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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 Nominations

TLA Board of Directors - If you are interested in becoming a director of the Board, please check back in December 2023 for more information.
The TLA Board of Directors is looking for energetic and engaged TLA members in good standing, who are interested in becoming directors of the Board. 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.



The 2021-22 TLA Board of Directors



Erin O'Donovan
President
Ontario Securities
Commission


Aitan Lerner
Vice-President
Ministry of Attorney General
Crown Law Office, Criminal


Mark Crane
Treasurer
Gowling WLG
(Canada) LLP



Anna Wong
Secretary
MPhil Candidate
University of Oxford

Robin McKechney
Assistant Secretary
McCarthy Tetrault LLP


Margaret Pak
Assistant Treasurer
Walker Sorensen LLP


Michael J.L. White
Past President
Kostyniuk & Greenside LLP
Ghina Al-Sewaidi
Legal Aid Ontario



Jennifer Arduini
McCarthy Tetrault LLP



Sarah Boulby
Boulby Weinberg LLP


Laura Brazil
McMillan LLP


Waheeda Ekhlas Smith
Smith Employment Law


Jennifer Hunter

Lerners LLP


Tamryn Jacobson
Goodmans
LLP


Matthew Karabus

Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP 


Zachary Kerbel

Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LPP


Kate Manning
DMG Advocates LLP


John Navarrete
Neuberger & Partners
LLP


Allan Rakowsky
Rose, Persiko, Rakowsky,
Melvinm LLP 


Doreen Lok Yin So
Hull & Hull LLP


Julie Stanchieri
Stanchieri
Family Law


Edona Vila
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP


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.