Thursday, December 14, 2006

On September 18, 2006, the Honourable David Moseley Brown, partner with the firm of Stikeman Elliott, Toronto, was appointed judge of the Superior Court of Justice in and for the province of Ontario. He will be assigned by the Chief Justice to Toronto and replaces Mr. Justice J. M. Farley who has retired from the Court.

Mr. Justice Brown received an LL.B. in 1981 from the University of Toronto and a Master of Laws in Constitutional Law in 2005 from Osgoode Hall Law School. He was admitted to the Bar of Ontario in 1983. Mr. Justice Brown's practice expertise spans diverse areas from energy law and regulation to constitutional law and Charter litigation. Besides his practice commitments, Mr. Justice Brown has been an adjunct professor at Queen's and Osgoode Law Schools for 18 years and is an immediate past director of The Advocates' Society of Ontario. Mr. Justice Brown is a prolific writer of legal and popular publications and articles.

(From the Department of Justice website).