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MEMBERSHIP
NEW MEMBERS
GREGORY HARDING, QC
FIELD LLP - EDMONTON, AB
Greg practices in the General Litigation
Group at Field LLP’s Edmonton
office. His varied practice
includes commercial disputes,
pension and benefits law, estate
l i t i g a t i o n , t r u s t l a w ,
a d m i n i s t r a t i v e l a w ,
constitutional law (including
both charter and human rights
litigation), as wells as
construction litigation.
Greg's experience includes a
one year secondment to the
Constitutional and Energy Law
Department of the Attorney General of
Alberta Civil Law Department. He
represents clients before a variety of
boards and tribunals and at all levels of
Court. Greg also regularly participates
in mediation, arbitration, and judicial
dispute resolution procedures.
G. Harding
L. Jeffrey
LAURA JEFFREY
DRAGON TONER LAW OFFICE - YELLOWKNIFE, NT
Laura completed her law degree at the
University of Ottawa. There, she worked
with World Wildlife Fund Canada and
participated in the uOttawa-
Ecojustice Environmental Law
Clinic. Laura also carries a
degree in psychology from the
University of Victoria.
Laura articled with the Ontario
Ministry of the Environment
before being called to the Bar of
Ontario in June 2011 and the Bar
of the Northwest Territories in
September 2011. Laura is now
an associate at Dragon Toner
Law Office in Yellowknife.
MAREN ZIMMER
PUBLIC PROSECUTION SERVICE OF CANADA -
YELLOWKNIFE, NT
Maren earned her Bachelor of
Environmental Studies at the University
of Waterloo in 2005, and her LLB at
Dalhousie University in 2010. She then
articled at the Government of
Manitoba’s Public Prosecution Service in
Thompson. Maren now joins the ranks
at the NWT Regional Office of the PPSC,
due in part to her love of the outdoors.
NOTICES
CHANGE OF STATUS
Take notice that Dana
Webster
(Yellowknife, NT), previously an
inactive member of the Law Society of
the Northwest Territories, has been
restored to the active practicing list of
the Law Society effective October 5, 2011
and is entitled to practice law in the
Northwest Territories.
MEMBERSHIP STATS
Active Residents: 135
Active Non-Residents: 255
Inactive Members: 86
Total Membership: 476
(Restricted Members: 79)
Member Appointed Magistrate in Cayman Islands
Valdis Foldats has been appointed as
C a y m a n ' s n e w e s t p e r m a n e n t
Magistrate. Mr. Foldats is currently
serving as a Temporary Magistrate in
the Summary Court, a post he has held
since January 2011.
He was appointed on the advice of the
Judicial and Legal Services Commission
and has formally taken the permanent
post as of October 1, 2011.
Throughout April and May, the Judicial
and Legal Services Commission carried
out an open recruitment process
advertising the post locally and
overseas. Following a short-listing
process, an interview panel interviewed
four persons for this post.
This is the first time that the
appointment of a Magistrate to the
Summary Court has been made by the
Governor following advice from the
J u d i c i a l a n d L e g a l S e r v i c e s
Commission, established in the new
Constitution introduced in November
2009.
Mr. Foldats was called to the Bar in
Canada in 1984 and, prior to moving to
the Cayman Islands, spent fifteen years
practicing law in the areas of criminal,
coroner and disciplinary proceedings.
In 1999 Mr. Foldats began working in
the Judicial Administration as the
Registrar of Appeal/Senior Deputy
Clerk before being promoted to the
Clerk of Court, where he served for
nine years during which time he also
gained experience as an Acting
Magistrate.