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Snell & Wilmer Attorney David McFarlane Elected as the 2011 President of the Canadian American Bar Association
(November 11, 2010) – Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. is pleased to announce that attorney David McFarlane has been elected the 2011 president of the Canadian American Bar Association (CABA). CABA is an association of U.S. lawyers with strong ties to Canada. All of its members are Canadian citizens, permanent residents of Canada, and/or graduates of a Canadian university or law school.
“CABA reflects a connection unique in the world – The close union of two nations with shared legal, cultural and economic histories,” said McFarlane. “While CABA’s history has been brief, our organization has grown quickly in membership, made its first annual award and held a law student essay competition, among other things. I am very excited to help the organization grow as their president.”
McFarlane joined Snell & Wilmer in September of this year to help expand the firm’s downtown Los Angeles office. He focuses his practice in employee benefits, executive compensation and human resources law. He has worked in these areas, in the United States and Canada, for more than two decades assisting many national and international high-profile clients with their employee benefits and executive compensation issues in corporate transactions, plan administration, regulatory compliance and bankruptcy.
He was a partner at Osler Hoskin & Harcourt in Toronto before joining Skadden Arps in Los Angeles in 1998. He has also previously clerked for a Judge in Ottawa, written two legal books in Canada and worked in politics on both sides of the border.
McFarlane earned his B.A. in Political Science from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, a B.A. and his J.D. from the University of Windsor Law School, Ontario, Canada, cum laude. About Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. Founded in 1938, Snell & Wilmer is a full-service business law firm with more than 400 attorneys practicing in nine locations throughout the western United States and in Mexico, including Los Angeles and Orange County, California; Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Denver, Colorado; Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Los Cabos, Mexico. The firm represents clients ranging from large, publicly traded corporations to small businesses, individuals and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit www.swlaw.com.
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Announcing the John D. Lawson award and request for nominations
2010 JOHN D. LAWSON AWARD
The Canadian American Bar Association is pleased to announce the establishment of the annual John D. Lawson Award to recognize Canadians who have excelled in the practice of law and/or made an outstanding contribution to the law or legal scholarship in the U.S.
The award is named after John D. Lawson, who was born in Hamilton in 1852 and graduated from Osgoode Hall in 1875 before embarking on aremarkable legal career in the United States. Between 1876 and his death in 1922 he was a noted practitioner, law reformer and judge, a prolific and widelyrespected treatise writer and national bar journal editor, a law professor and dean, one of the founding members of the Association of American Law Schools and a leader of the International Law Association. While working in Missouri, New Jersey and California he always maintained close ties to Canada and his home province and to this day remains a model of Canadian legal success south of the 49th.
Please send your nominations for the 2010 John D. Lawson Award to our award committee at: president@canambar.com
Please include with your nomination a description of why you believe the person you nominated should be recognized and attach any other information and documents the award committee should consider.
Nominations are due by August 31, 2010.
New York Cocktail Reception (Sponsored by Dorsey & Whitney LLP & Cassels Brock)
Cassels Brock and Dorsey & Whitney are pleased to invite members of the Canadian American Bar Association to a cocktail reception at
The Beer Bar at Cafe Centro
in New York City
on April 29, 2010.
Do not miss this unique opportunity to meet and share ideas with fellow CABA Members. Guests will receive a complimentary drink ticket and light hors d’oeuvres. A cash bar is also available. Please RSVP by April 15, 2010. Guests Welcome
Date & Location: Thursday April 29, 2010 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
The Beer Bar at Cafe Centro 200 Park Ave. At East 45th St. New York, NY 10166
Questions? Please contact Sheena Bunbury or Elizabeth Nichols
2010 Law Student Essay Competition Results
The Canadian American Bar Association is happy to announce the winners of the 2010 Law Student Essay Competition
sponsored by Dorsey & Whitney LLP.
1st Place($500)
Evaluating Applications to Unmask Anonymous Defendants in Internet Defamation Cases:
Comparing the Canadian and American Approaches.
By Matthew Nied, third-year law student at the University of Victoria.
2nd Place($100)
Clashing Laws: Exploring the Employment Rights of Undocumented Migrants
By Luiz Arthur Bihari, second-year law student at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
CABA Event: Toronto
The Canadian American Bar Association held its first Canadian event (cocktail reception in Toronto).
Jonathan Anschell Receives 2010 John D. Lawson Award
Jonathan Anschell, Executive Vice President, General Counsel of CBS Television, and Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel of CBS Corporation, Receives Canadian American Bar Association’s First Annual John D. Lawson Award
The Canadian American Bar Association (CABA) is pleased to announce that Jonathan Anschell, Executive Vice President, General Counsel of CBS Television, and Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel of CBS Corporation is the recipient of CABA’s first annual John D. Lawson Award as a Canadian who excels in the practice of law in the U.S. and makes outstanding contributions to the community.
2010 Law Student Essay Competition Announced
Eligibility
The competition is open to all students currently enrolled in law school in the United States or Canada. The essay must be the student’s original, unpublished work.
Prizes and Publication
1st place: $500. 2nd place: $100.
The two winning articles will be published on the Canadian American Bar Association website.
Essay Topic
Compare U.S. and Canadian law in an area of law of your choice.
Format
The essay must not exceed 2000 words (including endnotes, no footnotes). Include citations and endnotes where reasonably appropriate in order to aid readers. Do not include your name or any other identifying information anywhere in your entry. Submit your entry as a PDF or Microsoft Word file. Submissions that fail to conform with these rules will be disqualified.
E-mail your entry to president@canambar.com by March 7, 2010. In your e-mail, include your name, law school, year of study, mailing address, and phone number (do not include this information anywhere in your essay).
By submitting an essay in this contest, the entrant grants the Canadian American Bar Association the permission to edit and publish the essay on its website.
Judging
The essays will be evaluated by a committee of Canadian American Bar Association members on the following criteria: clarity of the analysis; quality of the analysis and research; quality of writing, including organization, grammar, syntax, and form. Neither the contestant’s identity nor their academic institution will be known to the committee. The winner will be announced in March 2010.
CABA Event: Roosevelt Hotel NYC
The Canadian American Bar Association held its inaugural New York City event at the mad 46 rooftop lounge at the Roosevelt Hotel. The event was sponsored by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP