50, 60 & 70 Year Certificates
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000
1990 to 1999 | 1980 to 1989 | 1972 to 1979
2010 Recipients
The Law Society of Alberta hosted luncheons in Calgary and Edmonton to celebrate the achievements of nine lawyers reaching the 50 year milestone, two lawyers reaching 60 years, and the historic achievement of Maclean E. Jones, QC reaching 70 years of service.
50 Years
- Theodore L. Babie
- Stuart M. Campbell
- Arthur M. Davis, QC
- Donald T. D. Hatch, QC
- Raymond F. Kutz
- Robert G. Roddie, QC
- The Honourable Judge R. A. Jacobson
- Stanley S. Schumacher, QC
- Lawrence M. Snaychuk
60 Years
- Gerald M. Burden, QC
- William H. Hurlburt, QC
70 Years

Back row from left to right: Robert G. Roddie, QC; Stanley S. Schumacher, QC; Law Society of Alberta President Rodney A. Jerke, QC; The Honourable Judge Ronald A. Jacobson; Donald T. D. Hatch, QC
Front row from left to right: Gerald M. Burden, QC; Maclean E. (Mac) Jones, QC; Arthur M. Davis, QC; Raymond F. Kutz
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2009 Recipients
| Recipient | Certificate |
William G. Chipman, QC
The Honourable Samuel S. Lieberman, QC
The Honourable Joseph J. Stratton, QC | 60 Year |
Kenneth R. Biddell, QC
The Honourable Mr. Justice P.S. Chrumka
Roderick A. McLennan, QC
Roy A. Philion
James D. Ross
The Honourable Mr. Justice A.H. Wachowich | 50 Year |
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2008 Recipients
| Recipient | Certificate |
Hon. Judge Peter M. Caffaro
Donald J. Kelly, QC
David J. Maclean, QC
Hon. John Charles Major, QC
Edward S. Pipella, QC
Ernest R. Shymka
Norman Wolfe Simons
John A. Weir, QC | 50 Year |
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2007 Recipients
| Recipient | Certificate |
Henry M. Beaumont, QC
W. Gordon Brown, QC
William E. Code
Ronald P. Havelock
Hon. Mr. Justice D. B. Mason
John A. Agrios
Sydney Bercov, QC
Hon. Judge R. W. Bradley
Paul Haljan
Hon. Judge D. G. Ingram
Hon. Mr. Justice E. S. Lefsrud
James E. Redmond. QC
Hon. Mr. Justice W. E. Wilson
Hon. Judge S. E. W. J. Wood | 50 Year |
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2006 Recipients
| Recipient | Certificate |
| Gerard J. Amerongen, QC | 60 Year |
Hon. Judge J. Allford
Edward Phillip Adolphe, QC
John A Beckingham, QC
Hon. Mr. Justice J.B. Dea
Gregory Forsyth, QC
Donnel O. Sabey, QC
Joseph T. Trofimuk, QC | 50 Year |
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2005 Recipients
| Recipient | Certificate |
| Robert Graham Black, QC | 60 Year |
Hon. Judge P. R. Broda
Georges Brosseau, QC
Hon. Judge R. L. Dzenick
Mike Kawulych, QC
Richard Gordon Wheatley
John Bishop Ballem, QC
Hon. Judge R. Dinkel
Robert Douglas Kerr
David Louis Laven, QC
Edgar Peter Lougheed, QC | 50 Year |
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2004 Recipients
| Recipient | Certificate |
Ammon Olsen Ackroyd, QC
Glen Acorn, QC
James Alfred Cox, QC
George Rodney Knaut, QC
Hon. Judge P. C. C. Marshall
Master in Chambers J. P. Floyd, QC
Hon. M. Earl Lomas, QC
James S. Palmer, QC
T. William Snowdon, QC
Raymond S. Tharp
Thomas J. Walsh, QC
Herbert Daniel Wyman, QC | 50 Year |
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2003 Recipients
| Recipient | Certificate |
Harvey Alexander Bodner
Louis Armand Desrochers, QC
Robert Patrick Fraser, QC
Garth Fryett, QC
Hon. Mr. Justice E. A. Hutchinson
Alex Norman MacIver
Lawrence D. MacLean, QC
Tom Mayson, QC
W. Kenneth Moore, QC
James M. Thomson, QC | 50 Year |
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2002 Recipients
| Recipient | Certificate |
| William Arnold Howard, QC | 60 Year |
Stephen Hart Wood, QC
Hon. Dean Saks
Walter Cristall Barron, QC
Thomas Jackson Duckworth, QC
William James McKay Henning, QC
Hon. Mr. Justice J. K. Holmes
Morris Lyons, QC
Robert Stuart Matheson, QC
Hon. Judge W. M. Mustard
Henry Vincent O’Connor, QC
Gordon Phil Peterson, QC | 50 Year |
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2001 Recipients
| Recipient | Certificate |
John Bassie, QC
David Louis Dworkin
Francis John Fleming, QC | 50 Year |
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2000 Recipients
| Recipient | Certificate |
Robert Herbert Barron, QC
Maclean Everett Jones, QC | 60 Year |
E. Frank Murphy, QC
William H. Hurlburt, QC
Gerald Mathewson Burden, QC
Hon. Mr. Justice M. E. Shannon | 50 Year |
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1990 to 1999 Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Certificate |
| 1999 | Donald P. McLaws, QC
George L. Crawford, QC | 60 Year
(started in 1999) |
| 1999 | William G. Chipman, QC
Hon. Samuel S. Lieberman, QC
Peter M Owen, QC
David H. Sinclair, QC
Hon. Joseph J. W. Stratton, QC
Francis Richard Matthews, QC | 50 Year |
| 1998 | Robert Donald Freeze
Norman H. Silverman, QC | 50 Year |
| 1997 | Joseph Harvey Shoctor, QC
John Maxwell Robertson, QC
Orrie Wetherilt Harris | 50 Year |
| 1996 | Hon. Mr. Justice R. H. Belzil
Gerard Joseph Amerongen, QC | 50 Year |
| 1995 | Robert Graham Black, QC | 50 Year |
| 1992 | William Arnold Howard, QC | 50 Year |
| 1990 | Robert Herbert Barron, QC
Edward Eversley Bishop, QC
Edward MacPherson Bredin, QC
John Carmichael Gorman
MacLean Everett Jones, QC
John Angus Sommerville McDonald, QC | 50 Year |
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1980 to 1989 Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Certificate |
| 1989 | George L. Crawford, QC
Hon. Mr. Justice H. J. MacDonald, QC
Donald P. McLaws, QC | 50 Year |
| 1988 | Hon. Mr. Justice H. S.Patterson | 50 Year |
| 1987 | Thomas John Costigan, QC | 50 Year |
| 1986 | Joseph Michael Lazarenko, QC
Neil Douglas McDermid | 50 Year |
| 1985 | Hon. P. Greschuk, QC | 50 Year |
| 1982 | Carlton William Clement, QC
Hon. Judge L. Maynard, QC
Ronald Martland, QC | 50 Year |
| 1980 | Bruce Van Wart Massie, QC | 50 Year |
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1972 to 1979 Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Certificate |
| 1979 | William Bramwell Cromarty
Percy Griffith Davies
Douglas Peter McDonald | 50 Year |
| 1978 | Alfred Gordon Bramely-Moore
Louis Davies Hyndman, QC
John Howard Kelly
James Valentine Hogarth Milvain, QC
Frank Jost Newson
Hon. Neil Philip Primrose | 50 Year |
| 1977 | Edmund Edwin Cross
John James Saucier
Edward Rusling Tavender | 50 Year |
| 1976 | MacDonald Millard | 50 Year |
| 1975 | Eward William Stutchbury | 50 Year |
| 1974 | Helen D. Steeves
Abraham Bercov
Edward Douglas Arnold, QC
Hon. Mr. Justice Gordon Hillis Allen | 50 Year |
| 1973 | James Frederick Scott
James Isaiah Jones | 50 Year |
| 1972 | Everett James Chambers
Howard Tracy Emery
Hon. Mr. Justice E. W. S. Kane
Hon. Colin Campbell McLaurin
Frederick Joseph Richardson
Alfred LeRoy Williams | 50 Year |
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