The Carol Creighton Award

The Carol Creighton Award for Contribution to Public Law is awarded annually to recognize an outstanding government lawyer for exemplary contribution to public service and the profession.

The award is to recognize a lawyer’s exceptional achievement in the Ontario public service either over a career or for specific contributions to public law.

Eligible recipients will include lawyers currently or previously employed by the Government of Ontario who have been ALOC members. This includes excluded lawyers (i.e., Ministry of Government Services lawyers) but does not include Crown Attorneys.

Carol Creighton Award Recipients

The following have been recognized as outstanding government lawyers for their exemplary contribution to public service and the profession as recipients of the Carol Creighton Award for Contribution to Public Law:

Sunil Mathai	2022	Crown Law Office Civil
John Malichen-Snyder	2021	Ministry of the Solicitor General
Sara Blake	2020	Crown Law Office – Civil
Sari Teitelbaum	2019	Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Brian G. Whitehead	2018	Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
Elaine Ross	2017	Ministry of Munici[al Affairs and Housing
Hart Schwartz	2016	Constitutional Law Branch
Laura A. Hopkins	2015	Office of Legislative Counsel
Daphne Intrator	2014	Crown Law Office, Civil
Janet E. Minor	2013	Constitutional Law Branch
Kim Twohig	2012	Crown Law Office, Civil
Leslie McIntosh	2011	Crown Law Office, Civil
Jeff Levitt	2010	Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
John Twohig	2008	Justice Policy Development Branch
Michael Fleishman	2007	Crown Law Office, Civil
Mel Springman	2006	Ministry of Health
Dennis W. Brown	2005	Crown Law Office, Civil
Thomas H. Wickett	2003	Crown Law Office, Civil
Ralph H. Lewis	2002	Ministry of Consumer & Commercial Relations
Anu Church	2002	Ministry of Education
Donald Revell	2001	Office of Legislative Counsel
Tim McCabe	2000	Crown Law Office, Civil

Selection

The Selection Committee will be chaired by the President of ALOC and composed of the following individuals (pending their availability and willingness to participate):

one ALOC nominee;
one Constitutional Law Branch nominee;
the Deputy Attorney General (or his/her nominee); and
a judge who was previously employed in the civil service, to be selected by the Chair of the Committee in consultation with the Committee members.

In the event that any of the positions or organizations composing the Selection Committee ceases to exist, a member of the Selection Committee may be nominated or selected from the successor to that position or organization.

Nominations

Nominations should include one letter of nomination plus at least two supporting letters. Nominations may also include other supporting material. The consent of the nominee to his or her nomination must also be provided.