J. Guy Joubert

Experience

Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson LLP
Guy is a partner of our firm who practises primarily in the area of Intellectual Property Law with an emphasis on licensing and preparation, prosecution and defending trade-marks. His practice also includes Corporate and Commercial Law. Guy is also an experienced arbitrator.

Education

• Registered Trade-mark Agent
• University of Manitoba, LL.B.
• University of Manitoba, B.A.

Call to the Bar

• Manitoba

Awards

• Recipient of The Louis St. Laurent Award of Excellence presented in 2004 by the Canadian Bar Association.

Professional Associations

• The Law Society of Manitoba
• Manitoba Bar Association
• Canadian Bar Association
• L’Association des juristes d’expression française du Manitoba
• International Trade-mark Association
• Intellectual Property Institute of Canada

Professional Activities

Canadian Bar Association

Past President of the Canadian Bar Association

Past Member and chairperson of the National Communications Committee

Past chairperson – fundraising – Legal Conference and Expo – Winnipeg, 2004

Past member of the National Executive Committee (Board of Directors)

Past member of the Finance and Planning Directorate

Past chairperson of the Plenary and Continuing Legal Education Seminars – Winnipeg, 1995 National General Meeting

Past member of the National Member Services Committee and the National Membership Committee

Manitoba Bar Association

Life Council Member

Past President

Past chairperson of the Law Day Organizing Committee

Past member of the Mid-Winter Planning Committee

The Law Society of Manitoba

Member of the Legal Fees Advisory Committee – Arbitrator

Automobile Injury Compensation Appeal Commission

Commissioner

Community Involvement

• Past member of the Executive Committee and past founding member of the Arts & Culture Enhancement Initiative
• Past member of the Capital Fundraising Committee – Heartcare Campaign – St. Boniface General Hospital
• Past member of the Board of Directors – Festival du Voyageur
• Past president – Festival du Voyageur
• Past chairperson of the Fort Gibraltar Committee – Festival du Voyageur
• Past chairperson – Comité de fonctionnement – Festival du Voyageur
• Past chairperson – Stakeholders Ad Hoc Committee – Festival du Voyageur
• Past member and president, Precious Blood Parish Council
• Past member of la Chambre de commerce francophone de Saint-Boniface and past member of Board of Directors
• Past member of the Board of Taché Nursing Centre and the Foyer Valade. Past chairperson, Labour Relations Committee
• Past member of and general counsel to the Board of Directors of the 7th International Winter Cities Winnipeg Conference
• Past member of the Adjudication Panel - League for Human Rights of B'Nai Brith Canada, B'Nai Brith "Media Human Rights Awards"

Languages Spoken and Written

Fluent in Français and English