David W. Scott, L BA 57, became president of the American College of Trial Lawyers, in Montreal in November. He is the first-ever Canadian to be president of the 5,300-member College. David is a senior partner at the Ottawa office of law firm Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and co-chairperson of the national firm. He received his BCL from the University of Ottawa and is certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Civil Litigation. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1976. In 2001, David received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from both the Law Society of Upper Canada and the University of Ottawa.

Allan Hilton, S BA 70, became a judge of the Quebec Court of Appeal in October. He earned his BCL and LLB degrees from McGill and practised with the Montreal law firm then known as McCarthy Tétrault until 1998, when he was appointed a judge of the Quebec Superior Court. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. At Sir George, Allan was executive vice-president of the SGW Student Association in 1968-69, and he was involved in work that led to the adoption of the Student Code of Conduct in 1969.

Bradley Thomas, BComm 03, was one of the recipients of the Humberto Santos Graduate Awards in Commerce for Concordia’s DIA and DSA programs. The award was founded by Quebec-based financial institution the Caisse de dépôt Mouvement Desjardins in memory of the late Humberto Santos, BComm 75, MBA 79.