A Bay Street litigator, a charitable foundation architect and a global dealmaker are the newest members of the Queen’s Law Dean’s Council. They’re ready to give advice on the school’s strategic directions, as well as help with its efforts in fundraising, alumni network expansion, and student recruitment and placement. 

“I am excited to help in some small way to ensure that the Queen’s Law experience that was so meaningful to me and my classmates will exist for future generations,” says Peter Brady, Law’96, who along with Kristin J. Morch, Law’85 (Artsci’80), and Richard Tory, Law’89, recently joined the outstanding group of alumni council members from Canada and abroad.  

Brady, a partner with McCarthy Tétrault LLP’s Litigation and Mining Groups in Toronto, also co-heads the firm’s National Environmental, Regulatory & Aboriginal Group. His areas of specialization are environmental law, occupational health and safety law, and mining law. He rejoined the partnership in 2014 after a seven-year stint as Deputy General Counsel at the global mining company Vale, for which his global legal mandate involved environmental, health and safety, litigation and anti-corruption compliance issues. For that work, he received the Canadian General Counsel Award (CGCA) for Litigation Management.  

“As busy as life is, we must give back and support those in our community and beyond,” says Brady. “My academic, social and personal experience at Queen’s and in particular the Faculty of Law was foundational for me and remains a memory that anchors me with pride, gratitude and smiles. I have wanted to create a formal and lasting connection with Queens Law again as my career and life moves along. I am excited to provide support to the Dean and the law school in meeting the challenges of our evolving profession.” 

Kristin Morch is General Counsel to the Continental Saxon Group, a diversified real estate, venture capital, and oil and gas company. Previously, she was a partner with Aird & Berlis and General Counsel to Ernst & Young in the liquidation of Standard Trust Company. 

With her husband, Al Pace, she co-founded The Pace Family Foundation in 2008. It contributes to improving healthcare in Ontario and has supported the Toronto Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation, the Hospital for Sick Children, St. Michael’s Hospital and the North Bay General Hospital, along with many other community causes and local charities. The Foundation also supports healthcare and water projects throughout Rwanda, and in the Democratic of Congo, Uganda, Niger, Kenya and Malawi.

“I have always been proud of earning my two degrees from Queen’s,” says Morch. “I believe that the quality of the faculty, their passion and accessibility to students created a unique educational opportunity, which stood me in very good stead for my career. I look forward to contributing to the Dean’s Council, especially in regard to the new initiatives underway to strengthen the intersection of law and business, as well as supporting Indigenous students through the Douglas Cardinal Bursary.” 

Richard Tory, Law’89, is a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley based in Toronto. His career began at Torys LLP, where he became partner, but in 1998 he accepted a junior position at a U.K. investment bank in London, England, to start a career in banking. In 2010, he moved from London to Hong Kong, where he continued to develop a reputation as a successful global dealmaker. He moved back to Canada in 2017 to run Morgan Stanley’s Canadian investment banking business. 

“The world is very different today than when I graduated in 1989,” says Tory. “Under Dean Bill Flanagan’s leadership, Queen’s Law has adapted remarkably well to the changes in the legal profession and is striving to find new ways to position its graduates for success in this highly competitive and evolving world. I look forward to joining Bill and the rest of the Council and hope that my experiences in Europe and Asia, outside the law, will bring a helpful perspective to these new initiatives.”