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PAGE 10 June 29/JuLy 6, 2009 • Law Times Congratu Law Times congratulates the 1,239 new lawyers who were called to the bar last month in five cities across Ontario. Ceremonies to mark the occasion were held in Ottawa, London, and Toronto. On June 15, in London, during a ceremony at the London Convention Centre, 99 new lawyers became eligible to practise. In Ottawa, during a ceremony at the National Arts Centre on June 17, 215 new lawyers were called to the bar. In Toronto, three ceremonies were held at Roy Thomson Hall on June 18 and 19, for 925 of Ontario's new lawyers. Law Society of Upper Canada Treasurer Derry Millar had some words of advice to the new crop of lawyers. "You are becoming members of a noble, learned, and honourable profession," said Millar. "It is not a business and you cannot act as business people do." He added that, "I appreciate that for some of you today, the current economic climate may have created Abosharia, Abdalla Elbashier Abou-Nassif, Ahmad Abraham, Hermie Yaba Abrar, Sarosh Abudulai, Suhuyini Hadia Acton, Austin William Adam, Alison Marjorie Louise Adam, Samir Adams, Meaghan Michelle Adley, Jessica Tamara Afolabi, Oluwabunmilakin Ayoola Afonso, Christopher Abel Ribeiro Agbakwa, Felicitas Nkiru Aggarwal, Naresh Agüero, Celina Gisela Ahde, Jennifer Lynn Ahmed, Owais Ahuja, Atul Alam, Samia Alarape, Adejumoke Clara Altbaum, Shane Ira Aly, Hussein Ambrozy, Samantha Danielle Anand, Nisha Anderson, Leslie Michelle Anderson Vojdani, Leah Rose Anthony, Andrew Steven Anthony, Bruce Phillipe David Antonios, Iris Nagui Naguib Aoki, Cynthia Asami Aoun, Wissam Joseph Aphantitis, Antonia Nella Araujo, Rita-Manuela Amorim Arci, Loretta Armstrong, Maureen Elizabeth Aronowicz, Anat Marie Artopoulos, Ashley Aruliah, Haran Ashamalla, Sherif Ragai Ashkin, Bradley Jason Ashtar, Reuven David Ashton, Christine Norma Atherton, Monique Dawn Atwood, Judith Marie Aubrey-Horvath, Kathryn Morningstar Auerbach-Ziogas, Mischa Aujla, Jasmine Aumand, Livia Margaret Avrahami, Leeora Andria Awan, Khurrum Rafiq Awgu, Ikechukwu Johnathan Ayre, Katherine Louise Badeen, Nicholas Raji Baidwan, Sukhwant Singh Bailey, Kristin Lea Balduzzi, Luciano Balkova Pankou, Volga Banach, Isaiah Brennan Banack, Adam Henry Bang, Judy Bank, Daniel Banka, Natasha Barber, Mitchell John Barker, Gregory Laurence Barker, Macarena del-Carmen Baron, Laura Rebecca Barrette, Marie Yvette Julie Barrs, Reesa Sarah Basraon, Tarsem Singh Bates, Mitchell James Harold Battin, Paul Gordon Ross Bazylko, Mikolaj Bernard Beaulac, Sophia Beaulieu, Jillian Kristine Beaumier, Michel Pierre Myler Bee, Katherine Boyd Beitchman, Jason Stuart Bellefontaine, Daniel Arthur Bennett, Susan Jane Bennie, Dana Ashley Benron, Nathan Avi Benson, Matthew Christopher James Berger, Benjamin Lyle Berkowitz, Julia Esther Beth Bern, Simone Teale Bernardo, Matthew Conrad Bessin, Kobi David Best, Anya-Deane Tuthill Bhachu, Pardeep Kaur Binbrek, Zahra Omar Bingham, Kathleen Palmina Marie Binnie, Ian MacKenzie Corneil Birdsell, Maxine Nicole Bitonti, Angela Michelle Blanar, Patrick David Blemings, Allen David Blinick, Jesse Noah Simon Blinick, Michael Seth Bodnaryk, Grant David Bogler, Jacqueline Yael Ackerman Boire, Marcus Joseph Bolla, Jessica Leigh Bolohan, Meghan Denise Bombardieri, Lisa Irene Bond Wileman, Kandace Monique Boparai, Balpreet Singh Borowy, Janet Elizabeth Botelho, Jason de Melo Bothwell, John Alexander Botten, Tyler Robert Boudreau, Adrienne Leah Bourdeau, Katherine Yuki Bourns, Owen David Holtom Bowker, Carrie Dawn Boyd, Laura Courtney Boyd, Keegan Ainsworth Boyd, Sarah Lauren Boyle, Mary Martha Braczek, Paul Walter Brady, Tara Michele Brand, Monique Tamara Braude, Ilan Bray, John Michael James Brener, Shiran Brennan, Joseph James Arthur Bricker, Jonathan Michael Broadhurst, Philip Craig Brody, Adam Ari Brooks, Reid Anthony Brooksbank, Robert Bevan Brown, Andrew Robert Brown, Angela Kathleen Brown, Cassandra Doreen Brown, Danna Beth Brown, Kimberly Anne Toshiko Brown, Randal Gerald Brown, Rohan Alan Bruce Brown, Ryan Andrew Brown, Scott Andrew Brown, Shaun Walter Bruchet, Marie Christina Brule, Jenna Catherine Bruveris, Erik Laris Bryden, Christopher James Buchanan, Dennis Douglas Buchner, William Edmund Buday, Kylie Jeanette Bull, Joanna Marie Burke, Jeremy Daniel Bursey, Ann Maria Bursey, Kenneth John Buschmann, Erica Joan Butler, Martha Anne Buttery, Kathryn McEwan Buza, Peter Attilla Caldas, Josie Rodrigues Caldwell, Matthew Allan Callaghan, William Bradley Calvaruso, Martino Franco Camarra, Laura Anne Cameron, Matthew Allan Campbell, Jeffrey Ian Canning, Patrick Charles Cappe, Sonia Beth Carbol, Glenn Owen Carpenter, Geoffrey John Carpinisan, Anca Carr, Alexandra Marie Carré, Michel René Joseph Carroll, Matthew Stephen Charles Carroll, Tracy Ann Carsley, Samuel Heaton Carson, Robert Andrew Carter, Sean Gordon Steven Casey, Laura Marie Casey, Michael Weston Casquenette, Laura Lee Catton, Jessica Morgan Cescon, Joseph Amelio Chagpar, Samil Latif Mohamedali Chaiton-Murray, Erin Louise Chambers, Carolyn Jennifer Chamoun, Roy Chaplick, Bradley Chan, Carol Joyce Chan, Dicky Tak Fai Chapman, Ruby Cicely Samantha Charron, Joseph Christian Alexandre Blackstone Chen, Albert Ramsey Chera, Jatinder Singh Cheung, Gloria Lai Yin Cheung, Kar Yang Cheryl Cheung, Yat Chi Chevalier, Kathleen Elizabeth Chiasson, Marie Linda Patricia Chisholm, Adam Donald Hunt Chiu, Cindy Chmielowski, Antonina Chodos, Daniel Robert Choi, Amelia Yin Ling Choi, Steven Chopra, Rina Bala Chou, Danny Chow, Melissa Shu-Min Christiaen, Alysia Marie Chryssafis, Christina Jacqueline Chsherbinin, Nikolay Chud, Joshua Eric Chui, Jessie Yuek-Sze Church, Adam Nicholas Cicak, Peter John Ciupa, Kristin Leslie Clarke, Jeffrey Stephen Clarke, Joshua Adam Clarke, Sarah Mae Robinson Clarke, Sean Matthew Cleaver, Curtis Barry Clément, Mélanie Gisèle Marie Clements, Kathleen Ann Clements, Ryan Hamilton Cleyn, Patrick Charles Desrochers Coates, Tracy Lynn Cobbett, Wendy Anne Adrienne Cobbina, Efua Praba Coghlan, Jeffrey James Cole, Melanie Ann Coleman, Mark Andrew Dean Colombo, Anna Louise Comeau, Brenda Laudia Comeau, Gilles Robert Conlin, Sarah Frances Connally, David Andrew Conte, Nadia Graziella Coombes, Ryan Vern Cooper, Justin Marc Cornish, Sheryl Bianca Corriero, Mary Nicole Cosgrove, Gavin Thomas Courey, Jennifer Catherine Courneyea, Michael Paul Courtney, Kristen Elizabeth Couto, Sandra Rego Coutts, Daniel Mark Cowman, Kathryn Jean Cramer, Joshua Aaron Craniotis, Peter John Cranley, Eli David Crawford, Peter Alexander Creighton, Ellen Jean Creighton, Victoria Catherine Creighton, Victoria Loreen Crockett, Morgan Jean Croome, Julia Ann Suyin Crowe, Alice Cioroianu Culek, Kathryn Petra Cull, Amy Crystal Cunningham, Danielle Curyk, Monika Joanna Da Silva, David Simoes Dahmen, Hayane Chang D'Aloisio, Michael Angelo Damji, Be Nazeer Daniel, Meaghan Tamarr Dankevy, Matthew Raymond Thomas Davenport, Anne Christine Davenport, Christopher Ryan Davey, Jonathan William David, Anne Elyse David, William Jon Davidson, Christopher Harold William Davidson, Lauren Elizabeth Davies, Christine Elizabeth Davis, Emrys Charles Dayan, Anna De Giusti, Catherine Ruth De Gregory, Robert John de Souza, Meghan Yvonne Dearden, Christopher Charles Deathe, Ashley Laura Brown Deer, Susan Jennifer Helen DeFreitas, Jason Elliot Jerome Dekker, Anna Rose Del Greco, Biagio Delanghe, Benjamin James Henry DelCol, Lisa Marie Demirevski, Dimitar Stefanov Denny, Kara Lee Depew, Martha Gillian Derchansky, Itzchak Desai, Asma Desforges, Marie Christine Mélanie Deshman, Abigail Cecilia Dhalla, Aalisha Dhirani, Nabil Mohammed Di Franco, Pino Di Paolo, Adrienne Bernadette Di Zazzo, Jessica Antoinette DiBenedetto, Tara Julia Dickson, Stephanie Marie Dimson, Alexander Bill Dingwall, Garth Bleier Dinning, Gillian Mary Amanda Djahangir, Liliane Djuric, Vukica Dobbek, Nicholas David Dobson, Michael Charles Dolan, Patrick Matthew Robert Domanko, Jonathan William Gerald Done, Ryan Daniel Donnelly, Brian Robert Donovan, Christopher Paul Doris, Michael Patrick disappointments and challenges. Remember, the economy moves in cycles. We are at the bottom of a cycle now, but things will change and will improve and opportunities will present themselves sooner than you think." Millar also noted that the new lawyers may think that their education ended with completion of the licensing process. "It did not and cannot. Ongoing professional development and education are the foundations of legal competence." Every year, as part of its call ceremonies, the law society awards an honorary doctorate to a distinguished person who exemplifies the values of the legal profession. This year's recipients were: in Ottawa, George M. Thomson, senior director of the National Judicial Institute in recognition of a career that exemplifies the best of the legal profession; in London, Justice Sidney B. Linden for his many contributions to the administration of justice; and three people in Toronto, including Superior Court Doyle, Susan Maria Drake, Jennifer Anne Drake, Robert John Drebot, Zenon Stephan Drew, Russel William Druxerman, Jordan Avrum Duffield, Katherine Margaret Dullet, Rajkamal Dunbar, Kevin Garry Dunlop, Wendy Anne Duong, Que Tram Dyck, Jennifer Alexis Dylag, Matthew David Ebrahim, Nimira Ebrahimzadeh, Neda Edmiston , Christina Line Egan, Michelle Caroline Elias, Andrew David Elson, James Laurence Lovett Emami, Dihim Enge, Gloria Man-Yan Engelberg, Caroline Beth Entchev, Ivo Erez, Idan Erikson, Valentin Esplen, Jessica Elizabeth Evans Elson, Kent Raeburn Fadel, Mohammad Hossam Falconi, Michelle Yvonne Fallon, Alexandre Fan, Diana Fang, Lisa Zhou Farber, Melanie Joy Farcas, Alexandru Farkouh, Andrea Kristine Farrugia, Charlene Rose Fattal, Gillian Ann Fazel Sarjouie, Amir Feldman, Jessica Louise Feldman, Sabrina Rachelle Fenn, Jason Robert John Fenson, Andrea Brooke Ferguson, Andrew Donald Fetter, Laura Lynn Figel, Slawomir Krzysztof Figueroa, Alfredo Leonardo Findlay, Katharine Eyton Finley, Keith Edward Douglas Fioravanti, Leanne Marguerite Marie Fiorellino, Sabrina Theresa Firman, Mark Taras Fisch, Rebecca Susan Fish, Edward Timothy Fisher, Matthew Adam Fisher, Dana Alyssa Fisher, Brian Gerald II Fisher, Jarrell Jacob Fishman, Kenneth Asher Fitzpatrick, Courtney Amber Flaherty, Sean Christopher Fleischmann, Michael David Eric Foki, Ildiko Forbes, Alison Jo Martin Forester, Jessica Alexandra Forgione, David John Forno, Riccardo Forward, Megan Ruth Francescutti, Emily Diane Fraser, Ahisha Juanita Faith Frederick, Tiffani Ann Freedman, Elisabeth Dara Fresco, Juline Renee Frouhar Sepehr, Mahshid Fuchigami, Roger Shingo Fung, Jeffrey Tsung Yue Fushman, Yonni David Galea, Christine Marella Galipeau, Sophie Marie Thérèse Gannon, James Robert Garbas, Tina Louise Garcha, Rupinder Garland, Jeffrey Thomas Garskey, Adam Christopher Gaunt, Gerald Alan Gerra, Frederick Ferrer Gfeller, Kenneth Scott Ghebrai , Ehsan Gibb, Jennifer Alexis Gibson, Matthew Lawrence Gic, Uliana Lida Gien, Aileen Tran Gill, Rodney John Giordano, Laura Katherine Giuffre, Natasha Lucia Glen, Adrienne Anne Goes, Melissa Suzanne Gogna, Devidayal Amit Gokhale, Suneel Atul Goldberg, Lindsay Meridith Goldfried, Charlotte Golian, Paul Nicholas Goodman, Elliot Moses Goodman, Rebecca Fay Gordon, Emil Dwane www.lawtimesnews.com Gordon, Jeffrey Keith Gorelashvili, Miryam Gorman, Joanna Dora Gosai, Nital Gosselin, Marie-Eve Gottlieb, Sara Lyn Gourgy, Deborah Elizabeth Goyal, Monica Neeraj Graham, Emily Alexandra Graham, Jennifer Kathleen Graham, Philip Edward Graham, Sarah Ann Grant, Andrew Brian Grant, Cameron Alexander Grant, Simon Philip Grassie, Philip William Gray, George Armstrong Greco, Randee Lee Sandra Greenspoon, Kevin Eric Greenwood, Jessyca Nicole Griffin, Alayna Vivienne Woodley Griffin, Renee Marie Grinhaus, Aaron Isaac Groen, Krista Marie Grossman, Cheryl Ann Grove, Geoffrey Ernest John Grzesiowski, Isabella Monika Guèvremont, Paul MarcJean Guile, Justin Arthur Guitard, Jessica Amy Guo, Derrick De-Yu Gurmukh, Sunil Guttman, James Brett Haalboom, Ariana Evelina Hachey, Jean-Pierre Hakamali, Zameer Noorali Halfin, Bradley Ross Halioua, Avraham Adam Yerachmiel Halsted, Sarah Elizabeth Hamid, Afif Qamar Hamilton, Graeme Alexander Hancock, Paul Leigh Handlarski, Ryan Handler, Kaylie Jordanna Hansen, Jyll Frances Hao, Da Wei Harasymowycz, Nadia Marie Harding, Matthew Tyler Harper, Patricia Lynn Harris, Randall David Harvey, Sarah Jane Elizabeth Harvey, Stephanie Anne Marie Hauk, Ryan Christopher Hawkins, Matthew Scott Hay, Kathryn Jean Hayhow, Catherine Ruth Haywood, Kirk Omar Hazra, Subha Hébert, Nathalie Marie Martine Heffernan, Porter William Beeson Hemanahally Vishwanatha, Sowmya Latha Henderin, Christina Maria Henderson, Barbara Claire Henderson, Joshua Jeremy Arthur Henderson, Kelly Jane Henderson, Nicole Dianne Hendrikx, Paul James Henriques, Kelly Anne Henry, Shane Lewis Hentz, Vicki Lynne Hepburn, Kaley Lore Herrmann, Nancy Elisa Herscovitch, Ariel Hertz, Peter Albert Hétu, Jarvis Hector Heywood, Christopher James Hickey, Michael John Hiland, Laura Joleen Hill, Patricia Maria Hille, Kevin Liam Russell Hillier, Joseph Patrick Hird, Rachel Allison Hirji, Asiya Jennifer Hitchens, Simon David Hobbs, Stephanie Avril Vanstone Hochberg, Michael Honeywell, Charles Albert Edwin Hooper, Chelsea Lynne Horbal, Paul Roman Horowitz, Daniel Ira Hosseini, Behdad Houlihan, Jillian Kathleen Hoy, Gregory Thomas Hristovski, Marietta Huen, Hoi Ching Huffaker, Daniel Michael Hughes, Courtney Hughes, Katherine Paula Jessie Hughes, Paul Robert Hughes, Thomas Randall Hughes, Victoria Lesley Hui, Michael King-Ho Hundal, Pia Hardeep Hunnisett, Geoffrey James Hussain, Fazilah Fazal Hussain, Nida Hussain, Sabrina H. 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