Protected by privilege: lessons from Guergis v. Novak et al.

Justice Giovanna Toscano Roccamo graduated from the University of Ottawa Law School and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1985. She was a partner with the Ottawa law firm Nelligan O’Brien Payne LLP, practicing in the area of insurance and personal injury litigation at the time of her appointment. She served on the Case Management Implementation Committee for the Eastern Region, as well as the Provincial Steering Committee for implementation of mandatory mediation in Case Management. Justice Toscano Roccamo served as President of the CCLA and was a member of the CCLA Civil Litigation Updated Conference Planning Committee from 1983 to 2008. She was appointed to the Bench of the Superior Court of Justice on April 11, 2003. She has been a regular speaker at conferences put on by the CCLA, OBA, Family Institute and Advocates’ Society. She has served on the Civil Bench and Bar Committee since 2008.