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1997 QUEEN'S COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS

Released on December 30, 1997

Justice Minister John Nilson today announced the 1997 Saskatchewan

Queen's Council (QC) appointments.



"I congratulate each of these individuals on being recognized for

their contribution to the practice of law," Nilson said.



Queen's Council is an honorary designation. The 1997 appointments,

recommended by the minister and made by the Lieutenant Governor in

Council:



Frederick Dehm of Saskatoon is a Regional Crown Prosecutor with the

Department of Justice in Saskatoon. He was admitted to the

Saskatchewan bar in 1972;



Aaron Fox of Regina is a lawyer with the firm of McDougall Ready in

Regina. Originally from Holdfast, Fox was admitted to the

Saskatchewan bar in 1978;



Margaret Gordon is a lawyer with the firm of Osman, Gordon &

Company in Moosomin. She was admitted to the Saskatchewan bar in

1977;



William Johnson is a lawyer with the firm of Gerrand Rath Johnson

in Regina and was admitted to the Saskatchewan bar in 1978;



Frederick Kovach is a lawyer with the firm of MacPherson Leslie &

Tyerman in Regina. Originally from Kipling, Kovach was admitted to

the Saskatchewan bar in 1976;



Kirsten Logan is Secretary and Co-Director of Administration

of the Law Society of Saskatchewan. She was admitted to the

Saskatchewan bar in 1980;



Lynn MacDonald is a lawyer with the firm of MacDonald &

Company in Radville and the incoming president of the Law

Society of Saskatchewan. Originally from Regina, MacDonald

was admitted to the Saskatchewan bar in 1975;



William MacIsaac is a lawyer with the Regina City Area Office

of the Saskatchewan Legal Aid Commission. MacIsaac, a native

of Westville, Nova Scotia, was admitted to the Saskatchewan

bar in 1959;



Ronald Miller is a lawyer with the firm of McDougall Ready in

Saskatoon and President of the Saskatchewan Branch of the

Canadian Bar Association. Originally from Birch Hills, Miller

was admitted to the Saskatchewan bar in 1984;



George Peacock is a lawyer with the firm of Gates & Company in

Regina. He was admitted to the Saskatchewan bar in 1975;



John Whyte is Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney

General. Whyte, originally from Peterborough, Ontario, was

admitted to the Saskatchewan bar in 1981; and



Milton Woodard, Jr. is a lawyer for the Saskatchewan Human

Rights Commission in Saskatoon. Originally from Regina, he

was admitted to the Saskatchewan bar in 1976.



Individuals receiving the Queen's Council (QC) designation have

been recommended as deserving of appointment by a selection

committee comprised of the Saskatchewan Minister of Justice, the

Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan or

the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal (on an alternating

basis), and the past presidents of the Saskatchewan Branch of the

Canadian Bar Association and the Law Society of Saskatchewan.



Queen's Council appointees must be residents of Saskatchewan and

have a minimum of 10 years entitlement to practice law in the

superior courts of any province or territory of Canada or the

United Kingdom and Ireland.



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For more information, contact:



Warren Bickford

Justice

Regina Phone: (306)787-8606

wbickfor@justice.gov.sk.ca

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