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Justice</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Canada" title="Supreme Court of Canada">Supreme Court of Canada</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />September 30, 1997 – June 30, 2008</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Nominated by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jean_Chr%C3%A9tien" title="Jean Chrétien">Jean Chrétien</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_La_Forest" title="Gérard La Forest">Gérard La Forest</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a 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Michel Bastarache</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1947-06-10</span>) </span>June 10, 1947<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 77)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City">Quebec City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_de_Moncton" title="Université de Moncton">Université de Moncton</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_de_Montr%C3%A9al" title="Université de Montréal">Université de Montréal</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Ottawa" title="University of Ottawa">University of Ottawa</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Nice" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Nice">University of Nice</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>J. E. Michel Bastarache</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">CC</a></span></span> (born 1947) is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and retired <a href="/wiki/Puisne_justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Puisne justice">puisne justice</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Canada" title="Supreme Court of Canada">Supreme Court of Canada</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michel_Bastarache&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City">Quebec City</a> on June 10, 1947, Bastarache earned his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_de_Moncton" title="Université de Moncton">Université de Moncton</a> in 1967. He received a <i>Licence d'études supérieures en droit public</i> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nice" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Nice">University of Nice</a> in 1972. He received a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Bachelor of Law">Bachelor of Law</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Ottawa" title="University of Ottawa">University of Ottawa</a> in 1978. He was called to the New Brunswick Bar in 1980, the Alberta Bar in 1985, and the Ontario Bar in 1986. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michel_Bastarache&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1970 to 1971, he was a legal translator for the Province of New Brunswick. In 1973, he was the general secretary for the Société des Acadiens et Acadiennes du Nouveau-Brunswick. In 1974, he was the assistant to the president of <a href="/wiki/Assumption_Life" title="Assumption Life">Assumption Mutual Life</a>, becoming director of sales in 1975, and vice-president of marketing in 1976. </p><p>In 1978, he joined the <a href="/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_de_Moncton" title="Université de Moncton">Université de Moncton</a> as a law professor and was dean of the Law School from 1980 to 1983. From 1983 to 1984, he was the director general for the promotion of official languages in the Department of the Secretary of State of Canada. From 1984 to 1987, he was the associate dean of the Common Law section of the University of Ottawa. </p><p>In 1987, he joined the firm of <a href="/wiki/Lang_Michener" title="Lang Michener">Lang Michener Lash Johnston</a>, becoming a partner in 1988. From 1989 to 1994, he was the president and <a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Executive Officer">Chief Executive Officer</a> of Assumption Mutual Life. In 1994, he moved back to Moncton to practice at Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales. He was appointed to the <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick_Court_of_Appeal" class="mw-redirect" title="New Brunswick Court of Appeal">New Brunswick Court of Appeal</a> in 1995 and then promoted to the Supreme Court in 1997. </p><p>Bastarache retired from the Supreme Court, effective June 30, 2008, and joined the Ottawa office of Canadian law firm <a href="/wiki/Heenan_Blaikie" title="Heenan Blaikie">Heenan Blaikie</a>.<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> In 2011, he led in Quebec a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Inquiry_Commission_into_the_Appointment_Process_for_Judges_to_the_Court_of_Quebec&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Inquiry Commission into the Appointment Process for Judges to the Court of Quebec (page does not exist)">public inquiry concerning allegations of irregularities in the process of provincial judges selection</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_d%27enqu%C3%AAte_sur_le_processus_de_nomination_des_juges_du_Qu%C3%A9bec" class="extiw" title="fr:Commission d'enquête sur le processus de nomination des juges du Québec">fr</a>]</span>. After the collapse of <a href="/wiki/Heenan_Blaikie" title="Heenan Blaikie">Heenan Blaikie</a> in 2014,<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> he became affiliated with the Canadian law firm Power Law, with offices in Ottawa, Moncton and Vancouver.<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> As of 2018, Bastarache is counsel at Ottawa-based bilingual litigation firm Caza Saikaley srl/LLP.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bastarache was made a Companion of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">Order of Canada</a> in recognition "for his lifelong commitment to the promotion of linguistic duality and the protection of minority rights, as a law professor and a judge" in 2009.<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> </p><p>At a news conference in Ottawa on October 6, 2016, it was announced that Bastarache had been named to administer the settlement of the class-action sexual harassment lawsuit against the RCMP by acting as an independent assessor of the claims to be submitted. Bastarache stated his intention to contact the greatest number of claimants possible and to interview many of them personally. He explained that to ensure the confidentiality of the claimants, the federal government would transfer to a fiduciary account under his control the amounts required for the compensation payments and that he would make the payments directly to claimants. Bastarache was designated the "sole and independent decision maker" for the claims process. His decisions in the matter were not open to review by the RCMP or appeal by the parties.(Settlement news conference Oct. 6, 2016) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michel_Bastarache&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reasons_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_Canada_by_Justice_Bastarache" title="Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Bastarache">Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Bastarache</a></li></ul> <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=Michel_Bastarache&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.juristespower.ca/english/bios/bio-bastarache.php">the original</a> on 2014-07-22.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.juristespower.ca&rft.atitle=Michel+Bastarache+%7C+Bio+%7C+Power+Law&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.juristespower.ca%2Fenglish%2Fbios%2Fbio-bastarache.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichel+Bastarache" class="Z3988"></span> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.plaideurs.ca/en/the-firm/michel-bastarache-c-c-q-c/">"Accueil"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Accueil&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plaideurs.ca%2Fen%2Fthe-firm%2Fmichel-bastarache-c-c-q-c%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichel+Bastarache" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Governor_General_of_Canada" title="Governor General of Canada">Office of the Governor General of Canada</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=12760">Order of Canada citation</a>. 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Cory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverley_McLachlin" title="Beverley McLachlin">B. McLachlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Iacobucci" title="Frank Iacobucci">F. Iacobucci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Major" title="John C. Major">J.C. Major</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Bastarache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Binnie" title="Ian Binnie">W.I. Binnie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1999–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Claire_L%27Heureux-Dub%C3%A9" title="Claire L'Heureux-Dubé">C. L'Heureux-Dubé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Gonthier" title="Charles Gonthier">C. Gonthier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverley_McLachlin" title="Beverley McLachlin">B. McLachlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Iacobucci" title="Frank Iacobucci">F. Iacobucci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Major" title="John C. Major">J.C. Major</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Bastarache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Binnie" title="Ian Binnie">W.I. Binnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Arbour" title="Louise Arbour">L. Arbour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="The_McLachlin_court_(2000–17)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:McLachlin-court" title="Template:McLachlin-court"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:McLachlin-court" title="Template talk:McLachlin-court"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:McLachlin-court" title="Special:EditPage/Template:McLachlin-court"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="The_McLachlin_court_(2000–17)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">The <a href="/wiki/Beverley_McLachlin" title="Beverley McLachlin">McLachlin</a> court (2000–17)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">January 7, 2000 – July 1, 2002:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Claire_L%27Heureux-Dub%C3%A9" title="Claire L'Heureux-Dubé">C. L'Heureux-Dubé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Gonthier" title="Charles Gonthier">C. Gonthier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Iacobucci" title="Frank Iacobucci">F. Iacobucci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Major" title="John C. Major">J.C. Major</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Bastarache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Binnie" title="Ian Binnie">W.I. Binnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Arbour" title="Louise Arbour">L. Arbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August 7, 2002 – August 1, 2003:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Gonthier" title="Charles Gonthier">C. Gonthier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Iacobucci" title="Frank Iacobucci">F. Iacobucci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Major" title="John C. Major">J.C. Major</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Bastarache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Binnie" title="Ian Binnie">W.I. Binnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Arbour" title="Louise Arbour">L. Arbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Deschamps" title="Marie Deschamps">M. Deschamps</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August 5, 2003 – June 30, 2004:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Iacobucci" title="Frank Iacobucci">F. Iacobucci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Major" title="John C. Major">J.C. Major</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Bastarache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Binnie" title="Ian Binnie">W.I. Binnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Arbour" title="Louise Arbour">L. Arbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Deschamps" title="Marie Deschamps">M. Deschamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Fish" title="Morris Fish">M.J. Fish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">October 4, 2004 – December 25, 2005:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Major" title="John C. Major">J.C. Major</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Bastarache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Binnie" title="Ian Binnie">W.I. Binnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Deschamps" title="Marie Deschamps">M. Deschamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Fish" title="Morris Fish">M.J. Fish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalie_Abella" title="Rosalie Abella">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Charron" title="Louise Charron">L. Charron</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">December 26, 2005 – February 28, 2006:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Bastarache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Binnie" title="Ian Binnie">W.I. Binnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Deschamps" title="Marie Deschamps">M. Deschamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Fish" title="Morris Fish">M.J. Fish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalie_Abella" title="Rosalie Abella">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Charron" title="Louise Charron">L. Charron</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">March 1, 2006 – June 30, 2008:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Bastarache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Binnie" title="Ian Binnie">W.I. Binnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Deschamps" title="Marie Deschamps">M. Deschamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Fish" title="Morris Fish">M.J. Fish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalie_Abella" title="Rosalie Abella">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Charron" title="Louise Charron">L. Charron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rothstein" title="Marshall Rothstein">M. Rothstein</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">July 1, 2008 – December 22, 2008:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Binnie" title="Ian Binnie">W.I. Binnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Deschamps" title="Marie Deschamps">M. Deschamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Fish" title="Morris Fish">M.J. Fish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalie_Abella" title="Rosalie Abella">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Charron" title="Louise Charron">L. Charron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rothstein" title="Marshall Rothstein">M. Rothstein</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">December 22, 2008 – August 30, 2011:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Binnie" title="Ian Binnie">W.I. Binnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Deschamps" title="Marie Deschamps">M. Deschamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Fish" title="Morris Fish">M.J. Fish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalie_Abella" title="Rosalie Abella">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Charron" title="Louise Charron">L. Charron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rothstein" title="Marshall Rothstein">M. Rothstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell_(jurist)" title="Thomas Cromwell (jurist)">T. Cromwell</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August 30, 2011 – October 27, 2011:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Binnie" title="Ian Binnie">W.I. Binnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Deschamps" title="Marie Deschamps">M. Deschamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Fish" title="Morris Fish">M.J. Fish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalie_Abella" title="Rosalie Abella">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rothstein" title="Marshall Rothstein">M. Rothstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell_(jurist)" title="Thomas Cromwell (jurist)">T. Cromwell</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">October 27, 2011 – August 7, 2012:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Deschamps" title="Marie Deschamps">M. Deschamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Fish" title="Morris Fish">M.J. Fish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalie_Abella" title="Rosalie Abella">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rothstein" title="Marshall Rothstein">M. Rothstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell_(jurist)" title="Thomas Cromwell (jurist)">T. Cromwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moldaver" title="Michael Moldaver">M. Moldaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andromache_Karakatsanis" title="Andromache Karakatsanis">A. Karakatsanis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August 7, 2012 – October 5, 2012:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Fish" title="Morris Fish">M.J. Fish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalie_Abella" title="Rosalie Abella">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rothstein" title="Marshall Rothstein">M. Rothstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell_(jurist)" title="Thomas Cromwell (jurist)">T. Cromwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moldaver" title="Michael Moldaver">M. Moldaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andromache_Karakatsanis" title="Andromache Karakatsanis">A. Karakatsanis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">October 5, 2012 – August 31, 2013:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Fish" title="Morris Fish">M.J. Fish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalie_Abella" title="Rosalie Abella">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rothstein" title="Marshall Rothstein">M. Rothstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell_(jurist)" title="Thomas Cromwell (jurist)">T. Cromwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moldaver" title="Michael Moldaver">M. Moldaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andromache_Karakatsanis" title="Andromache Karakatsanis">A. Karakatsanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner_(judge)" title="Richard Wagner (judge)">R. Wagner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August 31, 2013 – June 9, 2014:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalie_Abella" title="Rosalie Abella">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rothstein" title="Marshall Rothstein">M. Rothstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell_(jurist)" title="Thomas Cromwell (jurist)">T. Cromwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moldaver" title="Michael Moldaver">M. Moldaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andromache_Karakatsanis" title="Andromache Karakatsanis">A. Karakatsanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner_(judge)" title="Richard Wagner (judge)">R. Wagner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">June 9, 2014 – November 30, 2014:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalie_Abella" title="Rosalie Abella">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rothstein" title="Marshall Rothstein">M. Rothstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell_(jurist)" title="Thomas Cromwell (jurist)">T. Cromwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moldaver" title="Michael Moldaver">M. Moldaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andromache_Karakatsanis" title="Andromache Karakatsanis">A. Karakatsanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner_(judge)" title="Richard Wagner (judge)">R. Wagner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cl%C3%A9ment_Gascon" title="Clément Gascon">C. Gascon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">December 1, 2014 – August 31, 2015:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rosalie_Abella" title="Rosalie Abella">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rothstein" title="Marshall Rothstein">M. Rothstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell_(jurist)" title="Thomas Cromwell (jurist)">T. Cromwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moldaver" title="Michael Moldaver">M. Moldaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andromache_Karakatsanis" title="Andromache Karakatsanis">A. Karakatsanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner_(judge)" title="Richard Wagner (judge)">R. Wagner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cl%C3%A9ment_Gascon" title="Clément Gascon">C. Gascon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_C%C3%B4t%C3%A9" title="Suzanne Côté">S. Côté</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August 31, 2015 – September 1, 2016:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rosalie_Abella" title="Rosalie Abella">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell_(jurist)" title="Thomas Cromwell (jurist)">T. Cromwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moldaver" title="Michael Moldaver">M. Moldaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andromache_Karakatsanis" title="Andromache Karakatsanis">A. Karakatsanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner_(judge)" title="Richard Wagner (judge)">R. Wagner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cl%C3%A9ment_Gascon" title="Clément Gascon">C. Gascon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_C%C3%B4t%C3%A9" title="Suzanne Côté">S. Côté</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Brown_(judge)" title="Russell Brown (judge)">R. Brown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">September 1, 2016 – October 28, 2016:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rosalie_Abella" title="Rosalie Abella">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moldaver" title="Michael Moldaver">M. Moldaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andromache_Karakatsanis" title="Andromache Karakatsanis">A. Karakatsanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner_(judge)" title="Richard Wagner (judge)">R. Wagner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cl%C3%A9ment_Gascon" title="Clément Gascon">C. Gascon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_C%C3%B4t%C3%A9" title="Suzanne Côté">S. Côté</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Brown_(judge)" title="Russell Brown (judge)">R. Brown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">October 28, 2016 – December 15, 2017:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rosalie_Abella" title="Rosalie Abella">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moldaver" title="Michael Moldaver">M. Moldaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andromache_Karakatsanis" title="Andromache Karakatsanis">A. Karakatsanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner_(judge)" title="Richard Wagner (judge)">R. Wagner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cl%C3%A9ment_Gascon" title="Clément Gascon">C. Gascon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_C%C3%B4t%C3%A9" title="Suzanne Côté">S. Côté</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Brown_(judge)" title="Russell Brown (judge)">R. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Rowe" title="Malcolm Rowe">M. 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