Biographical Notes

Backgrounder

Alberta

The Honourable Sheilah L. Martin

Education

• Bachelor of Common Law and a Bachelor of Civil Law, McGill University (1981)
• Master of Laws, University of Alberta (1983)
• Doctorate of Juridical Sciences, University of Toronto (1991)

Professional Experience

2005 - Present

Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta in Calgary

2001 - 2005

Partner with Code Hunter LLP in Calgary

1996 - 1999

Barrister and Solicitor with Evans Martin and Wilson (then Wolch, Wilson and Dewitt)

1989 - 2005

Professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary

1989

Called to the Bar of Alberta

The Honourable Sheila J. Greckol

Education

• Bachelor of Laws, University of Alberta (1975)

Professional Experience

2001 - Present

Judge of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench in Edmonton

1986 - 2001

Partner, Chivers, Greckol & Kanee

1976 - 1985

Associate and then partner, Wright, Chivers & Company

1976

Called to the Bar of Alberta

The Honourable John T. Henderson

Education

• Bachelor of Arts (1976) and a Bachelor of Laws, University of Alberta (1979)

Professional Experience

2009 - Present

Judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta in Edmonton

1980 - 2009

Partner with Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, now Dentons Canada LLP in Edmonton

1980

Admitted to the Bar of Alberta

Douglas R. Mah, Q.C.

Education

• Bachelor of Arts, University of Calgary (1978)
• Bachelor of Laws, University of Western Ontario (1981)

Professional Experience

1988 - Present

Counsel, then Secretary and General Counsel since 1998 of the Alberta Worker's Compensation Board in Edmonton

1982 - 1988

Associate with Milner & Steer, Barristers & Solicitors in Edmonton

1982

Called to the Bar of Alberta

Gillian D. Marriott, Q.C.

Education

• Bachelor of Arts, Carleton University (1981)
• Bachelor of Laws, Dalhousie University (1984)

Professional Experience

2013 - Present

Counsel with Widdowson Kachur Ostwald Menzies LLP in Calgary

2009 - 2013

Executive Director of Pro Bono Law Alberta

1996 - 2008

Associate then partner with Dunphy Best Blocksom LLP

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1994 - 1996

Legal research consultant, Alberta Law Reform Institute and the Health Law Institute

1988 - 1994

Counsel with Howard Mackie (Borden Ladner Gervais LLP)

1986 - 1988

Lawyer with MacCallum Douglas McIntyre in British Columbia

1988

Admitted to the Bar of Alberta

1985

Admitted to the Bar of British Columbia

Avril B. Inglis

Education

• Bachelor of Arts, University of Manitoba (1994)
• Bachelor of Laws, University of Manitoba (1998)

Professional Experience

2014 - Present

Project counsel with Alberta Justice and Solicitor General in Edmonton

2000 - 2014

Crown prosecutor in both Manitoba and Alberta

2003

Called to the Bar of Alberta

2000

Called to the Bar of Manitoba

British Columbia

The Honourable Marguerite H. Church

Education

• Bachelor of Laws, University of Auckland in New Zealand (1988)
• Master of Laws, University of British Columbia (1991)

Professional Experience

2011 - Present

Judge of the Provincial Court of British Columbia in Williams Lake

2003 - 2011

Associate with Cundari Seibel LLP in Kamloops

1998 - 2002

Associate with Rogers & Hyslop in Kamloops

1991 - 1994

Senior Research Associate, Department of Asian Legal Studies, University of British Columbia

1988 - 1989

Associate with Rudd Watts & Stone in Auckland, New Zealand

1988

Admitted to the Bar of New Zealand

1998

Admitted to the Bar of British Columbia

Maria Morellato, Q.C.

Education

• Bachelor of Arts, Simon Fraser University (1982)
• Bachelor of Laws, University of British Columbia (1984)

Professional Experience

2009 - Present

Partner with Mandell Pinder LLP in Vancouver

1989 - 2008

Associate and then partner with Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

1987 - 1989

Lawyer, Industrial Relations Council

1986 - 1987

Associate with Alexander Holburn, Beaudin & Lang

1986

Admitted to the Bar of British Columbia

Federal Court of Appeals

The Honourable Judith M. Woods

Education

• Bachelor of Laws, University of Western Ontario (1974)
• Master of Laws, Georgetown University, US (1978)

Professional Experience

2003 - Present

Judge of the Tax Court of Canada

1978 - 2003

Partner with McCarthy Tétrault LLP in Toronto

1976 - 1977

Lawyer with Dow Chemical Canada Inc.

1976

Admitted to the Bar of Ontario

Ontario

The Honourable Jonathan C. George

Education

• Bachelor of Laws, University of Western Ontario (1999)

Professional Experience

2012 - Present

Judge of the Ontario Court of Justice in London

2001 - 2012

Associate with Robbins Henderson & Davis in Sarnia
Legal counsel of Kettle & Stony Point Chief & Council in Kettle Point First Nation

2001

Admitted to the Bar of Ontario

Calum U. C. Macleod

Education

• Bachelor of Arts, Queen's University (1977)
• Bachelor of Laws, Queen's University (1980)

Professional Experience

1998 - Present

Case Management Master of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Ottawa

1997 - 1998

Associate with Zwicker, Evans & Lewis, Barristers and Solicitors in Barrie

1995 - 1998

Mediator, Arbitrator, MacLeod Dispute Resolution in Barrie

1989 - 1995

Counsel and then partner with Service Nichols MacLeod, Barristers & Solicitors in Barrie

1986 - 1989

Sole practitioner in Markham

1983 - 1986

Partner with MacLeod, McCaffrey & Associates, Barristers & Solicitors in Toronto

1983

Admitted to the Bar of Ontario

Freya Kristjanson

Education

• Bachelor of Arts, Queen's University (1983)
• Juris Doctor, University of Victoria (1987)

Professional Experience

2015 - Present

Partner with Wardle Daley Bernstein Bieber LLP in Toronto

2009 - 2014

Partner with Cavaluzzo Shilton McIntyre & Cornish LLP in Toronto

1989 - 2008

Counsel and then partner with Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in Toronto

1989

Admitted to the Bar of Ontario

Sharon Lavine

Education

• Bachelor of Arts, McGill University (1988)
• Bachelor of Laws, University of Toronto (1991)

Professional Experience

2004 - Present

Served as Alternate Chair of the Ontario Review Board

1993 - Present

Associate and then partner with Greenspan Humphrey Lavine in Toronto

1993

Admitted to the Bar of Ontario

Lucy K. McSweeney

Education

• Bachelor of Science, University of Toronto (1988)
• Bachelor of Laws, Queen's University (1993)

Professional Experience

2010 - Present

Children's Lawyer for Ontario, Ministry of the Attorney General in Toronto

2000 - 2010

Litigation counsel for the Ministry of the Attorney General, including as Deputy Legal Director of the Strategic Planning Unit and of the Crown Law Office - Civil

1995 - 2000

Associate with Eberts Symes Street and Corbett in Toronto

1995

Admitted to the Bar of Ontario

Québec

The Honourable Éric Downs

Education

• Received a Bachelor of Arts from the Faculty of Law, University of Sherbrooke (1986)

Professional Experience

2012 - Present

Judge of the Court of Québec in Montréal

2008 - 2012

Partner with Downs Lepage

1991 - 2008

Counsel and then partner with Hébert, Bourque et Downs; Hébert Downs

1987 - 1991

Prosecutor with Justice Québec

1987

Admitted to the Barreau du Québec

Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould Justice Canada Law