Advocacy-Matters-Winter-2024

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Chair Chat
Steve Frankel (he/him), Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
The Happy Lawyer Project
Lisa Marie Buccella, Aviva Trial Lawyers
Justice Delayed (Part 1) – Getting on the Docket
Jeff Van Bakel (he/him), Scott Petrie LLP and Joe Thorne (he/him), Stewart McKelvey
Word to the Wise: Paying Your Dues
Megan Keenberg (she/her), Keenberg & Co
Inaugural MASC Winter Summit
Eric Morgan (he/him), Kushneryk Morgan LLP
Roundtable: The Fresh Perspectives of
Foreign -Trained Lawyers
Eric Morgan (he/him), Kushneryk Morgan LLP
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What Happens in the Boardroom, Doesn’t Stay in the
Boardroom: A Reminder that Civility Still Matters
Lisa Marie Buccella, Aviva Trial Lawyers
Interview with Shawn Richard, ASR Family and Estate Law
Compiled by Mana Khami (she/her), Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Editor: Megan Keenberg (she/her), Keenberg & Co| mkeenberg@keenco.ca
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Deputy Editor: Joe Thorne (he/him), Stewart McKelvey | joethorne@stewartmckelvey.com
The opinions expressed by individual authors are their own and do not necessarily reflect the policies of The Advocates’ Society.
Advocacy Matters Editorial Team: Jeff Van Bakel, Scott Petrie LLP, Lisa-Marie Buccella, Aviva Trial Lawyers, Jordan Glick, Glick Law, Mana Khami, BLG,
Eric Morgan, Kushneryk Morgan LLP, and Wade Poziomka, Ross & McBride LLP.
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