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Madonna, CABA, L.A. & Toronto

Come meet Los Angeles Deputy D.A. Rhonda Saunders (prosecutor of stalkers of celebrities like Madonna, Speilberg etc) and the Canadian Consul General at the Canadian American Bar Association’s (CABA) Social Networking Mixer at the City Club (downtown L.A.) on Thursday July 21st from 6:30-9:30.It’s only $15 for members and $20 for non-members ($25 at door) for free drinks, great food and the best views of L.A. Co-hosted with Canadians Abroad.

In Toronto, we have an upcoming event during the ABA Conference. On August 4th at the Martini Bar at the Pantages Hotel, Toronto, from 5-8 p.m.we will host a lively event for our Toronto members and their guests. This one is free! Come on
out, bring a friend and mix with attorneys from the Canadian American Bar Association and American Bar Association members.

If interested in the LA event please contact President@canambar.com
If interested in the Toronto event please contact Daniel.Bourque@xerox.com or
secretary@canambar.com

Canadian Consul General – CABA Networking Event

Los Angeles Social Networking Event – The Consul General of Canada will be speaking to CABA and our sister group Canadians Abroad as we host a joint event at the City Club (top floor of Wells Fargo Building, near Disney Concert Hall, Grand Ave) in downtown Los Angeles this Thursday July 21 6:30-9:30. Tickets are $15 in advance or $25 at the door. Free drinks and great food and the best view in Los Angeles!

If interested, please contact me and I will add you (and your guests) to the list for $15 (non-members $20). Flat parking rate under the Wells Fargo Building that evening of $8. Great deal for downtown LA!

Best,

David McFarlane
President, CABA

www.canambar.com

Canadian/American Attorneys – Business/Social Events

To all of the members of the Canadian American Bar Association (CABA), Happy Canada Day/Independence Day Weekend!!!

We have several upcoming social/business networking events in the U.S. and Canada that you will want to attend and meet other attorneys who are in-house, in private practice or government. We also have several other matters to report, including our open membership to Canadian attorneys with an American affiliation and our sponsorship of numerous Canadian and American law firms.

CANADIAN CONSUL GENERAL EVENT – LOS ANGELES

Last week CABA sponsored an event at the Canadian Consul General’s Residence in Los Angeles to celebrate Canada Day and a new Cirque du Soleil Los Vegas type showed opening up in LA for a multi-year run at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles (home to the Academy Awards). Pictures from the event will be posted on our website at www.canambar.com. We had a good turn out from local members.

TORONTO SOCIAL EVENT

On Thursday August 4th CABA will sponsor, at the Martini Bar at the Pantages Hotel in Toronto, a social event of CABA members and their guests from 5-8 p.m. (www.pantageshotel.com/martini-bar). The event coincides with the ABA conference being held in Toronto that week and we are looking forward to getting a good turn-out from ABA members as well. If any law firm is interested in co-hosting the event, please write to me at President@canambar.com. The event is free so come on out! Hosts are CABA’s Canadian Representative Daniel Bourque (Senior Corporate Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, Xerox Canada) and CABA Treasurer and Secretary Sarah Robertson (Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, New York). Further information can be obtained from Sarah at secretary@canambar.com

LOS ANGELES SOCIAL EVENT

On Thursday July 21, at the City Club in downtown L.A. (down the street from the Disney Concert Hall), CABA and Canadians Abroad will be hosting a wine and heavy appetizers event for both groups. The best views of Los Angeles and Hollywood can be seen from this top floor of the Wells Fargo Center. Tickets at $15 can be obtained through the Canadians Abroad website (www.canadiansabroad.com) or contact me at President@canambar.com.

NEW YORK CITY and COSTA MESA (Orange County)

We are planning social/networking events in NYC and Costa Mesa California this fall. Further information to follow.

SHORT FILM WINNER BY CABA MEMBER

Congratulations to Valerie Lynn Hanna who wrote, produced and starred in the short film “Jinx No More” which won an Award of Excellence as well as Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Screenplay prizes in the television category of the LA Movie Awards II!!! The film also received an Award of Merit from the Accolade International Film and Television Awards in the short film category. Valerie currently resides in Los Angeles and runs her own law practice.

PASSING OF CABA MEMBER – KEITH KUHN

We are sad to report the death of one of our members. Keith Kuhn was born on September 26, 1957 in Buffalo, NY and passed away November 15, 2010 in Seattle, WA. Keith was an attorney with the firm Lee Smart, PS, Inc. and was admitted to the Bars of B.C., Ontario, New York and Washington. He attended McMaster University (B.A. 1979) and U.B.C Law (L.L.B. 1993). Keith is survived by his wife Nicole, and children Ethan, Naomi, Levi and Asher. An education fund for his 4 children has been established and donations can be made to the “Keith J. Kuhn Memorial Fund” at any US Bank Branch.

CORPORATE SPONSORS

To date CABA has 13 law firm sponsors and one law school (Dalhousie). Since our last announcement Gowlings, Gilberts, McMillan, Miller Canfield and Stikeman Elliott have joined to sponsor us. Corporate sponsorships are $300 annually and provide 4 free attorney memberships plus promotion with your logo and link on our website and materials. For further information please see our website at www.canambar.com.

LAW STUDENT ESSAY COMPETITION

CABA sponsors an annual $500 essay competition that is open to any law student in Canada or the U.S. as well as articling students in Canada. If any law firm is interested in co-sponsoring the prize, the award will reflect that sponsorship. If interested please contact me at President@canambar.com

OUR NEW WEBSITE

As members please feel free to post on our website – articles, notices, job opening, board appointments, promotions, law firm news, awards etc. In checking your personal profile on our website, if you notice that the information (or your picture) is out of date, please contact me and I will have it updated. Please note that only members who have currently paid their $35 annual due (or are a member of a law firm who is one of our co-sponsors) will have access to the members area starting August 1, 2011.

Enjoy the holiday weekend!!

David McFarlane – President, Canadian American Bar Association

Supreme Court of Canada Clerk – CABA Member

Congratulations to CABA member Stephanie Lafrance for her appointment as Incoming Law Clerk to the Honorable Mr. Justice Ian Binnie at Supreme Court of Canada!!!

Stephanie will be starting with the SCC in September 2011. Justice Binnie has recently announced his retirement from the Court so unless his time is extended during the nomination process, Stephanie may be Clerking for another Judge as well during her time at the Court.

Best wishes Stephanie from all of us at CABA – and, as a former Partner at Osler Hoskin & Harcourt, from Oslers too!

David McFarlane
President, Canadian American Bar Assocation

CBS General Counsel Jonathan Anschell Presented with 2010 John D. Lawson Award

Jonathan Anschell awarded 2010 John D. Lawson Award at reception hosted by the Canadian American Bar Association and law firm Snell & Wilmer at the firm’s Los Angeles office on November 15, 2010. Pictured above, from left: David McFarlane (President-elect, Canadian American Bar Association), Jonathan Anschell (CBS Television Executive V.P. & General Counsel), and Marko R. Zoretic (President, Canadian American Bar Association). Photo courtesy of Daily Journal.

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.

Winning Essays Are Available For Your Reading Pleasure

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.

Mr. Anschell grew up in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and attended law school at University of Toronto in Ontario. Prior to joining CBS, he was a partner at White O’Connor Fink & Brenner LLP, where he successfully litigated several high profile entertainment law cases, including representation of CBS.  In 2004, at age 36, he joined CBS as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of CBS Television, leading the network’s legal department through, among other things, the challenges posed by several high profile and successful reality shows.  In 2010, Mr. Anschell was appointed Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of CBS Corporation.
CBS has operations in virtually every field of media and entertainment, including broadcast television (CBS and The CW—a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment), cable television (Showtime Networks, Smithsonian Networks and CBS College Sports Network), local television (CBS Television Stations), television production and syndication (CBS Television Studios, CBS Studios International and CBS Television Distribution), radio (CBS Radio), advertising on outof-home media (CBS Outdoor), publishing (Simon & Schuster), interactive media (CBS Interactive), music (CBS Records), licensing and merchandising (CBS Consumer Products), video/DVD (CBS Home Entertainment), motion pictures (CBS Films) and sustainable media (EcoMedia).
Despite his duties as general counsel to a major international entertainment and media company, Mr. Anschell volunteers his time to sit on the Board of Directors of Public Counsel—the largest pro bono law firm in the nation—and the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.  He is also past chair of the American Bar Association’s Media Advocacy Workshop, and currently serves as co-editor of Communications Lawyer, the ABA’s journal of media and communications law.  He taught media law for the student media training program at UCLA and serves as legal counsel, on a pro bono basis, for the Daily Bruin and other student publications at UCLA.
In January 2008, Mr. Anschell was selected by the Daily Journal, Los Angeles’ daily legal affairs newspaper, as one of California’s top twenty lawyers under the age of forty.  He has also been named in Los Angeles Magazine as a “Super Lawyer” and “Rising Star,” and also has been featured by Law Dragon in its “New Stars, New Worlds” publication.
Mr. Anschell and his wife, Los Angeles Times reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner Abigail Goldman, have two children and live in Beverly Hills, California.
The John D. Lawson Award is named after respected attorney John Davison Lawson who was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and practiced law in the United States between 1876 and 1922. Both law reformer and judge, John Lawson was a prolific and widely respected treatise writer and national bar journal editor, a law professor and dean. He was one of the founding members of the Association of American Law Schools and a leader of the International Law Association.  John D. Lawson remains a model of Canadian legal success south of the 49th Parallel.
About the Canadian American Bar Association
The Canadian American Bar Association is an association of U.S. lawyers with strong ties to Canada. All of our members are either Canadian citizens, permanent residents of Canada, and/or graduates of a Canadian university or law school.  For more information visit www.CanAmBar.com.
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