Marshall Rothstein
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Marshall E. Rothstein QC |
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| Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | |
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In office March 1, 2006 – August 31, 2015 |
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| Nominated by | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | John C. Major |
| Succeeded by | Russell Brown |
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| Born |
December 25, 1940 Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Spouse(s) | Sheila Dorfman |
| Religion | Judaism |
Marshall Rothstein QC, B.Comm, LLB (born December 25, 1940) is a former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba to Jewish parents who immigrated from Eastern Europe, he received a Bachelor of Commerce in 1962 and an LL.B. in 1966 from the University of Manitoba. He was called to the Bar of Manitoba in 1966. Also in 1966, he married Sheila Dorfman, a Montreal doctor. They have four children: Ronald, Douglas, Tracey and Robert.
Marshall Rothstein practiced law primarily in the fields of transportation and competition law and was a partner with the Winnipeg law firm of Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson. From 1970 to 1992, he was a lecturer in transportation law at the University of Manitoba. In 1992, he was appointed to the Federal Court Trial Division, ex officio of the Court of Appeal, and appointed to the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada. In 1999, he was appointed a Judge of the Federal Court of Canada, Appeal Division.
He wrote 578 judgments for the Federal Court and 324 judgments for the Federal Court of Appeal.
Rothstein was one of the candidates (the others being Peter MacKinnon and Constance Hunt) recommended by a committee convened by the outgoing Liberal government to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, following John C. Major's retirement from the bench in early 2006.Prime Minister Stephen Harper chose Rothstein for the Governor General to appoint to the top court.
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