ONTARIO JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED

OTTAWA, September 30, 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 Brian P. O’Marra, Crown Attorney for the Attorney General of Ontario in Milton, is appointed Judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Brampton, to replace Mr. Justice E.R. Kruzick, who elected to become a supernumerary judge as of May 7, 2011.

Mr. Justice O’Marra received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from the University of Toronto in 1972 and a Bachelor of Laws (L.L.B.) from Queen’s University in 1975. He was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1977.

Mr. Justice O’Marra has been the Crown Attorney in the Halton region since 1993. He was Assistant Crown Attorney in Brampton from 1982 to 1993 and Barrister and Solicitor with O’Marra & O’Marra from 1977 to 1982. His main area of practice was criminal law.

Mr. Justice O’Marra was an instructor of the Advocacy course for Crown Counsels for several years and has been an instructor for the Bar Admission Course in Toronto since 2007.

This appointment is effectively immediately.

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