GRAPEVINE Lindsay (Burry) Lorimer is practicing with class action boutique Rochon Genova LLP. She and her husband John Neil Lorimer reside in Toronto, O.N. They have two sons, Owen James (born July 8, 2003) and Drew Iain (born August 7, 2005). Jennifer Ross is now a partner with
Burchell Hayman Parish in Halifax, N.S. She practices in civil litigation with a strong focus on administrative law, human rights and professional discipline proceedings. Her practice also involves aboriginal law and insurance defence litigation. Before returning to private practice, she worked as Professional Responsibility Counsel at the Barristers’ Society. She is a member of the Complaints Committee for the College of Registered Nurses, and was a former Director of the Help Line Society and the Northwest Arm Heritage Association.
1999 Thomas E. MacEwan is now a partner with Muttart Tufts Dewolfe & Coyle in Kentville, N.S. He continues to represent clients in civil, criminal and family matters before all levels of court in Nova Scotia.
2000 Alan R. Farquhar has joined McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office as an Associate specializing in the areas of Corporate and Commercial, Estates, Trusts and Wealth Planning and Real Estate. Vanita Goela is working as
litigation counsel with the Department of Justice. She is also currently adjunct faculty at Osgoode Hall Law School as the coach for the Laskin Moot
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Competition and is the treasurer of the South Asian Visual Arts Collective (SAVAC).
with Boyne Clarke in Dartmouth, N.S. His primary focus is in Employment/Labour Law, Human Rights and Business Litigation. He sits on the Board of the Metro Turning Point Centre and the Board of the Regional Residential Services Society. He volunteers with REACHability (providing access to justice for persons with disabilities).
Christine J. Doucet has joined Talentworks Inc. as a legal recruiter in the Halifax office. She has returned home to Nova Scotia after practicing commercial litigation in Vancouver. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Christine worked as a reporter at The Chronicle Herald for several years. After articling at Stikeman Elliott in Toronto, Ontario, she moved to Vancouver, British Columbia and practiced at Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy and Koffman Kalef. She also studied marketing part time at BCIT.
Richard McDerby and Sara Foster of
Gareth Duncan is practicing in the
Kenneth A. MacLean is practicing
Vancouver, B.C. are pleased to announce the adoption of their son, Quentin Hee FosterMcDerby. Quentin was born in South Korea and is a little brother for Gracie.
offices of EnvironmentalAboriginal Guardianship through Law and Education (EAGLE), a non-profit organization located in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.
Julie Smith traveled to Vientiane,
Joseph F. Burke has joined Cox &
Palmer of Halifax, N.S. as an Associate with the commercial and insurance litigation team. Prior to joining Cox & Palmer in 2006, he spent several years in private practice, acting as inhouse counsel for a major insurer and then working as an aide to a minister in the federal government. Joe is President of the Halifax Citadel Liberal Association and Chair of the Halifax Community Learning Network, and takes an active interest in various social justice issues and organizations.
Hearsay 2007 Dalhousie Law School
Leigh Davis has joined Cox & Palmer of Halifax, N.S. as an Associate. Leigh specializes in Labour and Employment Law, Education Law and Administrative Law. Victoria A. C. Mainprize has joined
Boyne Clarke in Dartmouth, N.S. as an Associate and is part of the Entertainment and Intellectual Property team. With several years experience in the entertainment industry (film, performing arts and graphic arts) she is currently completing an MBA with a specialization in International Business and Marketing. She is a member of the Board of Live Art Dance Productions in Halifax.
Kaila Mikkelsen is Co-Director of
Career Services at the University of British Columbia in the Faculty of Law. Previously she was an Associate in the corporate/ securities group of Stikeman Elliott LLP (Vancouver). Kaila wed Malcolm Kennett on June 16, 2007 on Bowen Island, B.C.
Laos as a participant of the Canadian Bar Association Young Professionals International Internship and spent from September 2005 to March 2006 assisting the Lao Bar Association with its strategies for the future and helped to develop its management skills.
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Nicole (Borovan) Ginsberg married
Donald Ginsberg of Montreal, Quebec, on May 28, 2006 in Halifax, N.S. They reside in Ottawa where Nicole acts as legal counsel for the Federal Government and Donald, a graduate of McGill University, is a palliative care physician. Prior to moving to Ottawa, Nicole practiced law in Vancouver for a number of years before completing her Master of Laws degree at McGill University.