Jacqueline Horvat, Treasurer
Jacqueline Horvat was elected as Treasurer by the Law Society’s governing body (Convocation) on June 15, 2022 and she took office on June 28, 2022. She was elected for a second term on May 26, 2023. The Treasurer is the top-elected official of the Law Society, which regulates Ontario’s lawyers and paralegals in the public interest. She is the sixth woman Treasurer in the 225-year history of the Law Society.
Treasurer Horvat was first elected a Bencher in 2011 and was serving her third term when she was elected. She was called to the Ontario bar in 2002.
She is a litigation lawyer at Gillian Hnatiw & Co., and was a founding partner of Spark Law, where she gained an understanding of the issues and daily worries faced by sole and small practice lawyers across the province.
Treasurer Horvat has a broad and varied corporate/commercial litigation practice representing both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial disputes, class action litigation and appeals. She has appeared at all levels of court in Ontario, the Federal Court Trial Division and the Federal Court of Appeal.
Her external appointments include:
- Vice-President and Ontario representative on the Council of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada:
- Chair of the National Requirement Review
- Member of the National Committee on Accreditation and the Public Affairs and Government Relations Committee
- Past Member of the Standing Committee on the Model Code of Professional Conduct
- Past Director of Library Co. Inc.
- Past Director of the Ontario Judicial Education Network
- Member of the Independent Advisory Board for Supreme Court of Canada Judicial Appointments.
Splitting her time between Windsor and Toronto, Jacqueline is also an occasional instructor and frequent guest lecturer at University of Windsor’s Faculty of Law. She is also involved in collaborative projects with the University of Windsor, including the Reclaim Pro Bono Project which provides free legal advice and representation to clients who have suffered technology facilitated violence, including the non-consensual distribution of intimate images, online harassment, sextortion, public disclosure of private facts, voyeurism, and impersonation.
Contact the Treasurer at treasurer@lso.ca.