Sibling rivalry extends to court
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They’ve spent their whole lives debating with each other, and now brother and sister get to do it on opposing sides of the courtroom.
Siblings Marycia and Philip Sieklicki are among Brandon’s four newest lawyers — both were called to the bar yesterday during a ceremony at the Brandon courthouse.
"It was really meant to be," Marycia said following the ceremony before Justice John Menzies, local lawyers and family and friends.
And — if a sister and brother called to the bar at the same time wasn’t unusual enough — they took their oaths alongside Bryan Webber, their former teacher who introduced them to law when they studied at Vincent Massey High School.
Webber, a 42-year-old who hails from Souris, is also the former homeroom teacher of Patrick Sullivan, who was also called to the bar during yesterday’s ceremony.
Webber left his job as a teacher in 2006 to pursue his law degree at the University of Manitoba where the Sieklickis, his former pupils, became classmates.
All four freshly minted lawyers are locals who intend to practise in Brandon.
"Brandon’s a great city," said Sullivan, who was born and raised in the Wheat City and earned his law degree from the University of Victoria last year.
Sullivan, 29, and Webber were articling students with Brandon law firm Meighen, Haddad and Co., where they’re now expected to practise.
Meanwhile, Marycia, 25, and Philip, 23, will face each other in the courtroom — one as prosecutor and the other as defence counsel.
Marycia is expected to join the Brandon Crown attorneys office, where she articled for the last year and previously worked for a summer as a student.
Philip is expected to work for the Brandon Legal Aid office, where he articled and worked as a law student.
They’ve already handled bail hearings, trials and sentencings — sometimes arguing their case against each other.
But brother and sister said they don’t mind squaring off before a judge.
While growing up in Brandon, they argued about politics, philosophy and current events.
"We always liked to debate, we’ve debated our entire lives," Marycia said, adding she and Philip may argue in court, but they’re family outside the courthouse.
"We basically cut off work at the end of the day and go back to just being siblings."
The Sieklicki legal legacy may not end here.
Younger brother Andrew, 17, said he’s also considering a legal career.