Appointment of Robert Centa (LLB 1999) to the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario

The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, May 19, announced Justice Robert Centa (LLB 1999) is appointed a Judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario in Toronto. 

Justice Centa graduated as the gold medalist from the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, in 1999. He had previously graduated with a BA from York University in 1996. After clerking for the Justices of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, he was called to the Ontario bar in 2001.

Justice Centa was the managing partner of Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP, where he specialized in public law and business litigation. In 2014, he received the Douglas K. Laidlaw Medal for Excellence in Advocacy. While in practice, he frequently represented universities and public bodies. He also served as lead counsel to the Red Hill Valley Parkway Inquiry (Justice Herman Wilton-Siegel, Commissioner) and as counsel to the Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario (Justice Stephen Goudge, Commissioner) and the Motherisk Hair Analysis Review (Hon. Susan Lang, Commissioner).

Justice Centa has acted pro bono for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Human Rights Watch, the Advocates’ Society, and many individuals. He has written and lectured on the law of evidence, civil procedure, and the intersection of business and family litigation. Throughout his career, he taught courses in trial advocacy and legal ethics at the University of Toronto. In 2008, he received the University of Toronto’s Arbor Award for his volunteer service.

Justice Centa is a passionate supporter of women’s basketball and his beloved Toronto Raptors. He lives in Toronto and is very proud of his two sons.

Read the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada announcement