Robert Brun, QC of Vancouver is the CBA’s new Second Vice-President-elect. CBA President Kevin Carroll, QC made the announcement on March 19, following the vote by CBA Council. He will become Second Vice-President at the CBA’s Canadian Legal Conference in Niagara in August, the first step on the way to the presidency of the CBA in 2012.

Mr Brun is a Past President of the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association and a Bencher of the Law Society of British Columbia. He is a member of the Justice Review Task Force and the CBA National Task Force on Conflicts of Interest. Mr Brun was called to the Bar in 1978 and practiced for five years with the Workers’ Compensation Board of BC prior to joining Harris & Brun as a founding partner in 1984. He has a special interest in personal injury and workers’ compensation law and is also experienced in the fields of insurance and administrative law.

He has conducted many trials and appeals in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Court of Appeal of British Columbia and Supreme Court of Canada. He is a frequent guest lecturer at seminars for lawyers put on by Continuing Legal Education, the Canadian Bar Association and the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia.

The Canadian Bar Association:

• CBA National Task Force on Conflicts; member (2007-present);
• Justice Review Task Force; CBA appointee (2006-present);
• CBABC Immediate Past President (2004-2005);
• Judicial Council; CBA appointee (2004);
• CBABC President (2003-2004);
• CBA National Board of Directors; member (2003-2004);
• CBABC Vice President (2002-2003);
• CBABC Planning and Priority Committee; Chair (2002-2003);
• CBABC Secretary Treasurer (2001-2002);
• CBABC Government Relations Committee; Chair (2001-2002);
• CBABC Executive Member at Large (2000-2001);
• CBABC Equality Committee; Executive Liaison (2000); and
• CBABC Provincial Council, member (1997-2003).

The Law Society of British Columbia:

• Bencher (2005, 2008-present);
• Practice Standards Committee; Vice-Chair (2008-present);
• Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee; member (2008-2009);
• Complainant Review Committee; member (2009);
• Equity and Diversity Advisory Committee; member (2005-2008); Chair (2010); and
• Disability Research Working Group; member (2005-2008).

Other:

• Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia (TLABC), member (1991-present);
• Professional Legal Training Course; guest lecturer (1990-present);
• Continuing Legal Education (CLE); author/presenter of over 30 papers/books (1982-present);
• Adjuster Training Program, Insurance Corporation of British Columbia; guest lecturer (1986-2001);
• TLABC Public Affairs Committee (1996-1998);
• Insurance Law, Capilano College; course instructor (1993-1997); and
• Workers Compensation Board of British Columbia, Legal Services Department, (1979-1984).

Listen to his speech to CBA Council.

[posted March 19, 2010]