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Jeff Hirsch


Jeff’s practice is currently concentrated in the areas of commercial litigation, insolvency, aboriginal law and administrative law with an emphasis on professional regulation.

He is the Immediate Past President and a Life Bencher of The Law Society of Manitoba having completed four terms as an elected Bencher.

Jeff currently serves as Manitoba’s representative on the Council of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada where he sits on a number of committees including Chief Justice McLachlin’s National Action Committee and Working Group on Access to Civil and Family Justice, the Steering Committee on National Discipline Standards and the CanLII Nominating Committee

Education

University of Manitoba, B.A., International Relations, 1984
University of Manitoba, LL.B., 1986

Call to the Bar

Manitoba, 1987

Legal Teachings

Third year Remedies course sessional lecturer for the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law

Lecturer and learning group facilitator in civil procedure, advocacy, negotiation skills, motions practice and ethics for the bar admission (CPLED) program

Professional Associations

Immediate Past President and Life Bencher of The Law Society of Manitoba

Past Chair, President’s Special Committee on the Independence of the Legal Profession

Member and Past Chair of the Complaints Investigation, Discipline and Equity Committees of The Law Society of Manitoba

Member of the Queen’s Bench Statutory Rules Committee

Member of the Canadian Bar Association

Past Board Member of Community Legal Education Association and Bar Council of the Manitoba Bar Association

Community Involvement and Other Affiliations

Past Executive and Board Member of Manitoba Theatre Centre and Winnipeg Jewish Theatre