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Vivene Salmon has made legal history as the first Black person, racialized lawyer and female in-house counsel to head the Canadian Bar Association (CBA). The 123-year-old Association who made the announcement via a press release on its website said Salmon began her year-long tenure on Sept. 1, 2019.

Salmon is one of only two presidents to serve from the in-house counsel community in 123 years – and the first president of colour.

I met Vivene Salmon in the summer of 2011; she was a young lawyer of Jamaican heritage who was interested in supporting Food For The Poor, a charity that focuses on building and impacting communities in the Caribbean and Latin America. She joined our advisory board to support governance and compliance.

New CBA Head committed to giving back

The new CBA president discusses her priorities for the year ahead, the importance of promoting health and wellness for lawyers, and what she hopes to hear from party leaders during this fall's federal election.

L’Initié en droit administratif de l’ABC - Blast courriel septembre 2019

OTTAWA – C’est le 1er septembre 2019 que Vivene Salmon a entamé son mandat d’un an à la présidence de l’ABC. L’avocate torontoise est la première personne de couleur, et seulement la deuxième juriste d’entreprise, à accéder à la plus haute fonction de l’Association en 123 ans d’histoire. Elle succède à Raymond Adlington, de Halifax, tandis que Brad Regehr, du Manitoba, prend la relève comme vice-président.

Mot de bienvenue du président

Vivene A. Salmon is Vice-President, Country Compliance Manager, Global Banking and Markets Compliance at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Conférence d’automne sur le droit de la concurrence et Conférence sur le droit de l’insolvabilité