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Officers

                            
Chair/Présidente

                    Paulette DeKelver

                            DeKelver Dispute Resolution
                                
Edmonton, 
AB
                    
Vice-Chair/Vice-président

                    Justin Necpal

                            Necpal Litigation Professional Corporation
                                
Toronto, 
ON
                    
Secretary/Secrétaire

                    Khalil Mechantaf

                        he/him
                
                            Mechantaf Law
                                
Toronto, 
ON
                    
Past Chair/Présidente sortante

                    Shannon Belvedere

                        she/her
                
                            City of Calgary, Law
                                
Calgary, 
AB
                    
Law Reform Liaison/Personne ressource de la réforme du droit

                    Julie Terrien

                            Canadian Bar Association / L'Association du Barreau canadien
                                
Ottawa, 
ON

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