Council

ROLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS

CBA-New Brunswick is governed by its own person Council. The Council elects the officers, approves the budget and determines policy for the New Brunswick Branch as a whole. Council members are from all parts of New Brunswick and represent all areas of law and legal interests.

The Council consists of the following persons who are residents of the province:

Voting members of the Executive Committee

  • 11 members elected by the members of the Branch as follows:
    • One member elected from each of the following judicial districts: Bathurst; Campbellton; Edmundston; Miramichi; and Woodstock
    • Two members elected from each of the following judicial districts: Fredericton; Moncton; and Saint John
  • The chair of each section, conference and standing or special committee
  • A student representative from each of the Province's law schools
  • The dean of each of the Province's law schools or his or her designate
  • The president of the Law Society or his or her designate

Non-voting members

  • The Attorney General of the Province or his or her designate
  • Past-presidents of the branch
  • Past-presidents of CBA National
  • Members of standing committees of CBA National
  • Other members of the branch that Council may appoint by resolution

The term of an elected member of Council is two years. He or she may be elected for a maximum of three consecutive terms.

Council Members 2020-2021

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Lauren Cicin
Isabel Lavoie Daigle
Talia Profit
Carley Parish
Thomas Raffy
Steven Christie

ELECTED MEMBERS

Timothy Bell
Tim Culbert
Andrea Folster
Alexandre Levasseur
Marilyne St-Laurent
Jacqueline Boucher
Shannon Doran, Q.C.
Kevin Haché
Vasu Sivapalan
Morgan Vickers

SECTION CHAIRS

Jason Alcorn
Melanie Caissie

Jeff Callaghan
Hugh J. Cameron
Dominic Caron
Carole Chan
Stéphanie Cormier
Ellen C. Desmond
Morganne A. Foley
Steven Foulds
David Gauthier
Pierre Gionet
Jason Godin
Maya Hamou
J. Paul M. Harquail
Patrick Kerr
Gavin Kotze
Chantal Landry
Julie G. Leblanc Hultburg
Jodi Lee-White
Tiffany Mackay French
Francis W. McBrearty
Conor R. O’Neil
John C. Pappas
Mathieu Picard
Nick Robichaud
Ryan Seymour
Karen Stilwell
Nathalie Thibault
Christian Whalen
Peter CJ White

CHAIR OF STANDING OR SPECIAL COMMITTEES

Glen Gallant
Danie Roy, Q.C.
Johanne Thériault
Deirdre Wade, Q.C.

DEAN OF EACH OF THE PROVINCES LAW SCHOOLS OR HIS OR HER DESIGNATE

Michael Marin (Acting)
Denis Roy

A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH OF THE PROVINCE’S LAW SCHOOLS

Tom Walsh – UNB
Tristian Gaudet -UdeM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF NB

Richard Williams, Q.C.

NON VOTING MEMBERS

René Basque, Q.C.
Hélène Beaulieu, Q.C.
Scott Brittain, Q.C.
Hon. Ted Flemming, Q.C.
Tina Lagacé-Rivard
Hon. Denise LeBlanc
John D. Logan, Q.C.
Justin Robichaud
David O’Brien, Q.C.
Deloras O’Neill, Q.C.
Kimberly Poffenroth
Ann Whiteway Brown, Q.C.