GRAPEVINE Canadian lawyers under 40. Ms. Rix is a partner with Cox & Palmer’s Halifax office and practises in the area of immigration law.
1999 David Fraser
was named to Lexpert’s prestigious list of “Rising Stars – Leading Lawyers Under 40” November 2009. Mr. Fraser, an associate in McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office, is widely recognized as one of the country’s leading privacy and technology lawyers. In February 2010, McInnes Cooper announced the appointment of Mr. Fraser as a partner, working in their Halifax office.
2000 Ben Durnford
received the Lawyer of the Decade Award, presented by reachAbility in June 2010. Mr. Durnford was honoured for his outstanding commitment to the organization, which provides services and programs to individuals with disabilities. He previously was named Volunteer Lawyer of the Year by the same organization. Basia Dzierzanowska
became a partner with McInnes Cooper in February 2010 and serves clients in the Halifax office.
2001 Joseph Burke
became a partner in the Halifax office of Cox & Palmer in January 2010. Mr. Burke practices insurance and general litigation.
Michael P. Simms recently
returned to McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office as a partner, having served several years as senior counsel at a major oil and gas company.
Jamie Van Wart was
appointed a youth court crown attorney in the Halifax office of the Public Prosecution Service in December 2009.
2002 Tonya (Flood) Fleming joined Birchcliff Bobbi-Jo Dow Baker
Mary Hamblin was named one of “The Top 10 New Food and Beverage Innovators” in the May 2010 issue of Food in Canada magazine.
Ryder Gilliland was named to Lexpert’s prestigious list of “Rising Stars – Leading Lawyers Under 40” November 2010. Mr. Gilliland is a partner in the Toronto Office of Blake, Cassels & Graydon.
Sarah Kirby joined the
Ritch Durnford law firm in January 2010 and practises with the Maritime Law Group. She was named in the Maritime Law Section of the publication “The Best Lawyers in Canada” for 2008 and 2009.
currently of Stratford, PEI, joined the law firm of Carr, Stevenson & MacKay, in Charlottetown in 2008. She was married to William Baker, of Lakeville, PEI in October 2009. They currently live in Stratford, PEI. Her current practice focus is corporate/commercial, wills and estates, property transactions, and property/corporate/estate related litigation.
Candy Palmater is a
recovered lawyer who turned from the courts to the comedy stage. She is the creator, producer and star of The Candy Show which is currently in its first season of production for APTN.
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Elias Metlej joined McInnes Cooper as a partner in the firm’s Halifax office in September 2010. His practice focuses in the areas of commercial and residential real estate transactions.
Jonathan Shapiro and his wife, Valerie, welcomed a baby girl on August 13, 2009. Samantha weighed in at 6 lbs., 12 oz.
Jillian Ryan was appointed
a Crown attorney in Truro, the Public Prosecution Service announced in August 2009. In 2006, she joined Blackburn English in Enfield, where she maintained a general practice and also did per diem work as a Crown attorney.
Angela Vivolo became a partner at Borden Ladner Gervais in March 2010. Her area of practice is commercial litigation.
Jason Kohn and his wife
Carol are thrilled with the new addition, and sister for Samantha, and are enjoying raising their lovely daughters in Richmond Hill, Ontario. The older one is Samantha Brooke Kohn (born Dec. 7, 2005) and the baby is Chloe Hannah Kohn (born Sept. 9, 2009). He is teaching at a college in Toronto.
Energy as general counsel. Ms. Fleming was previously at the Calgary office of Osler, Hosking & Harcourt LLP, having been with the firm since she first joined as a summer student in 2001.
Tandiwe Nyajeka and Stephane Gauthier were married on August 15, 2009 at her parents’ home in Halifax. In attendance, on this sunny day were Professors Phillip Girard and Archie Kaiser; the outdoor ceremony was officiated by Nova Scotia Justice Corrine Sparks (‘79). The couple resides in Montreal, QC, where Ms. Nyajeka has recently returned to school to pursue graduate studies at McGill in Public Relations Management.
2003 Mala Joshi and her husband Mark Lomaga announce the arrival of their beautiful daughter Jaya Alexandra Lomaga born on July 19, 2010. The family lives in Toronto where Ms. Joshi is an intellectual property litigator with Ridout & Maybee LLP and Mr. Lomaga is practising both academic and community dermatology.
2004 David R. Melvin
was appointed by the Government of Canada to the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Dispute Advisory Panel for a three-year term commencing June 2010. David continues to practise in the areas of litigation, corporatecommercial, estate and real estate law with his colleagues at Livingstone & Company in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.