Born November 21, 1943 in Montréal, Quebec. Education at Loyola College and McGill University. Called to the Quebec Bar, 1968 and Bar of Ontario, 1985. Practised with Lavery, de Billy and its predecessor firms, 1968-73 and 1979-96, in civil litigation and administrative law. Political advisor with the federal government, 1973-79. Counsel before a number of commissions of inquiry, including the McDonald Commission (Royal Canadian Mounted Police and its Security Service), the Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (State of Competition in the Canadian Petroleum Industry) and the Dubin Commission (Use of Drugs in Sports). Counsel for the Security Intelligence Review Committee and the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery, 1986-96 . Appointed Queen's Counsel, 1983. Appointed judge of the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division and member ex officio of the Court of Appeal, August 7, 1996; member of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada, August 28, 1997; member of the Court's Rules Committee, September 1998; member of the Competition Tribunal, June 8, 1999; and Associate Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada, December 8, 1999. Since July 2, 2003, the date of the coming into force of the Courts Administration Service Act, he is now Chief Justice of the Federal Court. Address: Federal Court, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0H9.

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