Loreley Chekay, K.C. elected Vice President of the Canadian Bar Association

  • February 04, 2025

Ottawa, February 4, 2025 – The Canadian Bar Association is pleased to announce that Loreley Chekay, K.C., the CBA Board member from Saskatchewan, has been elected to the position of Vice President for 2025-2026.  She will serve as CBA President the following year.

Loreley Chekay is the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer with Saskatchewan Government Insurance where she specializes in advising on risk, good governance and the integration of legal principles within business areas.

Her involvement in the Canadian Bar Association is extensive: she has served as the CBA Saskatchewan Branch President from 2019 to 2020, and has also served as past chair of both the Saskatchewan Branch Criminal South Section and Young Lawyers Section. At a national level, Loreley has been a member of the National Sections Executive Committee, an executive of the Young Lawyers Section and remains an executive of the Criminal Justice National Section. She currently serves as the CBA Finance Committee Chair.

Loreley Chekay will assume the vice-presidential role in September 2025, when Vice President Bianca Kratt, K.C. of Calgary becomes President, and she will succeed her as President in September 2026.

Quick facts

  • Earned her Bachelor of Law degree (with Honours) from the University of Canberra, however spent her final year at the University of Saskatchewan in 2001
  • President of the CBA Saskatchewan Branch in 2019-2020
  • Chair of the CBA National Finance Committee in 2024-2025
  • Was the CBA’s nominee and member of the Judicial Advisory Committee for Saskatchewan 2022-2024
  • Has dedicated much of her time to volunteering with over a dozen organizations ranging from sports to community organisations and continues to volunteer as a student mentor with the University of Saskatchewan College of Law. Recognised in 2023 for her significant contributions to society through volunteering by being awarded the Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal. 

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For more information, contact:

Vanessa Racine
Manager, Media Relations and Public Affairs
613-237-2925 x153
vanessar@cba.org