Justice Mabel Cheuk Ting Lai (JD 2009) appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice

Ontario's Attorney General Doug Downey announced the appointment of seven judges to the Ontario Court of Justice, effective December 1, 2022.

Faculty of Law alumna Justice Mabel Cheuk Ting Lai (JD 2009) was called to the bar in 2010. As Crown counsel in the Ministry of the Attorney General’s Crown Law Office Criminal, Justice Lai prosecuted criminal cases involving allegations against police in the Ontario and Superior Courts of Justice, as well as cases involving large-scale fraud. She argued numerous criminal law appeals before the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. Since 2019 Justice Lai worked as one of two provincial wiretap coordinators, managing the training of provincial wiretap agents and providing advice and education to federal Crown and policing partners. She has presented extensively to the judiciary on the subject of digital and expert evidence in criminal law.

Justice Lai was a member of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Research Ethics Board, commenting on proposed research studies from a legal and privacy lens. She has participated in law student mentorship programs and coached the Osgoode Hall Gale Cup moot team for eight years. She has served as a director of the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (Ontario).

Chief Justice Lise Maisonneuve has assigned Justice Lai to Brampton.