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Biography

Jonathan G. Herman is the Chief Executive Officer of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. Appointed in 2006, he is the Federation’s first CEO following a major reform of the Federation and was responsible for establishing the organization’s national profile in Ottawa. He is the current President of the International Institute of Law Association Chief Executives (IILACE) and is an Executive Officer of the Bar Issues Commission of the International Bar Association. From 2004-2006, Mr. Herman was the senior political advisor and Chief of Staff to Canada’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General. Until 2003, he was a partner in a Montreal law firm where he practised corporate and commercial law. Mr. Herman is a graduate of McGill University, and also holds law degrees in civil law and common law from the Université de Sherbrooke and Dalhousie University. He has been a member of the Barreau du Québec since 1991.