Friday, January 7, 2022

The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced Dec. 20, the appointment of Faculty of Law graduate Justice Lise G. Favreau (LLB 1994), to the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

The Hon. Lise G. Favreau was first appointed to the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario in 2017. 

Justice Favreau, who attended high school and CEGEP in French, is fluently bilingual. At the time of her appointment to the Superior Court of Justice, she was working at the Crown Law Office – Civil at Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney General, where she represented the Crown at all levels of court, including the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. She practised civil litigation with Blake, Cassels & Graydon in Toronto from 1996 to 2003. Her practice included administrative law, tort law, class proceedings, health law, and environmental law.

Justice Favreau has been a frequent speakerincluding in the areas of administrative law, civil litigation, and ethics. She has also been a dedicated mentor to younger lawyers and students. She earned her BA in English literature at McGill University and her LLB at the University of Toronto.

Read the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada announcement