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198 8 THE HONOURABLE CHIEF JUDGE PAMELA WILLIAMS
of Dartmouth was appointed the new chief judge of the Provincial Court and Family Court of Nova Scotia. She is the first woman to be installed as chief judge of the two courts. Prior to her appointment she had been an associate chief judge of the provincial court since 2011.
1985 of Halifax was presented the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in November 2012. GAVIN GILES, QC
joined Boyne Clarke in Dartmouth as partner. Since 1998 he has taught the bankruptcy & insolvency course at the Law School. TIM HILL
198 6 is a partner with Pink Larkin of Halifax, N.S. RON PIZZO
1987 was awarded the 2012 Gary J. Bigg Champion of Justice Award by the Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association. The award goes to a member of the Alberta legal community who has championed the causes of justice thereby protecting and furthering the rights of the individual. B R IAN
CONWAY
TONY LOPARCO of
Toronto is the new director of the Ontario Special Investigations Unit.
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was named the 2012 winner of the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association’s Robert V. A. Jones Award. Patzelt serves as vice-president, corporate development at Scotia Investments Limited in Bedford, N.S. ROBERT PATZELT, QC
was elected vice president (U.S.) of the Canadian American Bar Association for a two-year term. The Canadian American Bar Association is an association of Canadian and American lawyers and Foreign Legal Consultants with strong cross-border ties either through citizenship, education or professional designation. STANLEY SILVERSTONE
LORI STOLTZ is partner with
Morse Shannon LLP in Toronto. She practises in the areas of civil and administrative law, with an emphasis in personal injury and health law litigation and opinion work and is the editor of the forthcoming Consolidated Ontario Health Statutes and Regulations. joined the St. John’s office of McInnes Cooper as counsel. She practises in the areas of administrative, labour and employment, human rights, health and privacy law. DONNA STRONG
JOHN TRAVES is the Halifax
Regional Municipality’s new director of legal services, insurance and risk management. He previously was executive director of legal services with the province of Nova Scotia.
was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame in recognition for his outstanding contributions to tennis at the provincial, national and international levels. He was also recently selected to be an arbitrator for the court of arbitration for sport in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is a partner with McInnes Cooper in Halifax.
GRAHAM STEELE,
JACK GRAHAM, QC
is a partner with C3 Legal in Halifax, N.S. GREG HARDY
1989
former
MLA and Minister of
Economic Development, traded politics to further his law education and is enrolled as a master's student at the Law School.
199 0 THE HONOURABLE JUDGE LORI ANNE MAR-
was appointed judge of the Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador in St. John’s. Prior to her appointment she was a staff solicitor with the Newfoundland and Labrador Legal Aid Commission. SHALL
received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. The Honourable Lena Diab was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as MLA for Halifax Armdale in 2013. LENA METLEDGE DIAB
was recognized as one of Canadian Lawyer ’s 25 Most Influential in the justice system and legal profession for 2013. GRANT BORBRIDGE, QC
THE HONOURABLE JUDGE
was appointed judge of the Territorial Court of Yukon.
1991
PETER CHISHOLM
PROF. MICHAEL DETURBIDE
was awarded the Foundation for Legal Research’s 2013 Walter Owen Book Prize (with former Schulich Law professor Teresa Scassa) from the Canadian Bar Association for their book, Electronic Commerce and Internet Law in Canada. is the 2013-14 vice president of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society. She is the Director of Litigation and Co-Executive Director of the Legal Services Division for the Nova Scotia Department of Justice. TILLY PILLAY, QC
HAZEL CORCORAN was invested into the Order of Co-operativism and Mutualism of Canada (Francophone, created in 1959), only the third woman to receive this honour and the first person from the worker co-operative movement. Hazel resides in Calgary with her husband Greg O’Neill.
was recognized with a CIBC Entrepreneurs Award by the Women’s Executive Network and listed as one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women - Top 100 in 2012 The award recognizes women who own and operate businesses. SALLY DAUB