TORONTO, June 19,
2024 /CNW/ - The Law Society of Ontario's governing board, today, elected
Peter C. Wardle as Treasurer for the
2024-25 term. The Treasurer is the elected leader of the Law
Society, which regulates Ontario's
lawyers and paralegals in the public interest. Mr. Wardle will take
office at the June 28 board meeting
(known as Convocation).
"I am grateful for this opportunity and I thank my fellow
benchers for bestowing it upon me. I look forward to leading the
Law Society benchers, and the lawyers and paralegals of
Ontario, in a respectful and
productive manner," said Mr. Wardle. "I extend thanks to my
colleague and friend Jacqueline
Horvat for her work over the years as a bencher and as
Treasurer. I wish her well in her future endeavors."
"I also wish to thank and congratulate my colleague,
Sidney Troister. I look forward to
our continued work together on matters vital to serving the public
and the professions, well."
Mr. Wardle served as a bencher from 2011 to 2019 and was
re-elected in 2023. He is co-chair of the Governance Review Task
Force and vice-chair of the Professional Development and
Competence Committee. He has served as co-chair of
the Mentoring Task Force and, Audit and Finance Committee as
well as chair of the Compensation Fund, and Professional
Development and Competence Committees. He is the current vice-chair
of the Appeal Division of the Law Society Tribunal and serves as a
hearing and appeal adjudicator.
Mr. Wardle has built his reputation as a recognized and trusted
advocate over more than 38 years, representing parties in
commercial disputes involving contract interpretation, shareholder
and partnership obligations, securities, directors' and officers'
liability, professional negligence, construction, estates and real
estate.
He has appeared before a wide variety of regulatory tribunals.
He has prosecuted a number of discipline cases on behalf of the
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. He has acted in a number of public
inquiries, including as counsel for a group of affected families
before the Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in
Ontario and a citizens group in
the Cornwall Public Inquiry. In 2022, he acted as lead
counsel for the City of Ottawa in
the Ottawa Light Rail Transit Public Inquiry.
Mr. Wardle is ranked by Best Lawyers for his work in directors'
and officers' liability and securities litigation. He is recognized
by LEXPERT for his professional liability practice and is
designated by Martindale-Hubbell as "AV® Preeminent™" – its highest
peer review rating.
He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1986 after receiving a B.A. with
honours (1979) from Wilfrid Laurier
University and an LL.B (1984) From Queen's University.
A photo of Treasurer-elect Wardle is available for
publication.
The Law Society regulates lawyers and paralegals in
Ontario, in the public interest.
The Law Society has a mandate to protect the public interest, to
maintain and to advance the cause of justice and the rule of law,
to facilitate access to justice for the people of Ontario and to act in a timely, open and
efficient manner.
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SOURCE Law Society of Ontario