The new treasurer will be elected on June 17
Benchers Bob Adourian, Pam Hrick, Mitchell Kitagawa, Shalini Konanur, and Greg Monforton have been announced as the candidates for the Law Society of Ontario’s Office of Treasurer for the 2026-27 term.
The nominations period concluded on May 14, and the new treasurer will be elected on June 17. The new treasurer will then take the mantle on June 25 at the meeting of Convocation; Peter Wardle completes his second term as treasurer on that day.
Adourian was nominated by Demetra Dimokopoulos and Edward Choi. He practises from Devry Smith Frank LLP’s Toronto office.
He focuses on real estate, wills, estate planning, and estate administration. He has tackled residential, commercial, and industrial transactions; moreover, he has worked with major banks and trust companies on financing transactions.
Hrick was nominated by Michael Winward and Annamaria Enenajor. She recently joined Lerners’ partnership in Toronto following a stint as Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund general counsel and executive director.
She works with Lerners’ dispute resolution and advocacy and personal injury (sexual assault and abuse) groups. While practising as a litigator, she concentrated on administrative and regulatory law, constitutional law, sexual violence matters, criminal law, and appeals and judicial reviews.
Hrick was named among Canadian Lawyer’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers last year.
Kitagawa was nominated by Margaret Waddell and Laura Emmett. He is a partner at Kelly Santini LLP.
He acts for domestic and international insurers on defence and subrogation claims and with claims examiners and adjusters on bodily injury, property and construction claims. He has appeared before all levels of Ontario civil court. In addition, he was once CCLA continuing professional development chair.
Konanur was nominated by Gerald Chan and Atrisha Lewis. She is the executive director of and a lawyer at the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario.
She concentrates on issues concerning racism, discrimination, and gender-based violence. She actively advocates for poverty law reform and has lobbied at the municipal, provincial, and federal level for social assistance, housing, immigration, employment, human rights, and gender-based violence reform.
Monforton was nominated by Deborah Moriah and Sidney Troister. He is a co-founding partner of Greg Monforton & Partners.
He concentrates on matters involving personal injury, automotive accidents, medical malpractice, premises liability, and defective products (medical/pharmaceutical). He represented the family of Lori Dupont, a Windsor-based nurse who was murdered, in its civil action and the coroners inquest. He also acted for victims of the Nationair DC-8 airline crash at King Abel-Aziz International Airport.
Lexpert ranked him as a leading lawyer in the “personal injury – represents plaintiffs” category.
The LSO elects a new treasurer as its leader annually. Should more than one nominee be put forward, a poll is conducted on the second Wednesday of June. The poll closes on the following Wednesday and a new treasurer is thus determined.
