George R. Lohnes, Q.C.,
Of Counsel

	Phone:	(902) 678-6156 Ext. #226
	Fax:	(902) 678-6010
	E-mail:	lohnes@tmcLAW.com
	Location(s):	Kentville
	Legal Assistant:	Pauline Burrell Ext. #261

George is a former Partner and Managing Partner of TMC LAW. He is currently in an of Counsel relationship with the firm.

Preferred Areas of Practice

• Bankruptcy & Insolvency
• Mortgage Realization & Collection
• Commercial Remedies
• Municipal and Property

Qualifications

• Queen's Counsel (1997)
• LL.B. (Dalhousie University, 1977)
• Bar Admission: Nova Scotia, 1978

Professional Experience

George carries on a Mortgage Redemption Practice throughout Nova Scotia for one of the five chartered banks and Canada'a largest independent mortgage financing company. He serves as solicitor for the Town of Annapolis Royal and has served as solicitor for the Municipality of the County of Kings. George has acted as Assistant Crown Prosecutor for the Province of Nova Scotia.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

George has been President of both the Kentville & Area Board of Trade (Eastern Kings Chamber of Commerce) and Kings County Barristers' Society and has chaired the Annapolis Valley Residential Tenancies Board. He served on the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society Bar Council and Bar Society Committees, including the Real Estate Task Force, Probate Task Force, Foreclosure Precedents Committee and co-chaired the Service Nova Scotia & Municipal Relations Liaison Committee.

He is a Past Chair of the Board of Trustees of Acadia Divinity College and is currently a member of Executive Committee and First Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of Acadia University.

He has been very active within the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches including several years on the Denominational Council and as Convention Parliamentarian. He served as Chair of Valley Pastoral Counselling Services Association and a past member of the Board of Directors of the Christian Council for Reconciliation: Prison Ministry. He is a member of the Advocacy Committee of the Eastern Kings Chamber of Commerce.

Activities within the Firm

Counsel to the Firm.

Personal Interests

For relaxation George enjoys hiking, canoeing, and politics.