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(~X) = approximate number of published decisions according to CanLII as of Oct 2018, unless otherwise indicated.

Current Justices

See also: Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Previous Justices)

(Full complement of 76)

Name	Division	Appointed	Nominated By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Chief Justice Mary T. Moreau[1]	Edmonton	November 1994	Chretien	private practice (criminal) Called to bar (~1980)	Published criminal decisions (~58)
Associate Chief Justice John D. Rooke [2]	Calgary	1991	Mulroney	Partner, Barnet Duckworth Palmer LLP (Calgary) Called to bar (1970)	Published criminal decisions (~25)
Justice Paul R. Belzil [3]	Edmonton	December 15, 1995		Chatwin, Belzil Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions (~32)
Justice Vital O. Ouellette	Edmonton	2002	Chrétien	General Practitioner, St. Paul AB	Published criminal decisions (~0) Ran as Liberal MP [4]
Justice Karen M. Horner [5]	Calgary	December 12, 2002	Chrétien	Bennett Jones LLP Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions (~4)
Justice John J. Gill [6]	Edmonton	January 19, 2005	Martin	Partner, McCuaig Durocher LLP Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions (~24)
Justice Donna L. Shelley	Edmonton	2006	Harper	Chair, Law Enforcement Review Board of Alberta McLennan Ross LLP	Published criminal decisions (~36)
Justice D.K. Miller	Lethbridge	2006	Harper	Sole Practitioner in Medicine Hat	Published criminal decisions (~13)
Justice Kristine M. Eidsvik	Calgary	2007	Harper	Bennett Jones LLP	Published criminal decisions (~24)
Justice Kent G. Nielsen	Edmonton	2007	Harper		Published criminal decisions (~8)
Justice Donald J. Manderscheid [7]	Edmonton	December 14, 2007	Harper	Counsel, City of Edmonton	Published criminal decisions (~32)
Justice K.D. Yamauchi [8]	Calgary	December 14, 2007	Harper	Professor, University of Calgary	Published criminal decisions (~60)
Justice J.R. Jeffrey	Calgary	2009	Harper	Partner, Jeffrey Twyman LLP	Published criminal decisions (~20)
Justice M.R. Bast [9]	Red Deer	September 2009	Harper	Provincial Court (2006 to 2009) Schnell Hardy Jones (1991 to 2006)	Published criminal decisions (~5)
Justice W.A. Tilleman [10]	Calgary	December 11, 2009	Harper	William A. Tilleman Professional Corporation	Published criminal decisions (~31)
Justice Joanne H. Goss [11]	Edmonton	February 10, 2010	Harper	Provincial Court (1999 to 2010) Miller Thompson (1985 to 1999) Called to bar (1984)	Published criminal decisions (~18)
Justice Robert J. Hall [12]	Calgary	May 14, 2010	Harper	Partner, Scott Hall LLP Scott Hall LLP Milner Fenerty Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions (~15)
Justice G.H. Poelman [13]	Calgary	August 6, 2010	Harper	Macleod Dixon LLP (1983 to 2010)	Published criminal decisions (~12)
Justice R.A. Jerke [14] [15]	Lethbridge	March 4, 2011	Harper	Davidson & Williams LLP	Published criminal decisions (~10)
Justice P.B. Michalyshyn [16]	Edmonton	March 4, 2011	Harper	Chatwin LLP Crown Counsel (civil) (1992 to 1994) Pringle & Associates (1989 to 1992) Called to bar (1989)	Published criminal decisions (~21)
Justice M. David Gates [17]	Calgary	March 4, 2011	Harper	Crown Counsel, Justice Canada (1995 to 2011) Dal grad (1979)	Published criminal decisions (~41)
Justice Craig M. Jones [18]	Calgary	September 30, 2011	Harper	Partner, Felesky Flynn LLP (2001 to 2011) Sole practitioner (1994 to 2001) Called to bar (1979)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice Bruce A. Millar [19]	Calgary	October 21, 2011	Harper	Judge, Provincial Court of Alberta (2004 to 2011) Private practice (1978 to 2004) Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions (~7)
Justice Kim D. Nixon [20]	Calgary	February 8, 2013	Harper	Solo Practitioner (2012 to 2013) Bennett Jones LLP (1984 to 2010) Called to bar (1984)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice C.S. Anderson [21]	Calgary	February 8, 2013	Harper	Ross Smith Asset Management Inc Alberta Securities Commission Philips & Company Called to bar (1991)	Published criminal decisions (~5)
Justice Eldon J. Simpson [22]	Edmonton	June 7, 2013	Harper	Judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta since 2003	Published criminal decisions (~9)
Justice Glenda A. Campbell [23]	Calgary	November 8, 2013	Harper	Lawyer, Alberta Securities Commission	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice C. Dario [24]	Calgary	November 8, 2013	Harper	Smart Technologies ULC, Calgary	Published criminal decisions (~5)
Justice D.A. Yungwirth [25]	Edmonton	March 7, 2014	Harper	Yungwirth Tumbach (1999 to 2014)	Published criminal decisions (~5)
Justice John S. Little [26]	Edmonton	May 12, 2014	Harper	Witten LLP Called to bar (1987)	Published criminal decisions (~4)
Justice L.R.A. Ackerl [27]	Edmonton	June 13, 2014	Harper	Public Prosecution Service of Canada Miller, Thomson, Sedgewick, Lewis & Healy Called to bar (1987)	Published criminal decisions (~3)
Justice D. Blair Nixon [28]	Calgary	June 13, 2014	Harper	Felesky Flynn (1988 to 2014) Called to bar (1988)	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Justice Wayne N. Renke [29]	Edmonton	December 12, 2014	Harper	University of Alberta, Faculty of Law	Published criminal decisions (~23)
Justice John William Hopkins [30]	Red Deer	June 26, 2015	Harper	Chatters Canada Ltd (2014 to 2015) Woollard Hopkins & Company (1991 to 2013) Gordon Smith and McCrimmon (1986 to 1988)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice Richard A. Neufeld [31]	Calgary	June 26, 2015	Harper	Dentons Canada LLP (1979 to 2015)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice John T. Henderson [32]	Edmonton	June 17, 2016	J. Trudeau	Provincial Court (2009 to 2016) Fraser Milner Casgrain/Dentons (1980 to 2009) Called to bar (1980)	Published criminal decisions (~3)
Justice A.B. Inglis [33]	Edmonton	June 17, 2016	J. Trudeau	Project Counel AB Justice (2014 to 2016) Crown Attorney (2000 to 2014) Called to bar (2000)	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Justice Douglas R. Mah [34]	Edmonton	June 17, 2016	J. Trudeau	General Counsel, Workers' Compensation Board of Alberta	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice G.D. Marriott [35]	Calgary	June 16, 2016	J. Trudeau	Kachur Ostwald Menzies LLP (family) Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice James T. Eamon [36]	Calgary	October 20, 2016	J. Trudeau	Partner, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (Calgary) Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice George Fraser [37]	Edmonton	October 20, 2016	J. Trudeau	Crown Counsel, Alberta Justice	Published criminal decisions (~3) (as of the end of 2020)
Justice B. Bokenfohr [38]	Edmonton	October 20, 2016	J. Trudeau	Edmonton Police Department	Published criminal decisions (~0) (as of the end of 2020)
Justice M. Slawinsky [39]	Red Deer	March 24, 2017	J. Trudeau	Judge, Provincial Court of Alberta	Published criminal decisions (~0) (as of the end of 2020)
Justice M. H. Hollins [40]	Calgary	March 24, 2017	J. Trudeau	Partner, Dunphy Best Blocksom LLP	Published criminal decisions (~9) (as of the end of 2020)
Justice Willie deWit [41]	Calgary	March 24, 2017	J. Trudeau	Criminal Defence Lawyer	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice Johnna C. Kubik [42]	Lethbridge	May 12, 2017	J. Trudeau	Sole Practitioner, Kubik & Company	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice J. Ashcroft [43]	Calgary	June 23, 2017	J. Trudeau	Legal Counsel, Alberta Human Rights Commission	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice S. Mandziuk [44]	Edmonton	Sept. 29, 2017	J. Trudeau	General Counsel, Finning Inc Called to bar (1992)	Published criminal decisions (~3)
Justice G. Dunlop [45]	Edmonton	Dec. 19, 2017	J. Trudeau	Partner, Ogilvie LLP Called to bar (~1989)	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Justice M. J. Lema[46]	Edmonton	Dec. 19, 2017	J. Trudeau	Crown Counsel, Canada DOJ Called to bar (1987)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Marta E. Burns [47]	Edmonton	February 22, 2018	J. Trudeau	Crown Counsel, Alberta Justice Called to bar (~1989)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice David Labrenz [48]	Calgary	May 1, 2018	J. Trudeau	Crown Counsel (1991 to 2018) Called to bar (1987)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Gaylene Bobb (Kendell) [49]	Edmonton	April 12, 2018	J Trudeau	Chapman Riebeek LLP (family) Called to bar (1999)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice L. Bernette Ho^[1]	Calgary	April 4, 2018	J. Trudeau	Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP	Appointed to ABCA Published criminal decisions (~0) Judicial Questionnaire
Justice James T Nielson [50]	Edmonton	May 4, 2018	J. Trudeau	Partner, Parlee McLaws LLP	Published criminal decisions(~0)
Justice Nancy Dilts [51]	Calgary	May 4, 2018	J. Trudeau	Vice President of Legal and Corporate Services, Ferus Inc	Published criminal decisions (~0) Judicial Questionnaire
Justice April Grosse [52]	Calgary	May 4, 2018	J. Trudeau	Partner, Bennett Jones LLP	Published criminal decisions (~0) Judicial Questionnaire
Justice Jane Fagnan [53]	Edmonton	May 4, 2018	J. Trudeau	Legal Counsel, Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Anne Louise Kirker [54]	Calgary	May 4, 2018	J. Trudeau	Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP	Published criminal decisions (~0) Judicial Questionnaire
Justice Michael Kraus [55]	Edmonton	August 31, 2018	J. Trudeau	Emery Jamieson LLP (family) Carr & Company Called to bar (1990)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Alice Woolley [56]		November 21, 2018	J. Trudeau	University of Calgary (prof) (2004 to 2018)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Susan L. Bercov [57]		November 21, 2018	J. Trudeau		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Tamara Friesen [58]	Edmonton	January 31, 2019	J. Trudeau	Nugent Law Office Director of Legal Research and Writing, UofA Law Law Society of Alberta Crown Attorney Called to bar (2002)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Vaughan Hartigan [59]	Lethbridge	March 8, 2019	J. Trudeau	Chief Crown(2017) Ass Chief Crown(2013) Crown attorney (1995 to 2019) Called to bar (1994)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Anna Loparco [60]		March 8, 2019	J. Trudeau	Dentons LLP Called to bar (~2003)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Susan E. Richardson [61] [62]	Edmonton	April 17, 2019	J. Trudeau	Provincial Court (2011 to 2019) Crown Attorney Called to bar (~1991)	Published criminal decisions (~12) Appointed to ABQB (2019)
Justice Jane Sidnell [63]	Calgary	April 6, 2020	J. Trudeau		Published criminal decisions
Justice Barbara Johnston [64]	Calgary	April 6, 2020	J. Trudeau		Published criminal decisions
Justice Denise Kiss [65]				Called to bar (~1992)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Thomas Rothwell [66]				Called to bar (~1998)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Sherry Kachur [67]				Called to bar (~1992)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Cheryl Arcand-Kootenay [68]	Edmonton	May 26, 2021	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	Provincial Court (2018 to 2021) Akamkisipatinaw Ohpikihawasowin Child and Family Services U Alberta grad (1992)	Published criminal decisions

Supernumerary

Name	Division	Appointed	Nominated By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Justice R.A. Graesser	Edmonton	2006 (Judge) Auigust 3, 2020 (sup)	Harper	Lawyer, Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer LLP	Published criminal decisions (~57)
Justice Sandra L. Hunt McDonald	Calgary	2009 (Judge) September 9, 2019 (Sup.)	Harper	Provincial Court (1997 to 2009)	Published criminal decisions (~12)
Justice John T. McCarthy [69] [70]	Calgary	December 11, 2009 (Judge) January 6, 2020 (Sup.)	Harper	Provincial Court (2003 to 2009) Miles Davidson LLP	Published criminal decisions (~7)
Justice Stephen D. Hillier [71]	Edmonton	April 10, 2003 (Judge) April 19, 2018 (sup)	Chrétien	Field Atkinson Perraton LLP (labour) Called to bar (1974)	Published criminal decisions (~24)
Justice June M. Ross	Edmonton	2003 (Judge) Nov 3, 2018 (Sup)	Chrétien	Professor, University of Alberta Faculty of Law	Published criminal decisions (~45)
Justice S.M. Bensler*	Calgary	~1998			Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice D. Lee*	Edmonton	~1997 (Judge)			Published criminal decisions (~387)
Justice C.A. Kent*	Calgary	~1985			Published criminal decisions (~11)
Justice J.K. Langston*	Lethbridge				Published criminal decisions (~6)
Justice C.S. Phillips*	Calgary				Published criminal decisions (~5)
Justice W.P. Sullivan*	Calgary				Published criminal decisions (~32)
Justice C.L. Kenny*	Calgary				Published criminal decisions (~14)
Justice Cameron Scott Brooker* [72]	Calgary	June 20, 1996	Chretien	Code, Hunter Wittmann Fenerty, McGillivray, Robertson, Prowse, Brennan, Fraser, Bell & Code Called to bar (1971)	Published criminal decisions (~11)
Justice S.M. Sanderman* [73]	Edmonton	June 20, 1996	Chretien	Brimacombe, Sanderman, Stroppel and Finlayson Crown attorney (1977 to 1981) Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions (~34)
Justice B.E.C. Romaine* [74]	Calgary	August 28, 1997	Chrétien	McCarthy Tétrault (1982 to 1997) Brunet, Duckworth & Palmer Called to bar (1975)	Published criminal decisions (~30)
Justice Doreen A. Sulyma* [75]	Edmonton	December 23, 1997 - January 1, 2018 [76]		Cox, Trofimuk, Campbell Called to bar (1976)	Published criminal decisions (~22)
Justice Rosemary E. Nation* [77]	Calgary	December 23, 1997 - ?	Chrétien	Burnet, Duckworth and Palmer Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions (~14)
Justice Brian R Burrows* [78]	Edmonton	January 30, 1998 (Judge)	Chrétien	McLennan, Ross (1977 to 1998) Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions (~196)
Justice G.A. Verville* [79]	Edmonton	December 2, 1998	Chrétien	Milner, Fenerty (1968 to 1998) Called to bar (1968)	Published criminal decisions (~18)
Justice Terrance D. Clackson* [80]	Edmonton	December 20, 1999	Chrétien	sole practitioner (criminal) Lewis, Clackson, Mochan & Chrenek Kay, Shipley & Company Called to bar (1979)	Published criminal decisions (~45)
Justice B.E. Mahoney* [81]	Calgary	November 15, 2001	Chrétien	Bryan E. Mahoney, Q.C. Law Office Called to bar (1979)	Published criminal decisions (~13) Unsuccessful Liberal MP [82]
Justice Donna C. Read* [83]	Edmonton	April 18, 2002		Emery Jamieson LLP Called to bar (~1984)	Published criminal decisions (~21)
Justice D. Thomas*	Edmonton	? - June 23, 2015 (sup.)			Published criminal decisions (~52)
Justice Alan D. MacLeod*	Calgary				Published criminal decisions (~15)
Justice B.A. Browne*	Edmonton				Published criminal decisions (~9)
Justice Earl C. Wilson [84]	Calgary	November 30, 2007		Wolch, Wilson, Hursh & de Wit Evans, Martin, Wilson Crown attorney (~1980 to 1995) Called to bar (1979) Manitoba (1976)	Published criminal decisions (~13)
Justice Juliana E. Topolniski [85]	Edmonton	? April 8, 2018 (sup.)		Called to bar (1984)	Published criminal decisions (~19)
Justice Adam W. Germain [86]	Edmonton	? - May 10, 2018 (Sup.)		Member of Alberta Legislature (1993 to 1997) (Lib.)	Published criminal decisions (~34)
Justice Eric F. Macklin [87]	Calgary	April 18, 2002 April 6, 2018 (sup.)	Chrétien	Duncan & Craig LLP Called to bar (1980)	Published criminal decisions (~111)

Former Justices

Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Historical)

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