Malcolm M. Mercer

Malcolm M. Mercer
67th Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada
Assumed office
2018
Preceded by Paul Schabas

Malcolm M. Mercer is the current Treasurer of the Law Society of Ontario. [1]

The Treasurer is the highest elected official of the Law Society, which regulates Ontario’s 50,000 lawyers and paralegals in the public interest. The Treasurer presides over Convocation, the Law Society’s governing board, chairing and setting the agenda for its meetings and establishing Convocation committees. The Treasurer is elected each year at the June meeting of Convocation. Treasurers generally serve two terms. [2]

Education

Mercer has an LLB and B. Sc from the University of Toronto (1982, 1977).[3]

Career

Mercer is a partner at McCarthy Tetrault in Toronto.

He was elected treasurer of the Law Society of Ontario on June 28, 2018. [4]

Awards and honours

  • Canadian Lawyer Magazine 2014
  • Listee: Canada’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers

References


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