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Richard</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">OC</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Counsel" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen's Counsel">QC</a></span></span> (born July 30, 1934) was the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Justice">Chief Justice</a> of Canada's <a href="/wiki/Federal_Court_of_Appeal" title="Federal Court of Appeal">Federal Court of Appeal</a> and in 2013, was listed as a <a href="/wiki/NAFTA" class="mw-redirect" title="NAFTA">NAFTA</a> adjudicator.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Richard was born in <a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, and received a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree in <a href="/wiki/Political_science" title="Political science">political science</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Ottawa" title="University of Ottawa">University of Ottawa</a> in 1955, followed by his law studies at <a href="/wiki/Osgoode_Hall_Law_School" title="Osgoode Hall Law School">Osgoode Hall Law School</a>, where he received the gold medal and the Chancellor Van Koughnet Scholarship in 1959. He was called to the <a href="/wiki/Law_Society_of_Upper_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Law Society of Upper Canada">Bar of Ontario</a> in that year, continuing his studies for an Honours Licentiate in Political & Social Sciences from <a href="/wiki/Catholic_University_of_Leuven_(1834%E2%80%931968)" title="Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)">Louvain University</a> in 1960. </p><p>He then practised law as a trial lawyer at two firms throughout his legal career, from 1960 until 1994, when he was appointed as a judge. He was created Queen's Counsel in 1976. In 1994, he was appointed as a judge on the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Court_of_Canada" title="Federal Court of Canada">Federal Court of Canada</a>'s Trial Division, followed by his appointment as associate chief justice in 1998. </p><p>The court's name was changed to the Federal Court of Appeal, and he was appointed Chief Justice in 1999 by Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Jean_Chr%C3%A9tien" title="Jean Chrétien">Jean Chrétien</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Richard served until September 2009, when he retired.<sup id="cite_ref-Brown_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Richard then became the Honorary Chairperson of <a href="/wiki/Reach_Canada" title="Reach Canada">Reach Canada</a>, an NGO located in Ottawa that assists people with disabilities to get legal help.<sup id="cite_ref-Brown_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2012, Richard was named to the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">Order of Canada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the age of 89 in 2024 </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Richard&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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