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
  • John Gillis
  • Virginia Gillmore
  • Leigh A. Lampert
  • George A. McAllister, K.C.
  • Michèle Pelletier, K.C.
  • Ashlee E. Scott
  • David A. Seely

Audit and Risk Management Committee

  • Cheryl A. Scholten (Chair)
  • J. Douglas Baker
  • David G. D. Gauthier
  • Mylène Hendricks
  • Neal L. D. Leard
  • Melinda M. Moore
  • Alexandria K. Smith-Doughty
  • Mélanie C. Tompkins, K.C.

Bar Admission Program Committee

  • Isabel Lavoie Daigle, K.C. (Chair)
  • Ryan A. Adams
  • Hugh J. Cameron, K.C.
  • I. Mae Florina
  • Virginia Gillmore
  • Micheline Gleixner
  • Abigail Herrington
  • Leanne M. Murray
  • Emma J. Neynens
  • Emilie K. Plourde
  • Denis Thériault

Compensation Fund Committee

  • Jean Eugène Trahan (Chair)
  • Jennifer L. Hanson (Vice-Chair)
  • Janik Colette Keddy
  • Bertin H. L. Cyr
  • Marie-Eve Nowlan
  • Marie-Josée Ouellette
  • Steven L. E. Veniot
  • Monica M. L. Zauhar

Complaints Committee 

  • Brian E. Maude (Chair)
  • Timothy R. Bell (Vice-Chair)
  • Guy Dumas, K.C. (Vice-Chair)
  • Catherine Fawcett, K.C. (Vice-Chair)
  • Glen S. Gallant (Vice-Chair)
  • Marie-Josée LeBlanc (Vice-Chair)
  • Brian Perry (Vice-Chair)
  • Ferne M. Ashford, K.C.
  • René J. Basque, K.C.
  • John Casey*
  • Jason Dempsey
  • Virginia Gillmore
  • Simon-Pierre Godbout
  • Christopher R. Lavigne
  • Julie LeBlanc-Hultberg
  • Monique Mallet-Boucher*
  • Nancy J. Martel
  • James R. McConnell
  • Mélanie Michaud
  • Chantal Moreau
  • Charles E. Murray, K.C.
  • Jonathan Roch Noël
  • Jacques Thibault*
  • Christopher T. Titus, K.C.

*Public Representatives

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)
  • George Filliter, 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*
  • Marc-Antoine Chiasson, K.C.
  • Donald Hammond*
  • Odette Comeau Lavoie*
  • Marie-Claude Doucet
  • Shelley R. Dumouchel
  • Renée M. Fontaine
  • Stephen J. Hutchison, K.C.
  • Nadia M. MacPhee
  • James L. Mockler, K.C.
  • Michael B. Murphy, 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
  • Julia Belanger
  • Nushka Blais
  • Christopher A. Borden
  • Jael Duarte Hernandez
  • Lorena A. Henry
  • Samuel Y. LeBlanc
  • Marion Levi
  • Tiffarah D. McLean
  • Sara Scaletta
  • Vasudhaara Sivapalan
  • Emma Wright

Ethics Committee

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

Fitness to Practice Committee

  • Monika Zauhar (Chair)
  • Guy Dumas, K.C. (Vice-Chair)
  • Dr. Tessa Colette*
  • Anne Marie Creamer*
  • Donald Cullinan
  • Lucia DeMaio
  • Matt Hiltz
  • Dr. Sanjay Jain*
  • Raelyn Lagace*
  • Ruth Preston
  • Alexandria Smith-Doughty
  • Sonia St-Pierre
  • Julian Williams

*Public Representatives

Human Resource Committee

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

Insurance Management Committee

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

Mandatory Continuing Professional Development Committee

  • Catherine Fawcett, K.C. (Chair)
  • David M. Brannen
  • Jody R. Carr
  • Emily Gaunce
  • Mylène M. L. Hendricks
  • Damien N. Lahiton
  • Tiffarah D. McLean
  • Emilie K. Plourde
  • Maria K, Powell
  • Elizabeth M. Strange
  • Justin M. Wies

New Brunswick Law Foundation

  • Heather A. Black (Chair)
  • Marc A. Bourgeois
  • Michel A. Carrier, K.C.
  • Caroline Lafontaine, K.C.
  • Julie LeBlanc-Hultberg
  • Luc Marcoux, K.C.
  • Aaron Naccarato*
  • Holly C. Young*

*Public Representatives

Official Languages Committee

  • Stéphanie Luce, K.C. (Chair)
  • Anik Bossé, K.C.
  • Laura K. Cutler
  • Jason Godin
  • Caroline Lafontaine, K.C.
  • 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

Property Law Advisory Committee

  • Shawn R. Dempsey, K.C. (Chair)
  • Matthew Brenan
  • Andrew W. Costin
  • Michel J. C. Cyr
  • Bernice Duguay
  • Renna Eliakis
  • Brigitte M. Ouellette
  • Jake T. Robinson
  • Stephanie L. Rushton
  • Joshua J. Santimaw
  • Frédéric J. Soucy
  • Natalie M. Stewart
  • Kezia Ruth Williamson

Provincial Libraries Committee 

  • Véronique Guitard (Chair)
  • Brian A. Barnett
  • Laura Boyd
  • Jean-François A. Cyr
  • Annie C. Daneault, K.C.
  • Spencer D. MacInnis
  • Geneva C. McSheffery
  • Brian Perry
  • Benjamin R. Wolthers

Rules of Court Review Committee

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

Truth and Reconciliation Committee

  • Maria Henheffer, K.C.(Chair)
  • Geneviève E. Boulay
  • Elaina S. Campbell
  • E. Rose Campbell
  • 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.