2007-2008 CBA Executive Officers
Bernard Amyot
President
1250 René-Lévesque Blvd. West, Suite 2500
Montreal QC H3B 4Y1
bamyot@heenan.ca
(514) 846-2321
Fax (514) 921-1321
Born in Montreal, Bernard Amyot received his LL.B. from McGill University in 1983 and was admitted to the Bar in Quebec the next year. Mr. Amyot is a partner with Heenan Blaikie in Montreal. He has served as both a member of Council and of the Executive Committee for the CBA-Quebec branch. On the national level, he was co-president of the Organizing Committee of the 2003 CBA Annual Meeting held in Montreal.
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J. Guy Joubert
1st Vice-President
30th Flr Commodity Exchange Tower, 360 Main St.
Winnipeg MB R3C 4G1
jgj@aikins.com
(204) 957-4680
Fax (204) 957-4245
A partner with Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson LLP, Guy Joubert has been a member of the CBA for some 22 years. Active in the Manitoba Branch on committees and Council, he was elected Branch President in 1996-97. He served nationally on the Membership Committee, Board of Directors, Organizing Committees of the 1995 and 2004 Annual Meetings and most recently as Chair of the Communications Committee. He was awarded the 2004 Louis St. Laurent Award of Excellence for distinguished service to the CBA.
Kevin Carroll, Q.C.
2nd Vice-President
Carroll Heyd Chown
556 Bryne Drive, Suite 20, P.O. Box 548
Barrie, ON L4M 4T7
dkcarroll@chcbarristers.com
Telephone: (705) 722-4400
Fax: (705) 722-0704
Since his call to the Bar, Mr. Carroll has practiced exclusively in the field of insurance related litigation including personal injury, property and casualty claims, professional liability, occupier’s liability and products liability. He is the senior partner in the law firm Carroll Heyd Chown, Barrie, Ontario a firm specializing in insurance related litigation. An active member of the Canadian Bar Association, he has served as a member of the National Executive, National and Ontario councils, and was OBA President 1993-1994.
Wayne Onchulenko
Treasurer
Levene Tadman Gutkin Golub LLP
700-330 St Mary Ave
Winnipeg MB R3C 3Z5
wonchulenko@ltgg.ca
(204) 957-6402
Fax (204) 957-1696
Wayne Onchulenko became Treasurer of the CBA in August 2007. He’s been a partner with Levene Tadman in Winnipeg since 1991, where he has worked since his call to the bar in 1985. For the past fifteen years, he has predominantly practiced civil litigation, including estate, employment, insurance and general corporate litigation.
An active CBA member, Wayne has served as president of the Manitoba Bar Association, and has served on the national Finance Committee, the national Resolutions Committee and the Supreme Court of Canada Liaison Committee. In Manitoba he teaches ethics and practice management in the Manitoba bar admission course, and sits on the Law Society’s Code of Conduct Committee. He also holds a volunteer directorship on the North Portage/Forks Corporation which manages the Forks urban park and business area in downtown Winnipeg.
J. Parker MacCarthy, Q.C.
Past President
111 Wallace St.
Nanaimo BC V9L 5C7
jpmaccarthy@rlr-law.com
(250) 754-3321
Fax (250) 754-1148
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Parker received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of British Columbia in 1971, and his LL.B. from the same in 1975. He served as President of the B.C. Branch from 1993-1994 and has served several terms on CBA Council, the National Executive and the Board of Directors. Most recently, he was Chair of the CBA’s General Practice, Solo and Small-Firm Conference and served on the National Finance Committee from 2001-2003.
Parker is Associate Counsel with Ramsay Lampman Rhodes, a law firm with offices in Nanaimo and Duncan. His principal areas of practice include corporate and commercial law, estate planning and probate, and commercial arbitration and mediation.
John Hoyles
Chief Executive Officer
500-865 Carling Ave.
Ottawa ON K1S 5S8
johnh@cba.org
(613) 237-2925 x131
Fax (613) 237-0185
Originally from Val d'Or, Québec, John Hoyles completed an English degree at the University of Ottawa and attended Osgoode Hall Law School. Mr. Hoyles assumed the position of CBA Executive Director in 1996, and is currently the Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Hoyles has held numerous positions prior to joining the CBA, including: founding partner of Byck, Hoyles & Grant, Barristers and Solicitors; Acting Crown Attorney in Ontario; Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the GST Consumer Information Office; and Executive Vice-President and General Manager of the National Capital Commission.
