BarTalk April 2000
Volume 12, Number 2

The Benevolent Fund Board presently consists of: Chair, Terry La Liberté, QC; Vice-chair The Honourable Judge Gary Cohen; Georgialee Lang; The Honourable H A D Oliver; Basil Hobbs; John Waddell, QC; James Herperger; and Herman Seidemann. Willam Sullivan, QC represents the Law Society and has (by virtue of clever manipulation) been tricked into assuming the role of society solicitor. Paul Beckman, QC assists with his brilliance in investing our capital (and more importantly allows us the use of McCarthy Tetrault’s boardroom for our meeting whereat he is the only one who can operate the conference call machinery). Carol Brown from Prince George is the CBA representative and contributes her training as a CGA to keep our books in order. Debra Van Ginkle represents the Lawyers Assistance Program and acts as our erstwhile secretary. She also heads the committee that vets applications for assistance.

This article was published in the April 2000 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.