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Richard J. Scott

Richard J. Scott QC

Counsel

Office
Fredericton
Tel: 506.453.0928
Fax: 506.458.9903

Assistant
Joan Knox
Languages
English

Profile

Richard is Counsel in our Fredericton office. His practice focuses on legal research to resolve complex legal issues in all practice areas, in both substantive and procedural matters, and on appellate advocacy. He is an experienced advocate before the New Brunswick Court of Appeal for clients of the firm and as counsel to other lawyers.

 

Richard has a B.B.A. and LL.B. from the University of New Brunswick. He has been a part-time lecturer there in various commercial law related courses for over 20 years in both the Faculties of Law and Engineering.

 

Richard is a member of the Council of the Law Society of New Brunswick and presently serves as Vice-President of the Society. He is a member of the Society’s Executive and Audit and Risk Management Committees. He is a member of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal Bar Liaison Committee. He is a member of the National Advisory Committee of the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute and Chairperson of its Atlantic Regional Committee. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII).

 

Active in his community, Richard is a former President of the UNB’s Alumni Association and is a former member of UNB’s Board of Governors and Academic Senates.

 

Education

  • LL.B., University of New Brunswick (1976)
  • B.B.A., University of New Brunswick (1974)

Bar Admissions

New Brunswick (1976)

 

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