NORTHWEST TERRITORIES JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT

OTTAWA, July 13, 2011 – The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment:

The Honourable Madam Justice Virginia Schuler, a Judge of the Northwest Territories Supreme Court, was appointed Senior Judge of the Northwest Territories Supreme Court, to replace the Honourable Mr. Justice J. Vertes, who retired effective July 1, 2011.

Madam Justice Schuler was first appointed to the Northwest Territories Supreme Court on October 24, 1995. She graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in 1979 and articled in Toronto. She was called to the Bar of the Northwest Territories in 1982 and practised law in Yellowknife from 1982 until her appointment in 1995.

According to the provisions of the Judges Act that apply to the Supreme Courts of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon, when the Senior Judge retires, the next most senior judge automatically becomes the Senior Judge of that court.

This appointment was effective July 1, 2011.

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Pamela Stephens
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Justice
613-992-4621