2023

Many OBA members were among those honoured by The Law Society of Upper Canada at its annual awards ceremony recognizing outstanding members of the legal profession on Wednesday.

Several OBA members have been nominated for Canadian Lawyer's2015 Top 25 Most Influential list, including OBA President Orlando Da Silva. Da Silva’s nomination acknowledges his leadership in guiding the OBA’s work to advance a conversation about mental health in the legal profession through the OBA Opening Remarks campaign.

A motion put forward at the LSUC's annual general meeting that proposed to force some law firms to accept articling students has lawyers weighing in on the issue, including OBA Second Vice-President David Sterns. Read their comments in the Law Times.

Several OBA members are set to perform in The Lawyer Show, Nightwood Theatre's annual fundraising event.

The OBA's 2015 Tom Marshall Award of Excellence for Public Sector Lawyers winner, Mississauga City Solicitor Mary Ellen Bench, has been recognized by the City of Mississauga after receiving her award at a council meeting earlier this month.

OBA member Ian Binnie has been appointed as a special arbitrator to the Senate.

The OBA’s Privacy Law Section has announced that David Young is the winner of the 2015 OBA Karen Spector Memorial Award in Privacy Law.

The OBA Alternative Dispute Resolution Section is pleased to announce Harvey J. Kirsh as its 2015 OBA Award of Excellence for Alternative Dispute Resolution winner.

Working with government and the standing Committee on Justice Policy the OBA identified four elements of Bill 49, the Ontario Immigration Act that were of significant concern to Immigration Lawyers specifically and to the bar more broadly.

The OBA Civil Litigation Section is pleased to announce that Patricia Jackson has been named the winner of the 2015 OBA Award of Excellence in Civil Litigation.