Malcolm M. Mercer
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Malcolm M. Mercer | |
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67th Treasurer of the Law Society | |
In office 2018–2020 | |
Preceded by | Paul Schabas |
Succeeded by | Teresa Donnelly |
Malcolm M. Mercer is a Canadian lawyer who served as Treasurer of the Law Society of Ontario from June 2018 until June 2020.[1][2]
The Treasurer is the highest elected official of the Law Society of Ontario, which regulates Ontario’s 50,000 lawyers and paralegals in the public interest.[1] The Treasurer presides over Convocation, the Law Society’s governing board, chairing and setting the agenda for its meetings and establishing Convocation committees. The Treasurer is elected each year at the June meeting of Convocation. Treasurers generally serve two terms.[3]
Life and career
Mercer has B.Sc. and LL.B. degrees from the University of Toronto (1977, 1982).[4] He is a partner in the Litigation Group at McCarthy Tétrault in Toronto.
He was elected as Treasurer of the Law Society of Ontario on June 28, 2018,[1] and re-elected on June 27, 2019.
Awards and honours
- 2013: received the Louis St-Laurent Award of Excellence from the Canadian Bar Association[5]
- 2014: recognized as one of "Canada's Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers" by Canadian Lawyer magazine[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Malcolm M. Mercer elected Treasurer of the Law Society of Ontario". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
- ^ List of Law Society Treasurers, Law Society of Ontario.
- ^ http://www.lsuc.on.ca/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=2147484700
- ^ a b Malcolm Mercer – McCarthy Tétrault webpage
- ^ Louis St-Laurent Award of Excellence