Moves and Shakes
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ALBERTA
• Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP has admitted Correna Jones to the partnership at its Calgary office, while in Edmonton, there are four new partners: Heather Barnhouse, Mercedes Hitesman, Anna Loparco, and Sahat Maharaj.
• McCarthy Tétrault LLP has added two new income partners in Calgary: Keith Byblow, who is a member of the business law group, practises in oil and gas, while Cameron Schepp, another member of the business law group, focuses on corporate finance and M&A activities.
• Lesley Akst has joined the Edmonton office of Miller Thomson LLP as an associate. The former Justice Canada lawyer practises in the area of tax law and collections and insolvency law.
• Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP partner Cheryl Gottselig, Q.C. was named the 2012 recipient of the Law Society of Alberta/Canadian Bar Association (Alberta Branch) Distinguished Service Award for her contribution to the profession.
• Colin Lipsett has been promoted to the partnership at Davis LLP at its Edmonton office. He runs a corporate commercial practice with an emphasis on real estate, environmental and energy law.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
• B.C. Courts rang in the changes with the new year. Appeal Court justices Anne Rowles, Carol Huddart and Kenneth Mackenzie all retired, while their former colleagues, justices Risa Levine, Pamela Kirkpatrick and David Tysoe all elected to become supernumerary judges. Former Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia Anne MacKenzie stepped up to the Court of Appeal, and was in turn replaced as associate chief justice by Justice Austin Cullen. Elsewhere in the supreme court, justices James Shabbits of Nanaimo and Dean Wilson of Victoria retired, while Justice Grant Burnyeat elected to become a supernumerary judge. Justice Terence Schultes has also transferred from New Westminster to Vancouver, with Justice Robert Jenkins appointed to replace him in New Westminster.
• McCarthy Tétrault LLP has added three new income partners in Vancouver: Sarah Bird, a member of the business law and financial services groups; Jordanna Cytrynbaum, who practises in the litigation and labour & employment groups; and Conrad Rego, who works in the real property & planning group.
• Former associates Dean Dalke, Megan Filmer and Richard Lord have all been promoted to the partnership at Davis LLP in the firm's Vancouver office.
• Jennifer Archer, Shantela Blaeser, and Melanie Bradley have been promoted to partnership at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in the firm's Vancouver office.
• Joel Camley and Margaret Fitzpatrick are the newest partners in the Vancouver office of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP. Camley joins the firm's business law group, with a practice that focuses on real estate development, corporate commercial and mining law. Fitzpatrick, who will head up the trade-mark national practice group in Vancouver, has experience encompassing all aspects of trade-mark prosecution and opposition proceedings. she advises on the registrability of trade-marks, portfolio management, trade-mark licensing requirements and transfer of intellectual property.
MANITOBA
• Wes J. Burrows, Marni L. Karpiak and Sofia Mirza were admitted to the partnership at Fillmore Riley LLP on Jan. 1 2012.
• Lisa J. Stiver, a partner with Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP was the only Manitoban recognized at this year's Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 in Canada. Stiver practises in business law, with a focus on commercial transactions, technology, and procurement. Lexpert magazine also identified TDS CEO Donald G. Douglas as a leading lawyer in insolvency and restructuring, while partner and counsel E. William Olson, QC was highlighted as one of Canada's leading litigators.
• Silvia de Sousa of Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP has been appointed the vice chair of the National Intellectual Property Section of the Canadian Bar Association.
• Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP has announced that Thomas L. Gagnon has joined the firm as an associate.
• Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP has annoucned that Stéphanie M. Messner and Danny C. Spencer have joined the firm as associates.
• Jason E. Roberts has joined Fillmore Riley LLP as an associate. He will practise in the area of general civil litigation with a focus on insurance and administrative law.
NEW BRUNSWICK
• Moncton-based George L. Cooper has been elected New Brunswick managing partner at Cox & Palmer. Josh J.B. McElman also joins the firm's provincial management team as Saint John managing partner, while John D. Townsend, QC was re-elected managing partner of the Fredericton office. John D. Laidlaw, QC was elected chairman of the New Brunswick partnership, and Gregory Machum continues in the role of chief operating officer, his 10th year in the job.
• Clarence Bennett is the newest partner at the Fredericton office of Stewart McKelvey. Bennett is a registered trade-mark agent and also belongs to the firm's labour and employment group, focussing on workplace human rights, workers' compensation and occupational health and safety.
• Jacques J. Gauthier, lawyer in Memramcook, N.B., since 1977, has moved his practice to
Dieppe, N.B.
• Aaron Savage has been appointed a partner at Cox & Palmer in Fredericton.
• Michael B. Murphy has joined Cox & Palmer in Moncton as a partner. The former minister of health, minister of justice and consumer affairs, attorney general, and government house leader is practising in the areas of litigation and mediation.
• The following lawyers joined McInnes Cooper’s Saint John office on July 1, 2010 when the firm merged with Clark Drummie: Norman J. Bossé (partner), Tera S. Bradford (associate),Terry W. Hutchinson (partner), Willard M. Jenkins (partner), M. Robert Jette (partner), Donald F. MacGowan (counsel), James C. Mosher (associate), and G. Fred Nicholson (counsel). Ryan Seymour has joined the firm's Fredericton office as an associate.
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
• Beth A. Sheppard and Darren D. O'Keefe have been appointed to the board of directors at Benson Myles PLC.
• Benson Myles PLC Inc. has welcomed Andrew Collins and Jude Hall to the firm as associates.
• Lisa Daly and Christopher Peddigrew have been appointed partners at Cox & Palmer in St. John's.
• Deborah J. Paquette, Q.C., Assistant Deputy Minister with the Department of Justice of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, is appointed judge of the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Lois R. Hoegg, judge of the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, is appointed judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John's).
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
• Karan M. Shaner has been appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories (Yellowknife), replacing Justice D.M. Cooper, who resigned as of March 3, 2011. Shaner joined the province's ministry of justice in 1996 and was most recently its assistant deputy minister.
• Associate Malinda A. Kellett has joined Lawson Lundell’s corporate and commercial group.
• Gerald Stang and the Peterson Stang corporate department will be joining the Field Law offices in Yellowknife in August.
NOVA SCOTIA
• Level Chan has been promoted to the partnership at Stewart McKelvey in Halifax. His practice focusses primarily on labour and employment, with particular concentration on pensions and benefits and excutive compensation.
• Michael J. Wood, a lawyer with Burchell Hayman Parish in Halifax, has been appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in Halifax, replacing Justice C.R. Coughlan, who has been transferred to Bridgewater, N.S.
• The partnership board of Stewart McKelvey has announced the election of Paul Smith as chairman of the board.
• The Law Reform Commission of Nova Scotia is pleased to announce the appointment of Ilana Luther to the position of legal research counsel.
• Lawrence I. O’Neil, a judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, has been appointed associate chief justice of the court's Family Division. He replaces Justice R.F. Ferguson, who elected to become a supernumerary judge. Carole A. Beaton, a Provincial Court judge in Amherst, replaces O'Neil.
NUNAVUT
• Susan Cooper, a partner at Chandler & Cooper in Iqaluit, has been appointed a judge of the Nunavut Court of Justice, replacing Justice B.A. Browne.
• Gregory Nearing, 48, who practised criminal law, passed away on Nov. 15, 2009. He has held several significant positions in the past including executive director of the Legal Services Board of the Northwest Territories, treasurer and president of the Northwest Territories Law Society, and president of the Nunavut Law Society.
• Justice R.G. Kilpatrick, a judge of the Nunavut Court of Justice, has been appointed senior judge of the Nunavut Court of Justice, replacing Justice B.A. Browne.
• Norman Pickell, appointed last year as Acting Integrity Commissioner for Nunavut, has been confirmed as the Integrity Commissioner of Nunavut.
ONTARIO
• Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP has promoted three associates to the partnership in Toronto: banking lawyer David Ferris, technology lawyer Kevin Holbeche, and Laura West, who practises in trusts and estates.
• Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP has admitted two new lawyer to the partnership at its Toronto office: Julie Robbins and Doug Stewart.
• Insurance lawyer Paul J. Brett, of Winnipeg-basaed Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP has been appointed a deputy judge of the Small Claims Court of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Northwest Region, on Nov. 29th, 2011.
• Matthew Sammon and Eli Lederman have been admitted to the partnership at Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP. Civil litigator Lederman practises in complex commercial litigation, professional liability, securities and class actions, while Sammon's practice focusses on corporate commercial litigation and employment law, as well as professional liability.
• McCarthy Tétrault LLP has added eight new income partners in Toronto: Kristyn Annis, David Randell and Dan Bornstein from the firm's business law group; Julie Parla and David Tait in the litigation group; Lisa Melanson of the intellectual property group; tax lawyer Len Nesbitt; and Alysha Valenti, whois a member of the real property & planning group. The firm has also added two equity partners in the city: Matthew Kelleher, a member of the firm's business law group whose practice focusses on private M&A and corporate finance transactions, and Jamie Orzech, who practises in the real property & planning group; .
• Clyde & Co Canada LLP has brought partner Rod McLauchlan back to Canada. The insurance defence lawyer started out his law career with Nicholl Paskell-Mede in 1997, before moving to London with Barlow Lyde & Gilbert in 2002. BLG and NPM both merged with Clydes in late 2011. McLauchlan has acted for insurers and professionals in cases based in the U.K., Canada, the U.S., France, Germany, Italy, Singapore, Israel, and a number of major off-shore financial centres. He is admitted to the Bars of Ontario and Quebec and is a qualified English solicitor.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
• Stephen Carpenter has been named the newest partner at Stewart McKelvey's Charlottetown office. The employment lawyer counts among his clients a range of employers across various industries, as well as organizations in the insurance, education and health sectors.
• Tracey L. Clements, Sherry E. Gillis, and Kim M. McNeill have each been designated Queen's Counsel.
• The Office of the Attorney General and Public Safety will be renamed the Department of Justice and Public Safety.
• Shannon Farrell has been promoted to partner at McInnes Cooper in Charlottetown.
• Gary Scales has joined McInnes Cooper in Charlottetown.
• Tanya LeClair has been called to the Prince Edward Island Bar and is now practising at McInnes Cooper in Summerside.
QUEBEC
• Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP has promoted four associates to the partnership in Montréal: Christian Jacques, Karine Fournier, Hilal El Ayoubi, and Pierre-Olivier Charlebois. Mathieu Leblanc-Gagnon has also been promoted to partner in the firm's Québec City office. Kimberley Okell has also joined the firm's Québec City office, bringing with her more than 20 years of experience in corporate/commercial practice.
• Éric Bédard has succeeded Claude Auger as the as managing partner for the Québec region at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP.
• Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP has admitted four new lawyer to the partnership at its Montreal office: Alexandre Boileau, Mélanie Jacques, Jacques Plante and Richard Gauthier.
• Langlois Kronström Desjardins partner Louise Boutin has been elected president of the board of directors of Commercial Real Estate Women-Montréal, a non-profit organization committed to advancing the success of women in the commercial real estate industry.
• McCarthy Tétrault LLP has named three new income partners in Quebec. Louis-Nicolas Boulanger and Max Rogan are members of the firm's business law group, while Cindy Vaillancourt practises with the environmental group. The firm has also added two new equity partners in the province: Céline Legendre, a member of the litigation group who focusses her practice on large-scale securities litigation, and Matthieu Rheault, a member of the business law group who practises corporate and commercial law.
• Langlois Kronström Desjardins has named Yan Paquette, a member of its insurance and financial-services law team, a partner.
SASKATCHEWAN
• Litigator John A. Epp and immigration lawyer Haidah Amirzadeh have joined Miller Thomson LLP as associates. W. Thomas Molloy, O.C., Q.C. has also joined the firm as counsel. He practises aboriginal and business law and was previously with MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP.
• 16 of the province's lawyers have been appointed Q.C.: Dr. Sanjeev Anand, Ronald Balacko, Alain Gaucher, Melvin Gerspacher, John Gormley, Robert Kirkpatrick, Robert Lane, Timothy MacLeod, Mitch McAdam, Rosanne Newman, Rodney Rath, Donna Sigmeth, David Thera, Barry Wilcox, Gregory Willows, and Craig Zawada.
• Gregory E. Murphy has joined Miller Thomson LLP's Regina office as a partner in the firm's corporate litigation group. Jeremy Caissie has also joined the firm in Saskatoon as an associate, practising in family law.
• Richard W. Danyliuk, a lawyer with McDougall Gauley LLP in Saskatoon, has been appointed a judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, replacing Justice P. Foley, who has elected to become a supernumerary judge.
• Lyle Bouvier has joined Miller Thomson LLP as a partner.
• Paul Favel, Jan Gitlin, and Barry Wilcox have been appointed commissioners of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission.
INTERNATIONAL
• The London, U.K. office of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP has promoted two associates to partnership: corporate commercial lawyers Jodi Katz and Peter Rhodes.
• Two major project financings involving McCarthy Tétrault LLP as legal advisor received Americas Deal of the Year awards at the 2011 Project Finance International Awards in London, UK. The winners were the $1.37-billion deal for Montréal’s new 772-bed Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, which was named Americas Bond Deal of the Year, and the $725-million financing for Québec’s 272 MW Seigneurie de Beaupré wind farm with Boralex Inc., Gaz Métro Limited Partnership and Valener Inc., which took the honours as Americas Renewables Deal of the Year.
• Corporate lawyer Terence Doherty has been made a partner in Stikeman Elliott LLP's New York office.
• Ridout and Maybee LLP's Jason Leung is to become the first Canadian lawyer to join the board of governors of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association . The Washington, DC-based organization has a membership of 40,000 Asian American and Asian Canadian lawyers across North America. Leung's two-year term as northeast regional governor, a region which includes Toronto, New York, Boston and Philadelphia, begins in November 2011.
• Stuart Hills has joined Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP's London office as a partner. Hills has extensive expertise in banking and finance and has acted for a number of major financial institutions, private equity sponsors and lenders on a range of transactions. Before joining Faskens, Hill was a partner and head of the London corporate group at DMH Stallard. He has also been a partner at Weil Gotshal & Manges and O’Melveny & Myers.
• Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP has welcomed back Clark Roberts as partner and chief representative of its new Chinese outfit Gowlings International Inc. Representative Office in Beijing. Roberts, who will serve as the main point of contact in Beijing, has extensive experience with corporate transactions and regulatory compliance matters, particularly in the areas of mining, oil and gas, and intellectual property.
Last updated: Feb. 2, 2012
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