FEDERAL COURT JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED

OTTAWA, December 16, 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 Mary J.L. Gleason, a lawyer with Norton Rose LLP in Ottawa, is appointed a judge of the Federal Court to replace Mr. Justice P.S. Crampton, who was appointed Chief Justice on December 15, 2011.

Madam Justice Gleason received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Ottawa in 1981 and a Bachelor of Laws from Dalhousie University in 1984. She was admitted to the Bar of Ontario in 1986.

Madam Justice Gleason had been with Norton Rose LLP (formerly Ogilvy Renault) since 1986, and as a partner since 1993. Her main areas of practise were labour law, employment law and human rights.

Madam Justice Gleason was a founding member of the Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers. She has been a member of the Federal Court Labour Law, Human Rights, Privacy and Access Review Liaison Group since 2009, and a member of the Canadian Industrial Relations Board Client Consultation Committee since 2005. She was a member of the board of directors of the Ottawa Human Resources Professionals Association, Legislative and Government Affairs Portfolio, from 2002 to 2005. She was co-chair of the Eastern-Ontario Region, Carleton County Law Association/Labour Law Group in 1996 and chair of the Ogilvy Renault Ottawa Employment and Labour Group from 2002 to 2010. She has been a guest lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, and has lectured and presented papers at conferences, as well as publishing numerous articles. She was recognized in the publication The Best Lawyers in Canada, 2011 – Labour and Employment Law.

This appointment is effective immediately.

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