1998 QUEEN'S COUNSEL APPOINTMENTS

Released on December 30, 1998

Justice Minister John Nilson today announced the 1998 Saskatchewan

Queen's Counsel (QC) appointments.



"I congratulate each of these individuals on being recognized for

their contribution to the practice of law," Nilson said.



Queen's Counsel is an honorary designation. The 1998 appointments,

recommended by the minister and made by the Lieutenant Governor in

Council:



Randall Baker is a lawyer with the firm of Kanuka, Thuringer in

Regina. He was admitted to the Saskatchewan bar in 1973;



Ian Brown is the Chief Legislative Crown Counsel for the

Department of Justice. He was admitted to the Saskatchewan bar

in 1978;



Jack Cooper is a lawyer with the firm of Grayson & Company in

Moose Jaw. Originally from Prince Albert, he was admitted to the

Saskatchewan bar in 1965;



Christine Glazer is a lawyer with the firm of McKercher,

McKercher & Whitmore in Saskatoon and President of the

Saskatchewan branch of the Canadian Bar Association. Originally

from Esterhazy, she was admitted the Saskatchewan bar in 1981;



Terence Graf is a lawyer with the firm of McDougall Ready in

Regina. He was admitted to the Saskatchewan bar in 1970;



Alistair Johnston is a Senior Crown Prosecutor with the Regina

Prosecutions District, Saskatchewan Justice. Originally from

Southey, he was admitted to the Saskatchewan bar in 1975;



Janice Lawrence is a lawyer with the Battlefords Area Office

of the Saskatchewan Legal Aid Commission. She was admitted

to the Saskatchewan bar in 1980;



Graeme Mitchell is the Director of the Constitutional Law

Branch of Saskatchewan Justice. Originally from Fort

Qu'Appelle, he was admitted to the bar in Ontario in 1982,

in Saskatchewan in 1985, and in Manitoba in 1987;



Robert Richards is a lawyer with the firm of MacPherson,

Leslie & Tyerman in Regina. Originally from Assiniboia, he

was admitted to the bar in Ontario in 1983 and in

Saskatchewan in 1985;



James Scharfstein is a lawyer with the firm of Goldstein,

Jackson, Scharfstein, Gibbings in Saskatoon. Originally

from Naicam, he was admitted to the Saskatchewan bar in

1977;



Alma Wiebe of Saskatoon, is a lawyer with the firm of

Walker, Plaxton and Company. She was admitted to the

Saskatchewan bar in 1979; and



Donald Wilson is a lawyer with the firm of MacPherson,

Leslie & Tyerman in Regina. He was admitted to the

Saskatchewan bar 1978.



Individuals receiving the Queen's Counsel (QC) designation have

been recommended as deserving of appointment by a selection

committee comprised of the Saskatchewan Minister of Justice, the

Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan or

the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal (on an alternating

basis), and the past presidents of the Saskatchewan branch of the

Canadian Bar Association and the Law Society of Saskatchewan.



Queen's Counsel appointees must be residents of Saskatchewan and

have a minimum of 10 years entitlement to practice law in the

superior courts of any province or territory of Canada or the

United Kingdom and Ireland.

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For more information, contact:

Warren Bickford

Justice

Regina Phone: 787-8606

e-mail: wbickford@justice.gov.sk.ca