Court of King's Bench of Alberta
- (~X) = approximate number of published decisions according to CanLII as of Oct 2018, unless otherwise indicated.
Current 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) |
| Paul R. Belzil [3] | Edmonton | December 15, 1995 | Chatwin, Belzil Called to bar (1978) |
Published criminal decisions (~32) | |
| Vital O. Ouellette | Edmonton | 2002 | Chrétien | General Practitioner, St. Paul AB | Published criminal decisions (~0) Ran as Liberal MP [4] |
| Karen M. Horner [5] | Calgary | December 12, 2002 | Chrétien | Bennett Jones LLP Called to bar (1981) |
Published criminal decisions (~4) |
| John J. Gill [6] | Edmonton | January 19, 2005 | Martin | Partner, McCuaig Durocher LLP Called to bar (1981) |
Published criminal decisions (~24) |
| D.K. Miller | Lethbridge | 2006 | Harper | Sole Practitioner in Medicine Hat | Published criminal decisions (~13) |
| Kristine M. Eidsvik | Calgary | 2007 | Harper | Bennett Jones LLP | Published criminal decisions (~24) |
| Kent G. Nielsen | Edmonton | 2007 | Harper | Published criminal decisions (~8) | |
| Donald J. Manderscheid [7] | Edmonton | December 14, 2007 | Harper | Counsel, City of Edmonton | Published criminal decisions (~32) |
| K.D. Yamauchi [8] | Calgary | December 14, 2007 | Harper | Professor, University of Calgary | Published criminal decisions (~60) |
| J.R. Jeffrey | Calgary | 2009 | Harper | Partner, Jeffrey Twyman LLP | Published criminal decisions (~20) |
| M.R. Bast [9] | Red Deer | September 2009 | Harper | Provincial Court (2006 to 2009) Schnell Hardy Jones (1991 to 2006) |
Published criminal decisions (~5) |
| W.A. Tilleman [10] | Calgary | December 11, 2009 | Harper | William A. Tilleman Professional Corporation | Published criminal decisions (~31) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| G.H. Poelman [13] | Calgary | August 6, 2010 | Harper | Macleod Dixon LLP (1983 to 2010) | Published criminal decisions (~12) |
| R.A. Jerke [14] [15] | Lethbridge | March 4, 2011 | Harper | Davidson & Williams LLP | Published criminal decisions (~10) |
| 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) |
| M. David Gates [17] | Calgary | March 4, 2011 | Harper | Crown Counsel, Justice Canada (1995 to 2011) Dal grad (1979) |
Published criminal decisions (~41) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Eldon J. Simpson [22] | Edmonton | June 7, 2013 | Harper | Judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta since 2003 | Published criminal decisions (~9) |
| Glenda A. Campbell [23] | Calgary | November 8, 2013 | Harper | Lawyer, Alberta Securities Commission | Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| C. Dario [24] | Calgary | November 8, 2013 | Harper | Smart Technologies ULC, Calgary | Published criminal decisions (~5) |
| D.A. Yungwirth [25] | Edmonton | March 7, 2014 | Harper | Yungwirth Tumbach (1999 to 2014) | Published criminal decisions (~5) |
| John S. Little [26] | Edmonton | May 12, 2014 | Harper | Witten LLP Called to bar (1987) |
Published criminal decisions (~4) |
| 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) |
| D. Blair Nixon [28] | Calgary | June 13, 2014 | Harper | Felesky Flynn (1988 to 2014) Called to bar (1988) |
Published criminal decisions (~1) |
| Wayne N. Renke [29] | Edmonton | December 12, 2014 | Harper | University of Alberta, Faculty of Law | Published criminal decisions (~23) |
| 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) |
| Richard A. Neufeld [31] | Calgary | June 26, 2015 | Harper | Dentons Canada LLP (1979 to 2015) | Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Douglas R. Mah [34] | Edmonton | June 17, 2016 | J. Trudeau | General Counsel, Workers' Compensation Board of Alberta | Published criminal decisions (~2) |
| G.D. Marriott [35] | Calgary | June 16, 2016 | J. Trudeau | Kachur Ostwald Menzies LLP (family) Called to bar (1985) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| James T. Eamon [36] | Calgary | October 20, 2016 | J. Trudeau | Partner, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (Calgary) Called to bar (1986) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| George Fraser [37] | Edmonton | October 20, 2016 | J. Trudeau | Crown Counsel, Alberta Justice | Published criminal decisions (~3) (as of the end of 2020) |
| B. Bokenfohr [38] | Edmonton | October 20, 2016 | J. Trudeau | Edmonton Police Department | Published criminal decisions (~0) (as of the end of 2020) |
| 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) Judicial Questionnaire |
| Michele H. Hollins [40] | Calgary | March 24, 2017 | J. Trudeau | Partner, Dunphy Best Blocksom LLP McCarthy Tetrault (1994 to 2001) Sask grad (1992) |
Published criminal decisions (~9) (as of the end of 2020) Judicial Questionnaire |
| Willie deWit [41] | Calgary | March 24, 2017 | J. Trudeau | Criminal Defence Lawyer | Published criminal decisions (~2) Judicial Questionnaire |
| Marilyn Slawinsky [42] | Red Deer | March 24, 2017 | J. Trudeau | Provincial Court | Judicial Questionnaire |
| Johnna C. Kubik [43] | Lethbridge | May 12, 2017 | J. Trudeau | Sole Practitioner, Kubik & Company | Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| J. Ashcroft [44] | Calgary | June 23, 2017 | J. Trudeau | Legal Counsel, Alberta Human Rights Commission | Published criminal decisions (~2) |
| S. Mandziuk [45] | Edmonton | Sept. 29, 2017 | J. Trudeau | General Counsel, Finning Inc Called to bar (1992) |
Published criminal decisions (~3) |
| G. Dunlop [46] | Edmonton | Dec. 19, 2017 | J. Trudeau | Partner, Ogilvie LLP Called to bar (~1989) |
Published criminal decisions (~1) |
| M. J. Lema [47] | Edmonton | Dec. 19, 2017 | J. Trudeau | Crown Counsel, Canada DOJ Called to bar (1987) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Marta E. Burns [48] | Edmonton | February 22, 2018 | J. Trudeau | Crown Counsel, Alberta Justice Called to bar (~1989) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| David Labrenz [49] | Calgary | May 1, 2018 | J. Trudeau | Crown Counsel (1991 to 2018) Called to bar (1987) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) Judicial Questionnaire |
| Gaylene Bobb (Kendell) [50] | Edmonton | April 12, 2018 | J Trudeau | Chapman Riebeek LLP (family) Called to bar (1999) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| L. Bernette Ho[1] | Calgary | April 4, 2018 | J. Trudeau | Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP | Published criminal decisions (~0) Judicial Questionnaire |
| James T Nielson [51] | Edmonton | May 4, 2018 | J. Trudeau | Partner, Parlee McLaws LLP | Published criminal decisions(~0) |
| Nancy Dilts [52] | Calgary | May 4, 2018 | J. Trudeau | Vice President of Legal and Corporate Services, Ferus Inc | Published criminal decisions (~0) Judicial Questionnaire |
| April Grosse [53] | Calgary | May 4, 2018 | J. Trudeau | Partner, Bennett Jones LLP | Published criminal decisions (~0) Judicial Questionnaire |
| Jane Fagnan [54] | Edmonton | May 4, 2018 | J. Trudeau | Legal Counsel, Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta | Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Anne Louise Kirker [55] | Calgary | May 4, 2018 | J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) | Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP | Published criminal decisions (~0) Judicial Questionnaire |
| Michael Kraus [56] | Edmonton | August 31, 2018 | J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) | Emery Jamieson LLP (family) Carr & Company Called to bar (1990) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Alice Woolley [57] | November 21, 2018 | J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) | University of Calgary (prof) (2004 to 2018) | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Susan L. Bercov [58] | November 21, 2018 | J. Trudeau | Published criminal decisions (~0) | ||
| Tamara Friesen [59] | 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) |
| Vaughan Hartigan [60] | Lethbridge | March 8, 2019 | J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) | Chief Crown(2017) Ass Chief Crown(2013) Crown attorney (1995 to 2019) Called to bar (1994) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Anna Loparco [61] | March 8, 2019 | J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) | Dentons LLP Called to bar (~2003) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Susan E. Richardson [62] [63] | Edmonton | April 17, 2019 | J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) | Provincial Court (2011 to 2019) Crown Attorney Called to bar (~1991) |
Published criminal decisions (~12) Appointed to ABQB (2019) |
| Jane Sidnell [64] | Calgary | April 6, 2020 | J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) | Published criminal decisions | |
| Barbara Johnston [65] | Calgary | April 6, 2020 | J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) | Published criminal decisions | |
| Denise Kiss [66] | J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) | Called to bar (~1992) | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Thomas Rothwell [67] | J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) | Called to bar (~1998) | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Sherry Kachur [68] | J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) | Called to bar (~1992) | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Cheryl Arcand-Kootenay [69] | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R.A. Graesser | Edmonton | 2006 (Judge) Auigust 3, 2020 (sup) |
Harper | Lawyer, Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer LLP | Published criminal decisions (~57) |
| Sandra L. Hunt McDonald | Calgary | 2009 (Judge) September 9, 2019 (Sup.) |
Harper | Provincial Court (1997 to 2009) | Published criminal decisions (~12) |
| John T. McCarthy [70] [71] | Calgary | December 11, 2009 (Judge) January 6, 2020 (Sup.) |
Harper | Provincial Court (2003 to 2009) Miles Davidson LLP |
Published criminal decisions (~7) |
| Stephen D. Hillier [72] | Edmonton | April 10, 2003 (Judge) April 19, 2018 (sup) |
Chrétien | Field Atkinson Perraton LLP (labour) Called to bar (1974) |
Published criminal decisions (~24) |
| June M. Ross | Edmonton | 2003 (Judge) Nov 3, 2018 (Sup) | Chrétien | Professor, University of Alberta Faculty of Law | Published criminal decisions (~45) |
| S.M. Bensler* | Calgary | ~1998 | Published criminal decisions (~2) | ||
| D. Lee* | Edmonton | ~1997 (Judge) | Published criminal decisions (~387) | ||
| C.A. Kent* | Calgary | ~1985 | Published criminal decisions (~11) | ||
| J.K. Langston* | Lethbridge | Published criminal decisions (~6) | |||
| C.S. Phillips* | Calgary | Published criminal decisions (~5) | |||
| W.P. Sullivan* | Calgary | Published criminal decisions (~32) | |||
| C.L. Kenny* | Calgary | Published criminal decisions (~14) | |||
| Cameron Scott Brooker* [73] | Calgary | June 20, 1996 | Chretien | Code, Hunter Wittmann Fenerty, McGillivray, Robertson, Prowse, Brennan, Fraser, Bell & Code Called to bar (1971) |
Published criminal decisions (~11) |
| S.M. Sanderman* [74] | Edmonton | June 20, 1996 | Chretien | Brimacombe, Sanderman, Stroppel and Finlayson Crown attorney (1977 to 1981) Called to bar (1977) |
Published criminal decisions (~34) |
| B.E.C. Romaine* [75] | Calgary | August 28, 1997 | Chrétien | McCarthy Tétrault (1982 to 1997) Brunet, Duckworth & Palmer Called to bar (1975) |
Published criminal decisions (~30) |
| Doreen A. Sulyma* [76] | Edmonton | December 23, 1997 - January 1, 2018 [77] | Cox, Trofimuk, Campbell Called to bar (1976) |
Published criminal decisions (~22) | |
| Rosemary E. Nation* [78] | Calgary | December 23, 1997 - ? | Chrétien | Burnet, Duckworth and Palmer Called to bar (1978) |
Published criminal decisions (~14) |
| Brian R Burrows* [79] | Edmonton | January 30, 1998 (Judge) | Chrétien | McLennan, Ross (1977 to 1998) Called to bar (1977) |
Published criminal decisions (~196) |
| G.A. Verville* [80] | Edmonton | December 2, 1998 | Chrétien | Milner, Fenerty (1968 to 1998) Called to bar (1968) |
Published criminal decisions (~18) |
| Terrance D. Clackson* [81] | Edmonton | December 20, 1999 | Chrétien | sole practitioner (criminal) Lewis, Clackson, Mochan & Chrenek Kay, Shipley & Company Called to bar (1979) |
Published criminal decisions (~45) CJC Report |
| B.E. Mahoney* [82] | Calgary | November 15, 2001 | Chrétien | Bryan E. Mahoney, Q.C. Law Office Called to bar (1979) |
Published criminal decisions (~13) Unsuccessful Liberal MP [83] |
| Donna C. Read* [84] | 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) | |||
| Earl C. Wilson [85] | 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) | |
| Juliana E. Topolniski [86] | Edmonton | ? April 8, 2018 (sup.) |
Called to bar (1984) | Published criminal decisions (~19) | |
| Adam W. Germain [87] | Edmonton | 2003 - May 10, 2018 (Sup.) | Chretien | Member of Alberta Legislature (1993 to 1997) (Lib.) Campbell & Germain (1975 to 2003) |
Published criminal decisions (~34) |
| Eric F. Macklin [88] | Calgary | April 18, 2002 April 6, 2018 (sup.) |
Chrétien | Duncan & Craig LLP Called to bar (1980) |
Published criminal decisions (~111) |