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