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The Heather McArthur Memorial Young Lawyers Award

Adam Goldenberg will be presented the award at the OBA Young Lawyers Gala on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at the OBA Conference Centre in Toronto.

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About the Award

The OBA's Heather McArthur Memorial award recognizes exceptional contributions and/or achievements by a young lawyer in the field of continuing legal education or development of the law for the benefit of the profession or the citizens of Ontario. Such contribution or achievement may, for example and without limitation, relate to authorship, presentation, innovation, organization or delivery of programs or materials in respect of continuing legal education, professional development or law reform.

Award Winner

2025 Award Winner

Adam Goldenberg 

McCarthy Tétrault

Presentation
Award will be present at the OBA Young Lawyers Gala on Thursday, May 22, 2025.

Terrine Bird

Staff Liaison

Terrine Bird

Ontario Bar Association
Program Coordinator

(416) 869-1047 x 339


Valerie Robinson

Staff Liaison

Valerie Robinson

Ontario Bar Association
Executive Office Lead

(416) 869-1047 x 322


Past Winners

2025 - Adam Goldenberg

2024 - Sahil Shoor

2023 - Kiran Kang

2022 - Aaron Baer

2021 - Jeremy Martin

2020 -  Chantelle T. Cseh

2019 - H. Michael Rosenberg

2018 - Jessica S. Braude

2017 - Paul Jonathan Saguil

2016 - Brock Jones

2015 - Ranjan Agarwal

2014 - Fareen L. Jamal

2013 - Guillermo Schible

2012 - Adam Aptowitzer

2011 - Susannah B. Roth