Court of Appeal for Ontario

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Current judges

(Full complement of 25, including one Chief Justice and one Associate Chief Justice)

Ontario Pop (2021): 14.7 million
Pop. per Justice: ~588k

#	Position / Name	Appointed	Nominated by	Position(s) Prior to Appointment*	Other Details
1	Chief Justice George Strathy [1]	June 13, 2014 (Chief) April 26, 2013 (Judge)	Harper	Superior Court (2007 to 2013)	Published criminal decisions
2	Associate Chief Justice Michal Fairburn [2] [3]	September 3, 2020 (Assoc) July 18, 2017	J. Trudeau	Superior Court (December 16, 2014 to July 18, 2017) Stockwoods (2013 to 2014) Ontario Crown Law Office Called to bar (1992) U of T grad	Published criminal decisions
3	Justice David H. Doherty	Sept 1, 1990	Brian Mulroney	Superior Court (1988 to 1990) Crown attorney Called to bar (~1974)	Published criminal decisions
5	Justice Gladys Pardu [4]	November 8, 2011	Harper	Superior Court (1991 to 2013) Pardu Macdonald (1976 to 1991) Called to bar (1976)	Published criminal decisions
6	Justice Peter Lauwers [5]	December 14, 2012	Harper	Superior Court (2008 to 2012) Miller Thompson LLP Holden Day Wilson (1990 to 1995) Day, Wilson, Campbell (1980 to 1990) Called to bar (1980) Toronto grad (1978)	Published criminal decisions
7	Justice Michael Tulloch [6]	June 22, 2012	Harper	Superior Court (2003 to 2012) Michael H. Tulloch and Associates (criminal) Crown attorney Cases as counsel Called to bar (1991) Osgoode grad (1989)	Published criminal decisions
8	Justice C. William Hourigan [7]	October 2, 2013	Harper	Superior Court (2009 to 2013) Fasken Martineau LLP (1992 to 2009) Called to bar (1992)	Published criminal decisions
9	Justice Katherine van Rensburg [8]	October 2, 2013	Harper	Superior Court (2006 to 2013) Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP Called to bar (1983)	Published criminal decisions
10	Justice Mary Lou Benotto [9]	November 8, 2013	Harper	Superior Court (1996 to 2013) Family Court (2001 to 2005) Chapell Bushell Stewart (1978 to 2001) Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions
11	Justice Grant Huscroft [10]	December 16, 2014	Harper	Western Law School (Prof) (2002 to 2014) University of Auckland (1992 to 2001)	Published criminal decisions
12	Justice David M Brown [11]	December 16, 2014	Harper	Superior Court (2006 to 2014)	Published criminal decisions
13	Justice Lois Roberts [12]	May 5, 2015	Harper	Superior Court (2008 to 2015) Genest Murray LLP (1988 to 2008) Cassels Brock (1987 to 1988)	Published criminal decisions
14	Justice Bradley W. Miller [13]	June 26, 2015	Harper	Superior Court (2015) University of Western Law School Miller Thompson Lerners Garton & Harris Bell Spagnolo & Co Called to bar (1993)	Published criminal decisions
15	Justice Gary T. Trotter [14] [15]	Octobe 20, 2016	J. Trudeau	Superior Court (2008 to 2016) Ontario Court of Justice (2005 to 2008) Queen's University (Prof) (2003 to 2016) Ontario Crown Counsel (1988 to 2000)	Published criminal decisions
16	Justice David M. Paciocco [16]	April 7, 2017	J. Trudeau	Court of Justice Professor at University of Ottawa	Published criminal decisions Judicial Questionnaire
17	Justice Ian Nordheimer [17]	Sept 15, 2017	J. Trudeau	Superior Court (1999 to 2017) Counsel with Fraser & Beatty / Dentons LLP	Published criminal decisions
18	Justice Alison Harvison-Young [18]	August 31, 2018	J. Trudeau	Superior Court (2004 - August 31, 2018) Professor at Queen’s University Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions
19	Justice Benjamin Zarnett [19]	November 9, 2018	J. Trudeau	Goodmans LLP (1990 to 2018) Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions
20	Justice Julie A. Thorburn [20]	September 1, 2019	J. Trudeau	Superior Court (September 18, 2006) Cassels Brock Called to bar (1990)	Published criminal decisions
21	Justice Steve A. Coroza [21]	April 6, 2020	J. Trudeau	Superior Court PPSC Crown (1998 to 2009) Legal Aid Duty Counsel (1997 to 1998) Called to bar (1997)	Published criminal decisions
22	Justice Lorne Sossin
	Justice Jill M. Copeland [22]	March 28, 2022	J. Trudeau	Superior Court (December 19, 2017) Court of Justice (2014 to 2017) Ruby & Edwardh Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP Called to bar (1995)	Published criminal decisions (~0)

Supernumerary Justices

Position / Name	Appointed	Nominated by	Position(s) Prior to Appointment*	Other Details
David Watt [23]	October 12, 2007	Harper	Superior Court (1985 to 2007) Crown attorney Called to bar (1972) Queens (1970)	Published criminal decisions
Associate Chief Justice Alexandra Hoy [24]	June 7, 2013 (Assoc.) December, 2, 2011 (Judge)	Harper	Superior Court	Published criminal decisions
Kathryn N. Feldman [25]	June 11, 1998 (Judge) January 1, 2020 (Sup.)	Chrétien	Superior Court (1990 to 1998) Blake, Cassels & Graydon Called to bar (1975)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Paul Rouleau [26]	April 15, 2005 (Judge) September 1, 2019 (sup.)	Martin	Superior Court (2002 to 2005) Heenan Blaikie Called to bar (1979)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Sarah Pepall [27]	April 10, 2012 (Judge) April 6, 2018 (sup)	Harper	Superior Court (1999 to 2012) McMillan LLP Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Robert J. Sharpe [28]	May 25, 1999	Chrétien	Superior Court Professor University of Toronto Law School (1976 to 1999)	Published criminal decisions
Justice James C. MacPherson [29]	May 25, 1999 (Judge) January 1, 2017 (sup.)	Chrétien	Superior Court Dean of Law at Osgoode Law School Executive Legal Officer of the Supreme Court of Canada (1985 to 1988) Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Janet M. Simmons [30] [31]	August 23, 2000	Chrétien	Superior Court (1999 to 2000) Ontario Court of Justice (1990 to 1999) Called to bar (1979)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Eileen E. Gillese [32]	January 5, 2002 (Judge) January 1, 2017 (Sup.) [33]	Chrétien	Superior Court (1999 to 2002) University of Western Law School Dean Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Russell G. Juriansz [34]	March 12, 2004	Martin	Superior Court (1998 to 2004) Sole Practitioner (1994 to 1998) Blake, Cassels & Graydon (1987 to 1994) Human Rights Commission (1978 to 1987) Pitman Commission (1976 to 1977) private practice (1974 to 1976) Called to bar (1974) Osgoode grad (1972)	Published criminal decisions Immigrated to Canada April 5, 1955
Justice Jean L. MacFarland [35] ]	November 19, 2004	Martin	Superior Court (1987 to 2004) Called to bar (1973)	Published criminal decisions

Previous Justices

Court of Appeal for Ontario (Historical)

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