Ontario Bar Association grants Excellence in Insurance Law award

The Ontario Bar Association (OBA)s Insurance Law Subsection has announced that Jesse T. Glass of Laxton Glass LLP (Toronto) and Eric R. Williams of Williams McEnery LLP (Ottawa) are the recipients of the 2007 OBA Award for Excellence in Insurance Law.
Glass has worked as a lawyer since 1959 and is the past chairman of the Insurance Law Section of the Ontario Branch of the CBA.
He currently sits on both the Canadian and Ontario bar associations.
Williams is the founding partner of an eight-person civil litigation firm that has operated in Ottawa since 1978.
He is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian Bar Association (Civil Litigation Section), and the County of Carleton Law Association.
The Award was created to recognize and thank outstanding members of the Ontario Bar Association for their exceptional achievements, distinguished service and contributions in the following areas:
The development of insurance law through advocacy, teaching, writing or legislative reform;
Leadership in the profession and particularly of lawyers practicing in insurance law;
Maintaining the highest standards of professional competence as well as the highest levels of honesty, integrity and civility; and
Enhancement of the profession of law and the well being of the community.
Glass and Williams will be honoured at a gala dinner and award ceremony to be held on Thursday, April 26, 2007 at the Marriott Toronto Downtown Eaton Centre.