Re-Elect Stacy Petriuk QC, for LSA Bencher
The Law Society of Alberta will be holding online bencher elections from November 2 to November 16, 2020. For more information about the elections or to vote, please visit the LSA Bencher Election website.
Click here to read the endorsement letter from Carsten Jensen QC, FCIArb.
For the past three years, I have served as a bencher for the Law Society of Alberta. This year, with your vote, I hope to continue acting in service of my fellow lawyers and the LSA.
Born and raised in Calgary, I attended the University of Calgary for my LL.B. and then the University of Cambridge for my LL.M. Immediately following that, I joined JSS Barristers in 1997 as their very first associate. Since then, the firm has grown on to include over 30 lawyers and have had the privilege to serve as the firm's managing partner from 2015 to 2017.
I am also very active in the legal community. I am a member of the Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association, Association of Women Lawyers, International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, Canadian Bar Association, Calgary Bar Association, the Advocates' Society and the American Bar Association.
I have presented at numerous seminars in Calgary and Edmonton on topics including e-trials, e-discovery, drafting pleadings and the Rules of Court.
After hours, I enjoy baking, cooking, growing my own vegetables, the arts, skiing, urban hiking, hanging out with my husband and keeping up my daughter and her recently-acquired driver's licence.
Click here for Stacy's bio.
Education
2001 | University of Cambridge, LL.M. | Cambridge, England |
1996 | University of Calgary, LL.B. | Calgary, AB |
1991 | Queen's University | Kingston, ON |
Professional Experience
1997 - present | Jensen Shawa Solomon Duguid Hawkes LLP Associate (1997 - 2004) Partner (2004 - present) Managing Partner (2015 - 2018) |
1996 - 1997 | Parlee McLaws Articling Student |
LSA Committee Experience
2018 - present | Bencher | |
2019 - present | Bencher Election Task Force | Chair |
2020 - present | Lawyer Competence Committee | Vice-Chair |
2018 - present | Consolidated Adjudication Committees | Member |
2019 | Practice Review Committee | Vice-Chair |
2019 | Innovating Regulation Task Force | Member |
2018 | Policy & Finance and Audit Committees | Member |
2012 - 2014 | Continuing Competence Committee | Member |
2001 - 2011 | Joint CBA/LSA Legislative Review Committee, Southern Alberta Section | Member |
Community Involvement
2019 - present | University of Calgary, Law Faculty Council | Member |
2014 - 2020 | Calgary Arts Development | Member, Board of Directors |
2010 - 2011 | Rosedale Playschool Society | President |
2002 - 2005 | Calgary Region Arts Society | City of Calgary-Appointed Member |
2002 - 2004 | Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association | Vice-President, Seminars |
2001 - 2005 | Strategic Planning Committee | Member |