Lee Samis Award of Excellence
Lee Samis Award of Excellence
The Lee Samis Award of Excellence is named for CDL’s Founding President. Each year CDL recognizes a member who has made exceptional contributions to; the legal profession in general, jurisprudence in Canada on the law of Insurance; law or development of the law of Insurance in Canada; or a significant law-related benefit to CDL and/or the Insurance Industry.
2024 Lee Samis Award of Excellence Winner: Marcus B. Snowden
Marcus Snowden, Principal, Snowden Law Professional Corporation
The 2024 Recipient of the Samis Award was described by a current CDL Board Member as ‘a giant in the industry’ active in CDL and related associations for several decades, Marcus is a highly regarded and respected voice on Insurance Law and Defence. In 2024 Mr. Snowden chaired the sold out 20th Annual Canadian Defence Lawyers Insurance Coverage Symposium, and is the Canadian Regional Representative to DRI.
“I am very honoured to be nominated by David McKenzie and truly grateful for this peer recognition. To be included in the company of past award recipients, such as Tom McGrenere, KC, Madam Justice Sandra Corbett, the late Graham Dutton, KC, Heather Sanderson, KC, Geoff Adair, KC and other leaders of the Canadian bar is truly humbling. I also stand on the shoulders of those in the Canadian and US insurance coverage bar from whom I’ve learned so much, including my co-author Mark G. Lichty, Gordon Hilliker, KC and practitioners south of the border such as Dan Kohane, Andy Downs, Barbara O’Donnell, Michael Aylward, Shaun McParland Baldwin, Thomas R. Newman and Tom Segalla. Finally, I could not continue to do what I do without the unqualified support of my spouse Pearl Rombis and our blended family.” – Marcus Snowden, 2024 Lee Samis Award of Excellence Winner.
LinkedIn Profile: linkedin.com/in/marcussnowden/ | Website: snowdenlaw.ca
Lee Samis Award of Excellence Winners
2024 Lee Samis Award Winner: Marcus B. Snowden
2023 Lee Samis Award Winner: Stephen J. May, KC
2022 Lee Samis Award Winner: David Festeryga
2021 Lee Samis Award Winner: John Barry, ONB, KC
2020 Lee Samis Award Winner: Alison Murray KC
2019 Lee Samis Award Winner: Eric Grossman
2018 Lee Samis Award Winner: Patricia Armstrong KC
2017 Lee Samis Award Winner: Clarence Beckett KC
2016 Lee Samis Award Winner: Paul Tushinski
2015 Lee Samis Award Winner: Dennis Quinlan KC
2014 Lee Samis Award Winner: Sandra Corbett KC
2013 Lee Samis Award Winner: Geoff Adair KC
2012 Lee Samis Award Winner: Heather Sanderson
2011 Lee Samis Award Winner: Jan Lindsay KC
2010 Lee Samis Award Winner: David Hashey, KC
2009 Lee Samis Award Winner: Mary Helen Wright
2008 Lee Samis Award Winner: Rick Davison KC
2007 Lee Samis Award Winner: Graham Dutton KC†
2006 Lee Samis Award Winner: Richard Lindsay KC
2005 Lee Samis Award Winner: Harrison Arrell
2004 Lee Samis Award Winner: Thomas McGrenere†
2003 Lee Samis Award Winner: David Miller KC
2002 Lee Samis Award Winner: Philippa Samworth
