From the Spring/Summer 2008 issue of Nexus.
Patrick Garver, winner of ZSA's 2006 Canadian General Counsel of the Year award, has generously donated his $70,000 winnings to establish the Patrick Garver Bursary at the Faculty of Law. Garver is not an alumnus of U of T - he did his JD at the University of Utah. However, his wife, Judith Hinchman, took a number of joint accreditation courses at the faculty in order to qualify to practice law in Ontario when the couple made the move from Utah to Toronto for his job with the Barrick Gold Corporation.
"My wife had an excellent educational experience at the faculty. So, when we received word of the award, it was really an easy choice as to what do to with the funds," says Garver.
Garver was chosen as Canadian General Counsel of the Year for his excellence, his ability to deal with complexity across both issues and jurisdictions, and his irrefutable sure-handedness in dealing with numerous challenges. The advisory board that selected Garver noted that the role he has played in his company's overall health and well-being was a deciding factor, and that his leadership experience as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, and subsequent promotion to Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Barrick made Garver an ideal candidate for the award.
Garver was appointed Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Barrick Gold Corporation in December 1993, and Executive Vice President and General Counsel in December 1995. He oversees all legal matters for Barrick, one of the world's leading international gold mining companies.
In the little spare time that he has, Garver enjoys cooking, painting, biking around Toronto and trying to get used to his relatively new status as an "empty nester". Garver and Hinchman's two children, who consider themselves completely Canadian, are doing their undergraduate studies at Duke University.
The Faculty of Law congratulates Patrick Garver on his welldeserved professional award, and gratefully acknowledges his generosity and dedication to supporting current law school students with their studies.
(L-R): Chris Sweeney, Chairman, ZSA, Patrick Garver, Dean Mayo Moran, and Jim Middlemiss, Legal Editor, National Post.
