If there is a big event or major organization in Calgary, odds are Michael Casey has played a major role in it. The 1972 law alumnus has been involved with the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, Calgary Grey Cup Committee, Calgary Airport Authority, Tourism Calgary, Calgary Chamber of Commerce, Calgary Airport Authority and most notable served as president and CEO of the Calgary Stampede.카지노 게임 컬렉션
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The long list of community involvement is one of the reasons why Michael has been named this year카지노 게임 컬렉션s Johnson Award recipient, which is the highest honour bestowed by the QUAA카지노 게임 컬렉션s Calgary Branch. Michael will be honoured at a reception on Oct. 7.
He took time out of his busy schedule to answer a few questions about his career and his experience at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s.
Q: Why did you choose to do you law degree at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s?
A: 카지노 게임 컬렉션Well, that카지노 게임 컬렉션s so long ago. I can honestly say I had completed a four-year undergraduate program at U of Alberta. I was interested in going to another university just to gain experience and the opportunity came to apply to different schools. I thought it would be interesting to go to school in eastern Canada since I카지노 게임 컬렉션d never been there at that stage in my life. I didn카지노 게임 컬렉션t know anything about Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s at the time but as it turned out it was probably one of the best decisions I made without a whole a lot of prior knowledge about the quality of the school. I applied to a number of different law schools and Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s was one that was good enough to accept me and I just made that decision at that time.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Q: After finishing your law degree, why did you choose to settle in Calgary?
A: 카지노 게임 컬렉션It was home by then. My family had moved to Calgary after I went into my undergrad. So, Calgary had been home for awhile. I spent some of my summers working in Calgary and had met some people here and felt that it was just a great place to go to work in terms of the nature of Alberta and the economy and what I was interested in at the time. So, [I] had an opportunity to come back with just an excellent law firm, so that was the basis of the decision.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Q: How does it feel to be this year카지노 게임 컬렉션s Johnson Award winner?
A: 카지노 게임 컬렉션Humbling. [I was] completely surprised by the whole thing. I카지노 게임 컬렉션ve not been particularly active as part of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s alumni in Calgary. I카지노 게임 컬렉션ve done some things for the law school. So, it was very surprising to receive the phone call but very humbling when I thought about all the other great people that are here and what they카지노 게임 컬렉션ve done for the community and the university.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Q: How do you feel Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s has helped you both professionally and personally over the years since graduating?
A: 카지노 게임 컬렉션Professionally, it provided me with just an excellent education in law... the law school at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s is just first rate and I was very fortunate to have gone there. The quality of the education, the quality of the professors, the faculty and, perhaps most importantly, the quality of the students when I was there was just terrific and so I was very fortunate. It provided me with the basis for what you need to practice law and that카지노 게임 컬렉션s terrific. In terms of carrying on in life afterwards, my experience of going down to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s as a young man 21 years-old and experiencing everything there is in eastern Canada, I had a terrific group of classmates. [I카지노 게임 컬렉션ve] maintained close relationships with many of them since then. The opportunity to visit with many of them and their families when I was down there gave me a huge exposure to Canada and [a different] culture. It was terrific. It was just an amazing three years and really set me up for whatever success I카지노 게임 컬렉션ve had.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Q: Not bad for a random choice in a law school ...
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Q: Are there any memories from your time at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s that stand out?
A: 카지노 게임 컬렉션Thousands. I think I touched on the one that카지노 게임 컬렉션s probably the most significant and that was the amazing classmates that I had in Law카지노 게임 컬렉션72. Just a terrific bunch of people and we카지노 게임 컬렉션ve maintained those relationships over many, many years. But the quality of the people that I studied with and enjoyed life with for three years was just amazing. You know there are so many memories that come from that itself; you could fill a book. But that카지노 게임 컬렉션s perhaps the most important. I mean, the culture of Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s when you카지노 게임 컬렉션re there, it카지노 게임 컬렉션s something Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s has to be very proud of because it카지노 게임 컬렉션s a smaller university. You카지노 게임 컬렉션re in a university town; you카지노 게임 컬렉션re not in a commuter campus. It카지노 게임 컬렉션s a completely different experience to what I had at U of A, which is a much larger university ... but the total experience as a student in a university town like Kingston is something that I카지노 게임 컬렉션ll never forget and something that I will always value. The atmosphere around the university, the sports and everything that takes place there, the cultural activities, the location of it on the lake, it was just an amazing experience.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Q: What do you like most about being a lawyer?
A: 카지노 게임 컬렉션That카지노 게임 컬렉션s a difficult question to answer but number one is the ability to work with companies [and] individual clients on issues that concern them, whether they be problems or whether they be opportunities. To assist people from the legal aspect and be part of that decision making process is, to me, the most important and interesting part of what I카지노 게임 컬렉션ve done. Secondarily, it would be, if you카지노 게임 컬렉션re fortunate enough and lucky enough to get into a firm that supports you and you support them. There카지노 게임 컬렉션s just not a better way to spend your working life in terms of working with a group of people who share common values and interests. You can grow so much, not just as a professional, as a lawyer, but as a person, and I카지노 게임 컬렉션ve been very fortunate with this firm. It카지노 게임 컬렉션s just an excellent law firm in so many different ways that has provided me with the base of everything that I can do.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Q: You are heavily involved in the Calgary community and have volunteered with many organizations, including the Calgary Stampede, Calgary Olympic Committee, Tourism Calgary, and Calgary Grey Cup Committee. Why is giving back important?
A: 카지노 게임 컬렉션There카지노 게임 컬렉션s that old adage, I think everybody has to pay for the space they occupy and there카지노 게임 컬렉션s many, many ways of doing that, of course, and one way is to be involved in your community in different organizations that provide some value back to the community. That was the route I chose. But I think it카지노 게임 컬렉션s very important when you settle into a community that that old adage of paying for the space you occupy is one thing you have to think about and that was something that when I joined this law firm, the senior partners at that time, they were all very active in Calgary and they just anticipated that the people who joined the firm would follow that lead. So I was just extremely fortunate to have been here just after Chief Justice Ken Moore 카지노 게임 컬렉션 who was the senior partner 카지노 게임 컬렉션 left and then my mentors, Miles Atkinson, Terry McMahon, were both very active in the community and got me involved very quickly and very soon in my career. They were supportive and that카지노 게임 컬렉션s what they felt was important in the community, in addition to providing good legal advice, so it was an easy transition for me.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Q: What do you consider to be your greatest professional accomplishment?
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