Board of Directors
On May 30, 2024 Canadian Defence Lawyers elected the most diverse board in the Association’s nearly 30 year history.
Executive Committee:
President – Mouna Hanna, Partner, DWF (ON) – Chair, CLE Committee
1st Vice President – Alison Hopkins, Founding Partner, Sound Law LLP (BC)
2nd Vice President – Grant Bodnaryk, Senior Counsel, Definity (ON)
Treasurer – Ellen Gowland, Director Corporate and Claims Litigation, Allstate (ON) – Secretary, Women’s Caucus
Immediate Past Chair – Lisa Pool, TD Insurance (ON)
1st Vice President – Alison Hopkins, Founding Partner, Sound Law LLP (BC)
2nd Vice President – Grant Bodnaryk, Senior Counsel, Definity (ON)
Treasurer – Ellen Gowland, Director Corporate and Claims Litigation, Allstate (ON) – Secretary, Women’s Caucus
Immediate Past Chair – Lisa Pool, TD Insurance (ON)
Directors-At-Large:
Cynthia Aoki, Partner, Clyde&Co (AB)
Anthony Gatensby, Partner, Blaney McMurtry LLP (ON)
Ellen Gowland, Director Corporate and Claims Litigation, Allstate (ON) – Secretary, Women’s Caucus
Glen Krueger, Claims Counsel, Lawyers Indemnity Fund (BC) – Chair, Governance Committee
Amelia Leckey, Regional Senior Counsel, SGI Canada (ON) – Co-Chair, Government Relations Subcommittee (Public Policy Secretariat)
Teri Liu, Partner, Dutton Brock LLP (ON) – Co-Vice Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Devan Marr, Research Lawyer, LAWPRO (ON) – Vice Chair, CLE Committee
Bronwyn Martin, Managing Partner, Moodie Mair Walker (ON)
Teresa Anne Martin, Legal Counsel, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General (ON) – Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Steve May, KC, Partner, Cox & Palmer (NL)
Amanda McBride, Partner, McBride & Shields Professional Corporation (ON) – Co-Vice Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Pearl Rombis, Senior Litigation Counsel, Snowden Law LLP (ON) – Immediate Past Chair, Women’s Caucus
Maura Thompson, Partner, Shillington McCall LLP (ON) – Chair, Women’s Caucus
Anthony Gatensby, Partner, Blaney McMurtry LLP (ON)
Ellen Gowland, Director Corporate and Claims Litigation, Allstate (ON) – Secretary, Women’s Caucus
Glen Krueger, Claims Counsel, Lawyers Indemnity Fund (BC) – Chair, Governance Committee
Amelia Leckey, Regional Senior Counsel, SGI Canada (ON) – Co-Chair, Government Relations Subcommittee (Public Policy Secretariat)
Teri Liu, Partner, Dutton Brock LLP (ON) – Co-Vice Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Devan Marr, Research Lawyer, LAWPRO (ON) – Vice Chair, CLE Committee
Bronwyn Martin, Managing Partner, Moodie Mair Walker (ON)
Teresa Anne Martin, Legal Counsel, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General (ON) – Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Steve May, KC, Partner, Cox & Palmer (NL)
Amanda McBride, Partner, McBride & Shields Professional Corporation (ON) – Co-Vice Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Pearl Rombis, Senior Litigation Counsel, Snowden Law LLP (ON) – Immediate Past Chair, Women’s Caucus
Maura Thompson, Partner, Shillington McCall LLP (ON) – Chair, Women’s Caucus
DRI Canadian Representatives – 2023-2026:
Aleksandra Zivanovic, Vice President Legal, SGI Canada – ExOfficio Canadian Regional Director, DRI Board of Directors
Marcus Snowden, Principal, Snowden Law LLP – ExOfficio, Canadian Regional Representative
Marcus Snowden, Principal, Snowden Law LLP – ExOfficio, Canadian Regional Representative
