiastic fans of post-punk alternative rock music who exists anywhere. King's musical persona is G. Wil- liam Rex. He writes under that name for online new music publications. It's also his signature when he contributes to Windsor's lovelessradio.com, an online radio station, and when he spins the discs, usually once a month, at local nightclub The Loop, an alternative music bar. The name's a play on his first and middle names and Rex, of course, being Latin for King. DJing allows King to get in the moment in a way he can't anywhere else. "It's kind of exhilarating," he tells Cana- dian Lawyer. "First of all I get to play music that I love really loud. It's a little different than listening on your home stereo or iPhone. I'm playing what I want to play, the genre of music I want to play, the bands that suit my mood that night, or suit the mood of the evening." His musical voyage all started in uni- versity. King attended law school at what is now Western University in the late 1970s. He wrote about sports for The Gazette student newspaper. "My inter- est in music to that point was boringly average," he says. The music editors were compiling a year-end best-of list. "I said to After dark, Windsor's George King spins discs as DJ G. William Rex. By Ron Stang Lawyer by day, rocker by night T Day: Labour lawyer george king at windsor's Mctague Law Firm. RON STANG

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