BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Governance
The association's business is conducted by a 24-member board of directors. The President of the Board serves a one-year term. The Board year runs from one annual business meeting to the next. The annual business meetings are held in March.
Call for Volunteers – TLA Board of Directors
As part of its annual nominations process, the TLA Board of Directors is looking for energetic and engaged TLA members in good standing, who are interested in becoming members of the TLA Board of Directors. Our objective is to staff the Board with a diverse group of lawyers with the time, commitment and expertise to ensure strong and effective direction in fulfilling the TLA’s mission.
Application Process
Nominations for a 3-year term starting in May 2025, will be accepted in January 2025. If you are interested in getting involved as a director and have been practising for 3 years or more, you are invited to submit a self-nomination, in the form of a letter of application and a brief biography.
Please check back in January 2025 for more information about nomination deadlines.
The 2024-25 TLA Board of Directors
 Mark Crane President Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP |
 Anna Wong Vice-President Weintraub Erskine Huang LLP |
 Robin McKechney Treasurer McCarthy Tétrault LLP |
 Margaret Pak Secretary Walker Sorensen LLP |
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 Julie Stanchieri Assistant Secretary Stanchieri Family Law |
 Jennifer Arduini Assistant Treasurer McCarthy Tétrault LLP |
 Aitan Lerner Past-President Ministry of the Attorney General |
 Ghina Al-Sewaidi Legal Aid Ontario |
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 Oneal Banerjee Dolden Wallace Folick LLP |
 Michael Binetti Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP |
 Waheeda Ekhlas Smith Smith Employment Law |
 Conner Harris Rayman Harris LLP |
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 Jennifer Hunter Lerners LLP |
 Tamryn Jacobson Goodmans LLP |
 Matthew Karabus Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP |
 Ian Kasper Kapoor Barristers |
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 Zachary Kerbel Ministry of the Attorney General |
 David Kornhauser Loopstra Nixon LLP |
 Josh Koziebrocki Koziebrocki Law |
 Areta Lloyd Dickson Appell LLP |
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 Christine Muir Norton Rose Fulbright LLP |
 Doreen Lok Yin So Hull & Hull LLP |
 Surina Sud Kostyniuk & Greenside Lawyers |
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Our dedicated Officers, Directors and Staff oversee the operations of the Association. Our directors volunteer their time to sit on numerous government and court-based committees, for the benefit of our members.