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6 | <strong>ARCTIC</strong> <strong>OBITER</strong> 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.
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2011 | 7 Justice Schuler Appointed Senior Judge, SCNWT The Honourable Rob Nicholson, PC, QC, MP for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced that the Hon. Madam Justice Virginia Schuler, a Judge of the Northwest Territories Supreme Court, was appointed Senior Judge of the Northwest Territories Supreme Court, to replace the Hon. Mr. Justice J. Vertes, who retired effective July 1, 2011. Madam Justice Schuler was first appointed to the Northwest Territories Supreme Court on October 24, 1995. She graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in 1979 and articled in Toronto. She was called to the Bar of the Northwest Territories in 1982 and practised law in Yellowknife from 1982 until her appointment in 1995. According to the provisions of the Judges Act that apply to the Supreme Courts of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon, when the Senior Judge retires, the next most senior judge automatically becomes the Senior Judge of that court. This appointment was effective July 1, 2011. Justice ADM Appointed to NWT Supreme Court The Honourable Karan M. Shaner, Assistant Deputy Minister with the Department of Justice of the Northwest Territories in Yellowknife, is appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories (Yellowknife) to replace Mr. Justice D.M. Cooper, who resigned as of March 3, 2011. “The impact of Ms. Shaner’s work will be long-lasting and will benefit all communities in our Territory,” said outgoing Premier Floyd Roland. “Her invaluable legal advice and support will certainly be missed within the GNWT, but will be a strong addition to our excellent Supreme Court bench.” In congratulating Ms. Shaner on her appointment, P remier Rol and highlighted her commitment to the public service – in particular, her work to make family law and legal aid systems more accessible and sustainable and the development of a pilot court-based program to address family violence. Photo: J-F Bergeron, GNWT “I would like to thank Ms. Shaner for her years of service and for taking on this challenging role,” added Minister of Justice Jackson Lafferty. “Her appointment and wealth of experience in the North serves to strengthen the continued understanding and life-long commitment of Supreme Court Justices to the people of the NWT.” Ms. Shaner received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Calgary in 1986 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Alberta in 1990. She was admitted to the Northwest Territories Bar in 1991. Ms. Shaner joined the Department of Justice in 1996 as legal counsel. She then took the position of Director, Legal Division, in 2003 and later Assistant Deputy Minister in 2008. Before her career at the Dept. of Justice, she was an associate with Johnson, Gullberg, Wiest and MacPherson (now Lawson Lundell LLP). In addition to her management roles, her main areas of practice were l a b o u r l a w , h u m a n r i g h t s , administrative law and general litigation. She has been a coach with the Learn to Skate Program of the Yellowknife Speed Skating Club since 2007. She has been active in various clubs such as Aurora Minor Soccer, Great Slave Skating Centre and Yellowknife Minor Hockey. The appointment is effective immediately.
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