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Message from the President

I would like to thank our membership for nominating me as your President for the upcoming year. I hope to serve you well and I want to thank Andrew Confente for his service as last year’s President and so capably guiding the Association through these uncertain times. I am looking forward to a good year ahead which will hopefully include the continued transitioning of the delivery of the services of the Association, to the members and the Hamilton legal community in formats which are both more customary to what we once enjoyed, and adapting to the new world of operating in a system of justice that has been changed so significantly.  

By way of a brief introduction to those who do not know me, I grew up in this area but education lead me into the US in my younger years, where I met my wife Cyndi, and I pursued other careers.  Eventually the law caught my eye, a second career my father had enjoyed after operating a successful fishing equipment importing business on the eastern seaboard as his first career.  Law school brought us back to Ontario (Western) and after having witnessed my father’s great experience in private practice in Hamilton, I followed suit.  My father would extol (and he still does) Hamilton as a centre that was large enough to attract interesting... 

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Notices to the Profession & COVID-19

HLA Statement on Library Funding

On October 15^th, Treasurer Donnelly attended our Board of Trustees meeting. Treasurer Donnelly has shown herself to be a supporter of courthouse libraries and law associations in Ontario, believing in their importance to the profession and the public of Ontario. Treasurer Donnelly’s attendance was greatly appreciated by our Board, and we would like to thank her for attending.

At Convocation that took place on October 28^th, 2021, The Law Society of Ontario approved the Legal Information and Resource Network 2022 budget as submitted by the LiRN Board. The approved budget reinstated The Hamilton Law Association grant at the 2020 grant amount, plus an additional five percent increase. This is wonderful news for the HLA that will have a significant, positive impact on our staffing and collection for the 2022 year.

We would like to thank Treasurer Teresa Donnelly and Convocation for reinstating our grant and the appreciated increase, which will enable us to better serve the lawyers of Hamilton. Additionally, we would also like to thank our Regional Bencher, Andrew Spurgeon, who spoke eloquently and in-favor of reinstating the LiRN funding.

We look forward to maintaining our high level of service and support to our membership and the Hamilton law community at large.

The Hamilton Law Association

The Hamilton Law Association supports and stands with Hamilton lawyers and paralegals in the call to end all forms of systemic racism and racial discrimination.

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