MANITOBA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED

OTTAWA , May 20, 2005 – Irwin Cotler, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointments:

Lori T. Spivak, of Winnipeg is appointed a judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Manitoba. She will be assigned to Winnipeg by the Chief Justice.

Madam Justice Spivak received a Bachelor of Arts in 1978 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1981, both from the University of Manitoba. She was admitted to the Law Society of Manitoba in 1982.

At the time of her appointment, she was a partner with the firm of Aikins MacAulay & Thorvaldson in Winnipeg. She practised primarily in civil litigation, administrative law as a labour arbitrator and human rights adjudicator. Madam Justice Spivak is the outgoing president of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. She has also been a Bencher, a past president, and member of many committees for the Law Society of Manitoba. She has been a professor at the Bar Admission Course and is a frequent lecturer.

A. Lori Douglas, of Winnipeg is appointed a judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Manitoba, Family Division. She will be assigned to Winnipeg by the Chief Justice.

Madam Justice Douglas received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Winnipeg in 1978 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Manitoba in 1982. She was admitted to the Manitoba Bar in 1983.

Prior to her appointment, she was a partner with the firm Thompson Dorfman Sweatman where she practised primarily in family law. In the past, Madam Justice Douglas has been a professor at University of Manitoba Law School and at the Bar Admission Course. She is a frequent lecturer and the author of several legal publications.

These appointments are effective immediately.

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Ref.:

François Giroux
Judicial Affairs Advisor
Office of the Minister of Justice
(613) 992-4621