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JUSTICE--QUEEN'S COUNSEL APPOINTMENTS MADE ----------------------------------------------------------------- Justice Minister Jay Abbass, today announced the appointment of 31 lawyers as Queen's Counsel. The appointees are: Duncan Beveridge, Halifax; Marsh Burgess, Halifax; Marc Chisholm, Halifax; Roberta Clarke, Halifax; James Connors, Dartmouth; Terrence Cooper, Halifax; Ken Crawford, Halifax; Elizabeth Cusack-Walsh, Sydney; David Dingwall, Glace Bay; Patrick Duncan, Halifax; Daniel Gallivan, Halifax; Rick Goodman, New Glasgow; Garth Gordon, Kentville; Hector MacIntyre, Sydney; Malcolm MacLeod, Truro; John MacPherson, Halifax; Stephen Mattson, Kentville; Roderick MacArthur, Annapolis Royal; Christine McCulloch, Halifax; Mark McCrea, Truro; Anthony Morley, Amherst; Andrew Nickerson, Yarmouth; Linda Lee Oland, Halifax; Alan Parish, Halifax; Terry Roane, Halifax; Douglas Ruck, Halifax; Brian Smith, Dartmouth; John Stringer, Halifax; Walter Thompson, Halifax; Gerard Tompkins, Halifax; Alan Tufts, Kentville. "These individuals have demonstrated their leadership abilities and commitment to service excellence to their profession and to their communities," said Mr. Abbass. "Today we honour their professionalism." Eligibility criteria for Queen's Counsel appointments includes: professional integrity; good character and outstanding contributions to the practice of law through recognition by other members of the profession as an exceptional barrister or solicitor; an exceptional contribution through legal scholarship; teaching or continuing legal education; demonstration of exceptional qualities of leadership in the profession; or engaging in activities of a public or charitable nature in such as way as to raise the esteem in which the legal profession is held by the public. A six-member Queen's Counsel Advisory Committee makes recommendations to cabinet. The committee was chaired by the late associate Chief Justice Ian Palmeter. -30- Contact: Michele McKinnon 902-424-6811 trp Mar. 26, 1997 - 9:10 a.m.