The Georges A Goyer, QC Memorial Award for Distinguished Service was initiated in 1992 and is named in honour of a respected member of the BC Branch who passed away on November 5, 1992 after a courageous battle with cancer. Georges A Goyer, QC served the CBA as Chair of the National Legal Aid Liaison Committee, Chair of the BC Branch Criminal Justice (Vancouver) Section, Elected Member of the BC Branch and National CBA Councils, Member of the BC Branch and Law Society of BC Communications Committees, Board Member of the Canadian Bar Insurance Association, and Assistant Professor/Director of the UBC Legal Clinic, Faculty of Law.
The Georges A Goyer, QC Memorial Award for Distinguished Service has been created to recognize the exceptional contributions and/or achievements by any resident of British Columbia:
- to the legal profession in British Columbia; or
- to jurisprudence in British Columbia or Canada; or
- to the law or development of the law in British Columbia; or
- a significant law-related benefit to the residents of British Columbia.
Eligibility
Any resident of BC (except a current member of the Executive of the CBA BC Branch) is eligible for the award.
Awards and Recognition Committee
The Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch
Tenth Floor, 845 Cambie Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 5T3
Award Recipients
2011 - James D. Vilvang, QC
2010 - Walley Lightbody, QC
2009 - Jerry McHale, QC and Art Vertlieb, QC
2008 - Marvin Storrow, QC
2007 - Jack Giles, QC
2006 - Thomas R Berger, OC, QC
2005 - Darrell W Roberts, QC
2004 - Warren T Wilson, QC
2003 - The Honourable Madam Justice Lynn Smith
2002 - Paul Beckmann, QC
2001 - Louise Mandell, QC
2000 - The Honourable Mr Justice Wallace T Oppal
1999 - Peter Wilson
1998 - Gilbert Schmitt, QC
1995 - Dr Donovan Waters, QC
1994 - The Honourable Nathan T Nemetz and Marlene Scott, QC
1993 - Neil Davidson, QC
1992 - Alec C Robertson, QC
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