ABOUT US

The Atlantic Provinces Trial Lawyers Association is a plaintiff-oriented organization dedicated to obtaining legal redress for those who have suffered injury or injustice, and to preserving the rights of the injured to full and fair compensation. Primarily, APTLA is a network of like thinking trial lawyers, sharing their wealth of knowledge and experiences. APTLA speaks with one voice on matters of concern to plaintiff-oriented lawyers and their clients. APTLA was formed with four fundamental purposes in mind:

to form a network of like thinking trial lawyers who would share among its members their wealth of knowledge and experiences;
to safeguard, foster and elevate the practice of plaintiff-side trial work for our Members and their clients;
to work to preserve innocent victims’ rights to tort recovery and to directly oppose tort recovery restrictions and work to correct the erosion of rights around the region; and,
to establish first class skill-sharpening legal education programs which are inspirational, highly relevant, and impart to plaintiff trial lawyers skills and information directly related to their practices.

The Atlantic Provinces Trial Lawyers Association has an active and vibrant New Lawyers Section, that supports Law Students and Clerks, and Lawyers in their first four years of practice. We offer our NLS Members a private ListServ for communicating amongst themselves about their work and we also offer significant discounts for NLS Members attending our legal education conferences.

APTLA is committed to political action to preserve the rights of accident victims and plaintiffs. We perform this work through our Access To Justice (A2J) Committee. The A2J is APTLA's fundraising arm for non-operational expenses. We have regular contributors and specific event related contributors. Generally, the funding takes the form of special projects and initiatives. A2J funds are in place to ensure that APTLA can follow through when and where needed with regard to seeking justice and fighting back against threats to access to justice. APTLA Members can click on the above link to review more information regarding A2J or click here to make a donation to the A2J Fund.

Executive

President	Gerald Ralph (NL)	gerald@centrallaw.ca
Vice President	Cindy Taylor (PEI)	cynthia.taylor@keymurraylaw.com
Vice President Elect & Treasurer	Lyndsay Jardine (NS)	ljardine@wagners.co
2nd VP Elect	Vacant (NB)
Past President	Marie-Josée Ouellette (NB)	mjouellette@fidelislaw.ca
Parliamentarian	Vacant

CEO & Executive Director

Elizabeth Ann (Libby) Kinghorne, Esq.

libbykinghorne@aptla.ca

Board of Directors

Stacey England	Nova Scotia	sengland@burchellmacdougall.com
Aodhan Murphy	Nova Scotia	Aodhan@mikemurphylaw.ca
Laura Neilan	Nova Scotia	laura.neilan@pressemason.com

Coralie Robert	New Brunswick	crobert@macgillivraylaw.com
Virginia Gillmore	New Brunswick	vgillmore@fidelislaw.ca

John Maynard	Prince Edward Island	john.maynard@keymurraylaw.com
Derek Bondt	Prince Edward Island	derek.bondt@keymurraylaw.com

Ernest Gittens	Newfoundland	egittens@gittenslaw.com
Vacant	Newfoundland
Shelley Handrigan	Newfoundland	shandrigan@rrmlaw.ca

Young Lawyer Section Chair

Aodhan Murphy

Aodhan@mikemurphylaw.ca