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Dennis James, Q.C. elected President CBA-NS

At the Annual General Meeting on June 16th, the Canadian Bar Association, Nova Scotia Branch, officially elected Dennis J. James, Q.C. as President for the 2016/2017 term. 

Dennis is a former managing partner of Patterson Law and provides leadership in the areas of commercial litigation, municipal law, employment law, aboriginal law and health law. He is actively involved in the legal and volunteer community, and in 2014 was named Community Service Award recipient by the CBA-NS Branch. Currently acting as Vice-President, Dennis takes over his new role on September 1, 2016.

The following Patterson Law lawyers were also named to CBA-NS Committees and Councils effective September 1:

Jane-GourleyDavis, Vice-Chair of the Real Property Section

Ann Levangie, Vice Chair of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Section

Jennifer Hamilton-Upham, Chair of the Business Law Section

Kimberley Pochini – Representative for Council District 3 and Chair of the Health Section