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J. Guy Joubert
President, 2008 - 2009
The Canadian Bar Association
865 Carling Ave., Suite 500
Ottawa ON K1S 5S8
Toll-Free: 1-800-267-8860
Tel.: (613) 237-2925
Fax: 613-237-0185
E-mail: cbapres@cba.org |
Practice
A partner with Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson LLP, Guy Joubert practices primarily in the area of Intellectual Property. He has been a member of the CBA for approximately 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.
Education
University of Manitoba, (B.A., 1983, LL.B.,1987)
Bar Admission
Admitted to the Manitoba Bar in 1988
National CBA Involvement
Member (Chairperson) of the Communications Committee, 1998-2005
Chairperson – fundraising – Legal Conference and Expo – Winnipeg, 2004
Member of the Executive Committee (Board of Directors), 1997-1998
Member of the Finance and Planning Directorate, 1997-1998
Member of the Annual Meeting Committee, 1994-1995
Member of the Membership Committee, 1994
CBA-Manitoba Branch Involvement
Life Council Member, 1999
Past President, 1997-1998
President, 1996-1997
Council Member, 1991-1999
Chairperson of the Law Day Organizing Committee, 1989
Member of the Mid Winter Planning Committee, 1984-1985
Extra-Curricular Activities
Festival du Voyageur Inc.,
- Member, Board of Directors, 1995-1997 and 1999,2003
- President, responsible for organizing Western Canada’s largest winter music and cultural festival, 1999-2002
- Chairperson, Fort Gibraltar Committee, 1999-2002
- Chairperson, Comité de fonctionnement, 1997
- Chairperson, Ad Hoc Committee,1996-1997
Member, Board of Directors, Winnipeg Arts Council , 2005-2006
B’Nai Brith Canada, Member of Adjudication Panel for League for Human Rights, “Media Human Rights Awards”, 1995-1998
Canadian Youth Business Foundation,Member of Loan Advisory Committee, 2007 -
Professional Activities
The Law Society of Manitoba, Member of the Legal Fees Advisory Committee – Legal Fees Dispute Arbitrations, 1997-
Automobile Injury Compensation Appeal Commission, Commissioner, 2002-
Aikins MacAulay & Thorvaldson LLP,Chairperson – 125th Anniversary Committee, 2003-2004
Chairperson of the Intellectual Property Practice Group, 1994-
Member of the Business Development Committee, 1998-2000
Registered Trade-mark Agent, 1989-
Arbitrator, 2004-
Personal
Married to Denise, with their three children Élyse, Sébastien and Nicolas
Past CBA Presidents
