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Alumni members, please send a short description of your recent activities (include a photo) to Phi Delta Phi, 1426 21st Street NW, Washington DC 20036
Carolyn Bolyes - Leflar Inn 1991
Carolyn Vieth Boyles, a freelance writer and a spinal cord injury survivor herself, has written a handbook for everyone touched by a spinal cord injury―individuals, family members and friends, and medical and legal professionals. The book, A Complete Plain-English Guide to Living with a Spinal Cord Injury: Valuable Information From a Survivor, was published by iUniverse in late 2007. Her websites are www.carolynboyles.com and www.livingwithspinalcordinjury.com. The York University Board of Governors announced the appointment of Roy McMurtry, former Ontario chief justice and attorney general, as the 12th chancellor of York University. McMurtry, who also served as Canada's high commissioner to the United Kingdom, will be installed as chancellor in May. McMurtry will succeed former Canadian Supreme Court Justice Peter deCarteret Cory, who has served as York's chancellor since 2004. To learn more, click here Bob Rae served as Ontario's 21st Premier, and was elected eight times to federal and provincial parliaments. Bob has a B.A. and an LL.B. from the University of Toronto and was a Rhodes Scholar in 1969. He obtained a B.Phil. degree from Oxford University in 1971 and was named a Queen's Counsel in 1984. Bob has received numerous honorary degrees and awards from Canadian and foreign universities, colleges, and organizations. To find out more about him, click here. 
The Hon. R. Roy McMurtry - Osgoode Inn (Honorary)
Robert K. Rae- Osgoode Inn (Honorary)
David L. Thomas- Osgoode Inn 1998
Assistant Province President for Province 30, David L. Thomas is seeking the Conservative Nomination in West Vancouver – Sunshine Coast - Sea to Sky Country to become the District’s next Member of Parliament. To find out more about him, click here.
Jonathon T. Tichy - Sutherland Inn 2003
Jonathon T. Tichy (Sutherland Inn 2003) joined Prince Yeates & Geldzahler in May 2005 after two years with the law firm of Parker & McConkie. Mr. Tichy is licensed to practice law in Utah and Nevada, and has experience serving business and individual clients in both states. Mr. Tichy’s practice involves all aspects of civil litigation and appellate work. Mr. Tichy has participated in several jury trials, arbitrations, and mediations, and was co-counsel on a case that resulted in a record jury verdict in one Utah court. He has prepared appellate briefs for cases at the Utah Court of Appeals and the Utah Supreme Court and has successfully represented clients in oral argument before the Utah Supreme Court.
On a national level, Mr. Tichy is also active in the American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation, and in Phi Delta Phi, one of the largest and most prominent legal associations in the United States.
Mr. Tichy’s prior experience includes work at a leading Nevada law firm, the Utah Supreme Court, and two of the top international commercial and litigation firms. He also has extensive overseas professional experience. He has spent nearly six years living and working abroad in various business, legal, and governmental capacities.
Mr. Tichy graduated cum laude from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University. He was selected as a Phi Delta Phi Balfour Scholar in 2003. He was a regional semifinalist in the Jessup Moot Court Competition in Hawaii and a top contender at the Vis Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna, Austria.
Mr. Tichy also holds a Masters degree in Public Policy and is a published author of several articles and analytical surveys. He was recently invited to author an essay for a much-anticipated historical publication of the Slovak National Library and Archives. In 1998, Mr. Tichy was invited to address the Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business in Vienna, Austria to discuss a groundbreaking study that he co-authored on female entrepreneurship. That same year, he was selected as a Fascell Fellow by the Bureau for European and Eurasian Affairs in Washington, DC, for his academic and professional work in international business and foreign policy. In 2004, Mr. Tichy was appointed to the Board of Fellows for the International Center for Law and Religion Studies. He has also been an occasional guest commentator on various radio programs.
In the late 1990’s, Mr. Tichy worked for the U.S. Department of State as a political officer and analyst at the U.S. Embassy in Prague, Czech Republic. He was responsible for overseeing several legal and judicial reform initiatives in Central Europe, and was the Embassy’s liaison to the American Bar Association’s Legal Institute in Prague. Mr. Tichy also played a key role in researching and preparing the State Department’s Annual Human Rights Report and the inaugural Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, for which he was awarded the State Department’s Meritorious Honor Award. Additionally, he served as the Staff Aide to Assistant Secretary of State and Ambassador John Shattuck. He was also an official OSCE-sanctioned election monitor in several post-communist countries in Europe.
Mr. Tichy is an avid hockey fan, and previously worked for an NHL hockey team in player relations and development.
Mr. Tichy is certified fluent in both the Slovak and Czech languages.
David V. Wilson II - Wood Inn 1993
David V. Wilson II, a shareholder with the Houston law firm of Hays, McConn, Rice & Pickering, has been named to H Texas Magazine's list of the Best Lawyers in Houston. In addition, he has been named associate editor of The Houston Lawyer, the official journal of the Houston Bar Association.
Mr. Wilson can be reached at dvw@haysmcconn.com
Tina Williamson - Keady Inn 2004
Tina Williamson lives a double life. One as a Cardiopulmonary Specialty Manager at Spohn Shoreline Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, and another as a case manager on high profile international cases before the International Criminal Tribunal (ICTY) in the Hague. She is currently responsible for managing Colonel Ljubisa Beara’s case in the court’s Yugoslavia Tribunal. Beara, a Bosnian Serb army security chief accused of involvement in the Srebrenica massacre that left 7,000 Muslim men murdered in 1995, is a close associate of the tribunal’s most wanted fugitive, Ratko Mladic.
“Right now, I'm able to be a normal, everyday person in Texas, and then hop on a plane to Europe each month to work on a case that has international relevance,” she says. “It's pretty cool.”
Williamson, who was nominated as a case manager by Sergi and Associates in San Marcos, Texas, explains that a case manager is responsible for keeping the lawyers organized and making sure that everything runs smoothly once the trial starts. “We're in the preliminary stages on the Beara case, so it's a matter of meeting the players, going over the documents that are provided by the ICTY, and making sure the translations are accurate. Then, of course, there's the process of scanning everything into a Casemap format and identifying witnesses. There's an incredible amount of paperwork involved, and it has to be sorted and organized before we can even start working on the case.”
Her job requires her to spend a lot of time in airports. “I visited the Hague, Delft, and Amsterdam in March in order to interview with the Chicago firm that is partnering with us on the case and to meet the Serbian attorneys representing Milosevic,” she says. “While I was in Holland, I had dinner with an Israeli correspondent who is covering the case, and met with the British and Australian attorneys affiliated with another similar case to brainstorm and share research.”
“I just returned from a trip to Washington, D.C. where I sat in on Supreme Court arguments relative to our case. While I was there, I visited the Mexican Consulate regarding Roberto Moreno Ramos, another case I’m working on. And on the way back, I stopped in Chicago for a quick visit with the lead counsel on the Beara case.
Williamson is becoming more involved in criminal law cases that have an international bent. Ramos, a citizen of Mexico who was convicted in Texas of the capital murders of his wife and two children, is on death row. “The issue in Ramos’s case is the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations,” she says. “It is extremely important for all countries to honor the Vienna Convention, because if you get arrested in a foreign country, you need to be guaranteed consular access. It is the only way to ensure that detainees are given basic necessities, protects them from mistreatment, and provides them with appropriate legal assistance. In Ramos’ case, the United States denied him consular access.”
Williamson is now back in the Hague prepping for trial. “There's a lot of bureaucracy involved. Things happen that would shock most US attorneys. There are times that you want to just say ‘heck with it,’ and walk away. But, for some reason, you get addicted to the work.”
Although she loves traveling to different countries and using her law degree in international criminal cases, she has her heart set on a CEO position in a hospital setting. “I have been a Registered Respiratory Therapist for the last nine years, and I love the hospital environment.”
She felt a law degree would give her more options than an MBA. “My law degree has opened doors that the business degree may never have opened,” she says. “My first respiratory therapy boss in Oxford had a law degree. He never practiced law, but he used his degree to advance in the hospital setting. The medical and legal fields often overlap, and people in positions of hospital management need a firm foundation of legal knowledge.”
Williamson says that her international legal experience has helped her medical career. “In South Texas, I work in a hospital that has a very strong Latino and Philippine influence,” she says. “Whether I'm working in Holland, Chicago, or even San Marcos, I'm learning to deal with a diverse group of people from Serbian and Australian to British and German backgrounds. I must integrate their cultural and educational differences into one smooth, working team. While it's not always easy, I'm learning how to respond to each person's needs without compromising my own values or the integrity of the defendant's case. It's an art -- one that I hope to master in both my legal and medical careers.”
Appeal Justice Rosalie Abella - Osgoode (Honorary)
Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Rosalie Abella has been tapped for Canada's highest court. Madame Justice Abella was graduated from University of Toronto law school in 1970. She practiced civil and criminal litigation before being appointed to Ontario Family Court in 1976, then to the Ontario Court of Appeal in 1992.
The Honourable Madam Justice Sandra Chapnik - LLB 1976
Dear Fellow Alumni:
It is my pleasure to announce to you that Atul Tiwari (Osgoode Inn '87) will succeed me as President of the Osgoode Hall Law School Alumni Association as of the September 21, 2004 Annual General Meeting. I am sure all of you know that Justice Dennis O'Connor (LLB '64), who was to succeed me, is heading the Maher Arar Inquiry and had to withdraw his acceptance of the position.
But the Alumni Association has never been in more capable hands. Atul, who has served as Vice-President of the Alumni Association for the past three years, will bring a fresh and forward-thinking outlook to the Law School and its alumni. Atul is currently the Managing Director in the Mutual Fund and Investment Management area of the BMO Private Client Group and I know the Law School will make good use of his business savvy and management skills.
I want to wish Atul and the rest of the Board of Directors good luck in the coming years, and thank the Law School for the wonderful opportunity to represent such an exceptional group of alumni for the past three years.
It has been my pleasure.
Sincerely,
The Honourable Madam Justice Sandra Chapnik (LLB '76)
President, Osgoode Hall Law School Alumni Association
Ms. Julie Pietrzen, Esq.- Ranney Inn 2004
Province President for Province 13, Julie Pietrzen was also the International Graduate of the year in 2004 and honored at the General Convention in New Orleans in 2005. To read more about Ms. Pietrzen and one of her most recent accomplishments, click here
Tina Williamson- Keady Inn 2004
Has been promoted to the position of Manager of Annual Giving for the CHRISTUS Spohn Health System in Southeast Texas. She will be directing and administering all aspects of the annual giving program for the six-hospital Spohn system.
Jonathon T. Tichy (Sutherland Inn 2003) joined Prince Yeates & Geldzahler in May 2005 after two years with the law firm of Parker & McConkie. Mr. Tichy is licensed to practice law in Utah and Nevada, and has experience serving business and individual clients in both states. Mr. Tichy’s practice involves all aspects of civil litigation and appellate work. Mr. Tichy has participated in several jury trials, arbitrations, and mediations, and was co-counsel on a case that resulted in a record jury verdict in one Utah court. He has prepared appellate briefs for cases at the Utah Court of Appeals and the Utah Supreme Court and has successfully represented clients in oral argument before the Utah Supreme Court.On a national level, Mr. Tichy is also active in the American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation, and in Phi Delta Phi, one of the largest and most prominent legal associations in the United States.Mr. Tichy’s prior experience includes work at a leading Nevada law firm, the Utah Supreme Court, and two of the top international commercial and litigation firms. He also has extensive overseas professional experience. He has spent nearly six years living and working abroad in various business, legal, and governmental capacities.Mr. Tichy graduated cum laude from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University. He was selected as a Phi Delta Phi Balfour Scholar in 2003. He was a regional semifinalist in the Jessup Moot Court Competition in Hawaii and a top contender at the Vis Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna, Austria.Mr. Tichy also holds a Masters degree in Public Policy and is a published author of several articles and analytical surveys. He was recently invited to author an essay for a much-anticipated historical publication of the Slovak National Library and Archives. In 1998, Mr. Tichy was invited to address the Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business in Vienna, Austria to discuss a groundbreaking study that he co-authored on female entrepreneurship. That same year, he was selected as a Fascell Fellow by the Bureau for European and Eurasian Affairs in Washington, DC, for his academic and professional work in international business and foreign policy. In 2004, Mr. Tichy was appointed to the Board of Fellows for the International Center for Law and Religion Studies. He has also been an occasional guest commentator on various radio programs.In the late 1990’s, Mr. Tichy worked for the U.S. Department of State as a political officer and analyst at the U.S. Embassy in Prague, Czech Republic. He was responsible for overseeing several legal and judicial reform initiatives in Central Europe, and was the Embassy’s liaison to the American Bar Association’s Legal Institute in Prague. Mr. Tichy also played a key role in researching and preparing the State Department’s Annual Human Rights Report and the inaugural Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, for which he was awarded the State Department’s Meritorious Honor Award. Additionally, he served as the Staff Aide to Assistant Secretary of State and Ambassador John Shattuck. He was also an official OSCE-sanctioned election monitor in several post-communist countries in Europe.Mr. Tichy is an avid hockey fan, and previously worked for an NHL hockey team in player relations and development.Mr. Tichy is certified fluent in both the Slovak and Czech languages.David V. Wilson II, a shareholder with the Houston law firm of Hays, McConn, Rice & Pickering, has been named to H Texas Magazine's list of the Best Lawyers in Houston. In addition, he has been named associate editor of The Houston Lawyer, the official journal of the Houston Bar Association.Mr. Wilson can be reached at Tina Williamson lives a double life. One as a Cardiopulmonary Specialty Manager at Spohn Shoreline Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, and another as a case manager on high profile international cases before the International Criminal Tribunal (ICTY) in the Hague. She is currently responsible for managing Colonel Ljubisa Beara’s case in the court’s Yugoslavia Tribunal. Beara, a Bosnian Serb army security chief accused of involvement in the Srebrenica massacre that left 7,000 Muslim men murdered in 1995, is a close associate of the tribunal’s most wanted fugitive, Ratko Mladic.“Right now, I'm able to be a normal, everyday person in Texas, and then hop on a plane to Europe each month to work on a case that has international relevance,” she says. “It's pretty cool.” Williamson, who was nominated as a case manager by Sergi and Associates in San Marcos, Texas, explains that a case manager is responsible for keeping the lawyers organized and making sure that everything runs smoothly once the trial starts. “We're in the preliminary stages on the Beara case, so it's a matter of meeting the players, going over the documents that are provided by the ICTY, and making sure the translations are accurate. Then, of course, there's the process of scanning everything into a Casemap format and identifying witnesses. There's an incredible amount of paperwork involved, and it has to be sorted and organized before we can even start working on the case.”Her job requires her to spend a lot of time in airports. “I visited the Hague, Delft, and Amsterdam in March in order to interview with the Chicago firm that is partnering with us on the case and to meet the Serbian attorneys representing Milosevic,” she says. “While I was in Holland, I had dinner with an Israeli correspondent who is covering the case, and met with the British and Australian attorneys affiliated with another similar case to brainstorm and share research.” “I just returned from a trip to Washington, D.C. where I sat in on Supreme Court arguments relative to our case. While I was there, I visited the Mexican Consulate regarding Roberto Moreno Ramos, another case I’m working on. And on the way back, I stopped in Chicago for a quick visit with the lead counsel on the Beara case. Williamson is becoming more involved in criminal law cases that have an international bent. Ramos, a citizen of Mexico who was convicted in Texas of the capital murders of his wife and two children, is on death row. “The issue in Ramos’s case is the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations,” she says. “It is extremely important for all countries to honor the Vienna Convention, because if you get arrested in a foreign country, you need to be guaranteed consular access. It is the only way to ensure that detainees are given basic necessities, protects them from mistreatment, and provides them with appropriate legal assistance. In Ramos’ case, the United States denied him consular access.”Williamson is now back in the Hague prepping for trial. “There's a lot of bureaucracy involved. Things happen that would shock most US attorneys. There are times that you want to just say ‘heck with it,’ and walk away. But, for some reason, you get addicted to the work.”Although she loves traveling to different countries and using her law degree in international criminal cases, she has her heart set on a CEO position in a hospital setting. “I have been a Registered Respiratory Therapist for the last nine years, and I love the hospital environment.”She felt a law degree would give her more options than an MBA. “My law degree has opened doors that the business degree may never have opened,” she says. “My first respiratory therapy boss in Oxford had a law degree. He never practiced law, but he used his degree to advance in the hospital setting. The medical and legal fields often overlap, and people in positions of hospital management need a firm foundation of legal knowledge.”Williamson says that her international legal experience has helped her medical career. “In South Texas, I work in a hospital that has a very strong Latino and Philippine influence,” she says. “Whether I'm working in Holland, Chicago, or even San Marcos, I'm learning to deal with a diverse group of people from Serbian and Australian to British and German backgrounds. I must integrate their cultural and educational differences into one smooth, working team. While it's not always easy, I'm learning how to respond to each person's needs without compromising my own values or the integrity of the defendant's case. It's an art -- one that I hope to master in both my legal and medical careers.”Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Rosalie Abella has been tapped for Canada's highest court. Madame Justice Abella was graduated from University of Toronto law school in 1970. She practiced civil and criminal litigation before being appointed to Ontario Family Court in 1976, then to the Ontario Court of Appeal in 1992.Dear Fellow Alumni:It is my pleasure to announce to you that Atul Tiwari (Osgoode Inn '87) will succeed me as President of the Osgoode Hall Law School Alumni Association as of the September 21, 2004 Annual General Meeting. I am sure all of you know that Justice Dennis O'Connor (LLB '64), who was to succeed me, is heading the Maher Arar Inquiry and had to withdraw his acceptance of the position.But the Alumni Association has never been in more capable hands. Atul, who has served as Vice-President of the Alumni Association for the past three years, will bring a fresh and forward-thinking outlook to the Law School and its alumni. Atul is currently the Managing Director in the Mutual Fund and Investment Management area of the BMO Private Client Group and I know the Law School will make good use of his business savvy and management skills.I want to wish Atul and the rest of the Board of Directors good luck in the coming years, and thank the Law School for the wonderful opportunity to represent such an exceptional group of alumni for the past three years.It has been my pleasure.Sincerely,The Honourable Madam Justice Sandra Chapnik (LLB '76)President, Osgoode Hall Law School Alumni AssociationProvince President for Province 13, Julie Pietrzen was also the International Graduate of the year in 2004 and honored at the General Convention in New Orleans in 2005. To read more about Ms. Pietrzen and one of her most recent accomplishments, click Has been promoted to the position of Manager of Annual Giving for the CHRISTUS Spohn Health System in Southeast Texas. She will be directing and administering all aspects of the annual giving program for the six-hospital Spohn system.