2014 OBA Awards Gala

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The Ontario Bar Association held its 2014 Awards Gala at the InterContinental Toronto Centre.

OBA’s Award for Distinguished Service:

  • Ian D. Kirby, Gilbert Kirby Stringer LLP
  • Paul D. Paton, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
  • Maryellen Symons, Barrister & Solicitor

OBA’s Linda Adlam Manning Award:

  • Lucy K. McSweeney, Office of The Children’s Lawyer

OBA’s Heather McArthur Memorial Young Lawyers’ Award:

  • Fareen L. Jamal, Jamal Family Law Professional Corporation

OBA’s President’s Award:

  • The Hon. Annemarie E. Bonkalo, Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice
  • Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario (AJEFO)

The Attorney General presented the Mundell Medal for Legal writing to:

  • Professor Jim Phillips, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
2014 OBA Awards (1)

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2014 OBA Awards (2)

Eugene Meehan, Omar Ha-Redeye, Audrey Ramsay, and Paul Slansky

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