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Prior to being appointed to the Superior Court of Ontario in 2017, Justice Gomery practiced civil and commercial litigation for over twenty-five years. She continues to be amazed by how much law there is and how much law there isn’t.
Justice Alexandre Kaufman, Superior Court of Justice B.A., LL.B., was appointed to the Superior Court of Justice in 2018. Before his appointment, Associate Justice Kaufman acted as senior counsel in civil litigation at the federal Department of Justice and the Public Prosecution Service of Canada. Associate Justice Kaufman represented the Crown before the Ontario Court of Justice, the Superior Court, the Divisional Court, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, the Federal Courts, and a wide range of tribunals and boards. Mr. Kaufman's broad litigation practice included administrative law, procurement and trade remedies, employment, contract and tort claims, and criminal law. He also taught trial advocacy and civil procedure at the University of Ottawa and Algonquin College. He is the co-author of the Annotated Ontario Arbitration Legislation (Thomson Reuteurs) in its third edition. Knowledge of alternative dispute resolution has proven helpful in mediating and arbitrating disputes between his four children.
A frequent speaker at the civil litigation conference, Mr. Justice Calum MacLeod has been a judge of the Superior Court of Justice since June of 2016 and had been a master in that court since November of 2008. He is a graduate of Queen’s University (B.A., 1977 and LL.B., 1980) and was called to the bar in 1983. Prior to his appointment as a master, he practiced civil litigation and dispute resolution and had extensive experience as a neutral. He had been a mediator, arbitrator, fact finder and deputy judge. Over the course of his career as a judicial officer, Justice MacLeod authored many decisions concerning discovery, production and civil procedure and has heard scores of summary judgment motions. He case manages complex commercial cases and class actions. Justice MacLeod has a keen interest in court reform and legal education and has served on many committees and working groups including Sedona Canada and the civil rules committee. He is frequently called upon to speak to lawyers and judges in Ontario and in other jurisdictions.
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