Committees

COMMITTEES

Law Society Committees carry out many regulatory functions under the Law Society Act, 1996, and the General Rules under the Law Society Act, 1996, and assist with policy development in those areas.

If you are a member of the Law Society and are interested in volunteering on a committee, please refer to the following Committee Appointments Process Policy or contact us for more information.

Admissions Committee

  • Michael R. Cormier (Chair)
  • Renée M. Roy (Vice-Chair) 
  • Ryan A. Adams
  • E. Rose Campbell
  • Laura K. Cutler
  • Jean-François A. Cyr
  • Katherine S. Donovan
  • Virginia Gillmore
  • Leigh A. Lampert
  • Michèle Pelletier, K.C.
  • Ashlee E. Scott
  • David A. Seely

Audit and Risk Management Committee

  • Cheryl A. Scholten (Chair)
  • David G. D. Gauthier
  • Mylène Hendricks
  • Neal L. D. Leard
  • Melinda M. Moore
  • Mathieu N. Picard
  • Alexandria K. Smith-Doughty

Bar Admission Program Committee

  • Isabel Lavoie Daigle, K.C. (Chair)
  • Hugh J. Cameron, K.C.
  • I. Mae Florina
  • Virginia Gilmore
  • Micheline Gleixner
  • Abigail Herrington
  • Alexandra Lebreton
  • Benjamin A. Lord
  • Leanne M. Murray
  • Emilie K. Plourde
  • Denis Thériault

Compensation Fund Committee

  • Jennifer L. Hanson (Vice-Chair)
  • Jean Eugène Trahan (Vice-Chair)
  • Janik Colette Keddy
  • Bertin Cyr
  • Nadia M. MacPhee
  • Marie-Josée Ouellette
  • Richard A. Williams, K.C.
  • Monica M. L. Zauhar

Complaints Committee 

  • Guy Dumas, K.C. (Chair)
  • Timothy R. Bell (Vice-Chair)
  • Glen S. Gallant (Vice-Chair)
  • Marie-Josée LeBlanc (Vice-Chair)
  • Brian E. Maude (Vice-Chair)
  • Isabelle Moreau (Vice-Chair)
  • Brian Perry (Vice-Chair)
  • René J. Basque, K.C.
  • Jason Dempsey
  • Catherine Fawcett, K.C.
  • Julie LeBlanc-Hultberg
  • Nancy J. Martel
  • James R. McConnell
  • Mélanie Michaud
  • Chantal Moreau
  • Charles E. Murray
  • Jonathan Roch Noël
  • Justin Robichaud, K.C.
  • Christopher T. Titus, K.C.

Discipline Committee

  • G. Robert Basque, K.C. (Chair)
  • Darren G. Blois (Vice-Chair)
  • Christopher A. Borden (Vice-Chair)
  • Michel J. Boudreau (Vice-Chair)
  • J. William Collette, K.C. (Vice-Chair)
  • Philippe J. Eddie, K.C. (Vice-Chair)
  • Marc R. Guignard, K.C. (Vice-Chair)
  • Maria Henheffer, K.C. (Vice-Chair)
  • Monique Veillette, K.C. (Vice-Chair)
  • Marilynn Boudreau*
  • John R. Casey*
  • Marc-Antoine Chiasson, K.C.
  • Odette Comeau Lavoie*
  • Marie-Claude Doucet
  • Shelley R. Dumouchel
  • George Filliter, K.C.
  • Renée M. Fontaine
  • Nadia M. MacPhee
  • James L. Mockler, K.C.
  • Mathew R. S. Pearn
  • Céline E. Robichaud-Trifts*
  • Renée M. Roy
  • Chantal Thibodeau, K.C.

*Public Representatives

Equity and Social Justice Committee

  • Thomas Raffy (Chair)
  • Lindsay Balin
  • Benson Barnaby
  • Christopher A. Borden
  • Lorena A. Henry
  • Jael Duarte Hernandez
  • Samuel Y. LeBlanc
  • Marion Levi
  • Tiffarah D. McLean
  • Michèle Pelletier, K.C.
  • Sara Scaletta
  • Vasudhaara Sivapalan

Ethics Committee

  • J. André Daigle (Chair)
  • Guylaine Basque
  • Judith K. Begley
  • Andrew Costin
  • Marie-Hélène Haché
  • Timothy G. McLaughlin
  • Michael B. Murphy, K.C.
  • D. Ann Whiteway Brown, K.C.

Human Resource Committee

  • Luc Marcoux, K.C. (Chair)
  • Stéphanie Caron
  • Ellen C. Desmond, K.C.
  • Sukhjit Dillon Aberga
  • Benjamin R. Wolthers

Insurance Management Committee

  • David R. Ames, K.C. (Chair)
  • C. Paul W. Smith (Treasurer)
  • Robert G. Boyd
  • Trisha E. Perry
  • Justin Robichaud, K.C.
  • Enrico Scichilone
  • Sonia St-Pierre
  • Matthew M. Tweedie, K.C.

Mandatory Continuing Professional Development Committee

  • Catherine Fawcett, K.C. (Chair)
  • David M. Brannen
  • Jody R. Carr
  • Marie-Pierre Dionne
  • Kristin A. Doiron
  • Damien N. Lahiton
  • Tiffarah D. McLean
  • Emilie K. Plourde
  • Maria K, Powell
  • Paméla Schiavoni
  • Elizabeth M. Strange
  • Justin M. Wies

New Brunswick Law Foundation

  • Heather A. Black (Chair)
  • Michel A. Carrier, K.C.
  • Julie LeBlanc-Hultberg
  • Luc Marcoux, K.C.
  • Christian R.C. Whalen
  • Holly C. Young*

*Public Representatives

Official Languages Committee

  • Stéphanie Luce (Chair)
  • Anik Bossé, K.C.
  • Laura K. Cutler
  • Caroline Lafontaine
  • Isabel Lavoie Daigle, K.C.
  • Patrick R. Wilbur

Practice Review Committee

  • Mark Robere, K.C. (Chair)
  • Michelle A. Bossé
  • Sophie J. Caissie Cormier
  • Lizon Chiasson-Foulem
  • Jean-Marc Gauvin
  • Adam M. King
  • I. Gérald Levesque
  • Richard A. Northrup
  • Isabelle Thibault
  • Steven L. E. Veniot

Property Law Advisory Committee

  • Shawn R. Dempsey, K.C. (Chair)
  • Andrew W. Costin
  • Michel J. C. Cyr
  • Bernice Duguay
  • Renna Eliakis
  • A. Kent Robinson, K.C.
  • Jake T. Robinson
  • Stephanie L. Rushton
  • Joshua J. Santimaw
  • Frédéric J. Soucy
  • Brigid Stanford-Finnerty
  • Natalie M. Stewart
  • Kezia Ruth Williamson

Provincial Libraries Committee 

  • J. Kitty Maurey (Chair)
  • Jean-François A. Cyr
  • Annie C. Daneault, K.C.
  • Véronique Guitard
  • Sarah-Jane Lewis
  • Spencer D. MacInnis
  • Geneva C. McSheffery
  • Brian Perry
  • Benjamin R. Wolthers

Rules of Court Review Committee

  • Darren G. Blois (Chair)
  • Basile Chiasson, K.C.
  • Philippe J. Eddie, K.C.
  • Amanda J. Evans, K.C.
  • The Honourable Deborah Hackett
  • Caroline Lafontaine
  • Matthew R. Letson
  • Carley J. Parish, K.C.
  • Tracy Peters, K.C.
  • Mathieu N. Picard
  • The Honourable Ivan Robichaud
  • Rachelle L. Standing

Truth and Reconciliation Committee

  • Maria Henheffer, K.C.(Chair)
  • Elaina Campbell
  • Michael J. Comeau, K.C.
  • Ellen C. Desmond, K.C.
  • Dean Érik Labelle Eastaugh
  • Marion Levi
  • Shirley C. MacLean, K.C.
  • Thomas D. Mann
  • Dean Michael D. Marin, K.C.
  • The Honourable Graydon A. Nicholas
  • Gillian R. Paul
  • Maria K. Powell
  • Derek A. Simon
  • Karen D. Stilwell
  • Mélanie C. Tompkins, K.C.