Released on December 30, 1998
Justice Minister John Nilson today announced the 1998 SaskatchewanQueen's Counsel (QC) appointments.
"I congratulate each of these individuals on being recognized for
their contribution to the practice of law," Nilson said.
Queen's Counsel is an honorary designation. The 1998 appointments,
recommended by the minister and made by the Lieutenant Governor in
Council:
Randall Baker is a lawyer with the firm of Kanuka, Thuringer in
Regina. He was admitted to the Saskatchewan bar in 1973;
Ian Brown is the Chief Legislative Crown Counsel for the
Department of Justice. He was admitted to the Saskatchewan bar
in 1978;
Jack Cooper is a lawyer with the firm of Grayson & Company in
Moose Jaw. Originally from Prince Albert, he was admitted to the
Saskatchewan bar in 1965;
Christine Glazer is a lawyer with the firm of McKercher,
McKercher & Whitmore in Saskatoon and President of the
Saskatchewan branch of the Canadian Bar Association. Originally
from Esterhazy, she was admitted the Saskatchewan bar in 1981;
Terence Graf is a lawyer with the firm of McDougall Ready in
Regina. He was admitted to the Saskatchewan bar in 1970;
Alistair Johnston is a Senior Crown Prosecutor with the Regina
Prosecutions District, Saskatchewan Justice. Originally from
Southey, he was admitted to the Saskatchewan bar in 1975;
Janice Lawrence is a lawyer with the Battlefords Area Office
of the Saskatchewan Legal Aid Commission. She was admitted
to the Saskatchewan bar in 1980;
Graeme Mitchell is the Director of the Constitutional Law
Branch of Saskatchewan Justice. Originally from Fort
Qu'Appelle, he was admitted to the bar in Ontario in 1982,
in Saskatchewan in 1985, and in Manitoba in 1987;
Robert Richards is a lawyer with the firm of MacPherson,
Leslie & Tyerman in Regina. Originally from Assiniboia, he
was admitted to the bar in Ontario in 1983 and in
Saskatchewan in 1985;
James Scharfstein is a lawyer with the firm of Goldstein,
Jackson, Scharfstein, Gibbings in Saskatoon. Originally
from Naicam, he was admitted to the Saskatchewan bar in
1977;
Alma Wiebe of Saskatoon, is a lawyer with the firm of
Walker, Plaxton and Company. She was admitted to the
Saskatchewan bar in 1979; and
Donald Wilson is a lawyer with the firm of MacPherson,
Leslie & Tyerman in Regina. He was admitted to the
Saskatchewan bar 1978.
Individuals receiving the Queen's Counsel (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 Counsel 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: 787-8606
e-mail: wbickford@justice.gov.sk.ca