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Jim Peacock, QC,
President, Law
Society of Alberta must at least be aware of what lawyers are doing to maintain their competence. The continuing professional development initiative that will begin in 2009 will inform us about what lawyers say they are doing to maintain their competence and will assist us in being able to provide that assurance. The Law Society also needs to know when lawyers are not acting in accordance with our high professional standards and, to a very large extent, we rely on the public and you to let us know when lawyers fail to meet their professional or ethical responsibilities. The reality is that, in the eyes of the public, we are often judged as a profession by the actions of a few and it is important that, as professionals, lawyers inform the Law Society when they become aware of members engaging in conduct that falls below an acceptable standard.  |
Humble Roots Give Rise to 50 Years of Lawyering
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| attorney general's office and sat on the Alberta Board of Industrial Relations and the Public Service Employee Relations Board of Alberta. He was appointed to the Court of Queen's Bench on August 22, 1985, and was appointed a supernumerary judge in 2001. |
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1974, he was elected a Bencher of the Law Society of Alberta and became vice-president in 1980-81 and president the following year. Mr. Code has an extensive general litigation practice. He was the court-appointed inspector into the business and affairs of the Principal Group of Companies from 1987 to 1989. He has |
Mr. Henry Beaumont, QC, born in Lethbridge, received his arts degree from Queen's University in 1953, and his law degree from the University of Alberta in 1956. He articled under William M. MacKay and Robert Nesbitt in Calgary, and began his career by forming Beaumont Proctor. In 1989, his firm changed to Beaumont Church.
Born in Claresholm, Alberta, Mr. William Gordon Brown, QC, received his arts degree in 1952 from the University of Toronto and four years later his law degree from the University of Alberta. He articled under Mr. Robert Black and joined Bennett Jones. During |
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Long service award recipients from top left, clockwise, Henry Beaumont, QC, Jim Peacock, QC, President, Law Society of Alberta; Bill Code, QC; Justice Blair Mason; and Gordon Brown, QC. | |
his 46 year career with the firm, he played significant roles in the structuring of major transactions. His practice has included complex joint ventures for the exploration and development of conventional and heavy oil, tar sands, offshore oil and gas ventures, coal and uranium. In addition to his practice, Mr. Brown was a member of the Alberta round table on the environment and the economy and also served as a director of many energy corporations, the Canadian Institute of Resources Law and the Calgary Philharmonic Society.
Mr. Bill Code, QC was born in Gadsby, Alberta, and earned his arts and law degrees from the University of Alberta in 1953 and 1956 respectively. He articled with Mr. William A. McGillivray of Calgary, and began his law career by forming a partnership. He has stayed with his firm, Code Hunter, for more than four decades. In January |
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been a NAFTA panelist since 1993 and currently is a member of the NAFTA panel in the Softwood Lumber Appeal.
Mr. Ronald Paul Havelock, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, received his bachelor degree from the University of Manitoba and his law degree from the University of Alberta in 1955. He articled with the firm Lindsay Emery and Massie in Edmonton, and that year, he began what was to become a 32-year career with Dome Petroleum. He now practises with InteQuest Corporation. Mr. Havelock has been involved in the Naval Officers Association of Canada, the Canadian Petroleum Law Foundation, Masonic Order, Central Law Committee, Canadian Petroleum Association, Calgary Exhibition and Stampede, and Calgary Olympic Games in 1988. (Mr. Havelock died November 21, 2007.) | |
