David Stratas
| David Stratas | |
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| Federal Court of Appeal | |
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Assumed office December 11, 2009 |
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| Nominated by | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Pierre Blais |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 21, 1960 Toronto, Ontario |
| Alma mater |
Queen's Law School University of Oxford |
David William Stratas (born October 21, 1960) is a prominent Canadian jurist. He has served on the Federal Court of Appeal since 2009 and the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada since 2012.
Mr. Justice Stratas was educated at Queen's University, earning an LL.B. in 1984 and Oxford University, earning a B.C.L. in 1986. He then returned to Canada and clerked for Justice Bertha Wilson of the Supreme Court of Canada. He proceeded to practise law as a litigator at Toronto law firms, including Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt and Heenan Blaikie.
While practising law, Justice Stratas earned a reputation as one of the best counsel in Canada. The Chambers Global Guide described him as a "tremendously hard worker," "meticulously prepared" and "a creative force," with "ideas you'd never think of." The annual Lexpert Survey consistently rated him as "repeatedly recommended" by other counsel. Up until his appointment to the judiciary, he appeared in every edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada.
In 2008, Justice Stratas was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of a select number of Canadian counsel to receive that honour. In that same year, the federal Minister of Justice appointed him as a Special Advocate, a lawyer who, upon court appointment, acts independently of government to protect the interests of persons facing allegations in closed national security proceedings.
Before his appointment directly to the Federal Court of Appeal, Justice Stratas published over 110 conference papers and articles. From 1994 until his appointment to the bench in 2009, he served as an adjunct professor at Queen's Law School, winning eight teaching awards. He continues to serve as an adjunct professor, teaching a course in legal writing and written advocacy with Justice Thomas Cromwell of the Supreme Court of Canada. He continues to speak and present papers at conferences on topics such as administrative law, regulatory law and legal writing.
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