The Ontario Bar Association (OBA) held its annual Awards Gala at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Toronto.

The OBA’s Award for Distinguished Service went to Steven F. Rosenhek of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Dianne Saxe of Dianne Saxe Professional Corporation, and Jonathan Speigel of Speigel Nichols Fox LLP.

The OBA’s Linda Adlam Manning Award went to Audrey P. Ramsay of Withrow & Associates.

The OBA’s President’s Award went to Hon. R. Roy McMurtry, OC, O.Ont, Q.C., of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP.

The Hon. Chris Bentley, Attorney General presented the Mundell Medal for Legal Writing to Professor Brenda Cossman of the University of Toronto and William Kaplan, Barrister & Solicitor.

For more photos and information about the awards, see the OBA website:

William M. Kaplan, a lawyer and arbitrator in Toronto, spoke at UWO Law about his new book, Canadian Maverick: The Life and Times of Ivan C. Rand.

Justice Rand served on the Supreme Court of Canada until his retirement at age 75, after which he moved to London, Ont. and founded the law school at Western.