Miriam Maisonville was called to the Bar in British Columbia in 1986 and to the Bar in Alberta in 1991. She graduated from the University of British Columbia law school in 1985. Miriam practices with the Ministry of Attorney General Appeals and Special Prosecutions, Commercial Crime section where she has conduct of chiefly commercial fraud prosecutions throughout the Province and Appeals. A member of the Bilingual Prosecutors group, she also conducts French language prosecutions. Miriam practised civil litigation and conducted criminal defence work prior to joining the Ministry of Attorney General in 1994. She is a past Chair of the Vancouver Criminal Section from 2003 - 2004 and was elected to Provincial Council in 2004. In 2006-2007 she served as Secretary-Treasurer to the CBA BC Branch and in 2007-2008 as the Branch Vice President. She is member of the CBA National Council and is the Past Chair of the CBA National Conference of French Speaking Common law members. She is the Past President of the Association des Juristes d'Expression Française de la Colombie-Britannique. She is a past member of the CBA BC Advisory Committee to the Judicial Council for British Columbia. Miriam has been a guest lecturer and presenter at numerous conferences and seminars on both legal and practice issues and issues within the profession, including mentoring. She is a past contributor of the Continuing Legal Education Society's Annual Review of Law and Practice, in the area of Criminal Law, and she recently authored chapters for Introducing Evidence at Trial. Her other community involvement in the past have included serving for the Canadian Red Cross, on the Board of Governors of the Developmental Disabilities Association Foundation and volunteer competitive swim coaching. |