Orlando Da Silva, LSM new president of Ontario Bar Association

Orlando Da Silva, LSM has taken office as the new president of the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) for a one-year term.

Da Silva, a counsel in the Crown Law Office – Civil of the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, was previously the OBA’s first vice-president.

Under the OBA’s governance structure, the second vice-president is elected and then successively becomes first vice-president and then president.

Ed Upenieks, partner at Brampton law firm Lawrence, Lawrence, Stevenson LLP, has become first vice-president of the Ontario Bar Association. He will become president in 2015.

David Sterns, partner at the Toronto law firm Sotos LLP, has become second vice-president of the Ontario Bar Association. He will become first vice-president next year and president in 2016.

The OBA, a branch of the Canadian Bar Association, is the voice of the legal profession in Ontario, representing about 16,000 lawyers, judges, law professors and law students throughout the province.

2014-15 Board of Directors

President	Orlando Da Silva, LSM
1st Vice-President	Edwin G. Upenieks
2nd Vice-President	David Sterns
Secretary	Quinn M. Ross
Treasurer	Lynne Vicars
Immediate  Past President	Pascale Daigneault
Executive Director & Counsel	Steve Pengelly
Chair, Professional Development	Robert M.G. Shawyer
Director-at-Large - East	Lillian Camilleri
Director-at-Large - Southwest	Dawn M. Melville
Director-at-Large - Central West	Jeffrey S. Percival
Director-at-Large - Central East	David A. Morin
Director-at-Large - Northeast	Annalisa S. Rasaiah
Director-at-Large - Toronto	C. Michael J. Kealy
Director-at-Large - Northwest	Frederick J.W. Bickford
Director-at-Large  - Central South	Eric C. Nanayakkara
Chair,  Young Lawyers' Div. - East	Valerie M.J. Westwick
Chair,  Young Lawyers' Div. - Southwest	Emily C. Assini
Co-Chair,  Young Lawyers' Div. - Central	Christine A. Jackson
Co-Chair,  Young Lawyers' Div. - Central	Vivene  Salmon
Chair,  Student Division	Elana Anzel-Sivkin