David Stratas

Canadian jurist

David Stratas

Federal Court of Appeal
Incumbent
Assumed office December 11, 2009
Nominated by	Stephen Harper
Preceded by	Pierre Blais

Personal details
Born	(1960-10-21) October 21, 1960 (age 63) Toronto, Ontario
Alma mater	Queen's Law School University of Oxford

David W. Stratas (born 1960) is a Canadian jurist. He has served on the Federal Court of Appeal since 2009 and the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada since 2012.

Biography

David W. Stratas was born in 1960 in Toronto, Ontario.^[1]

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.^[2]

From 1994 until his appointment to the Federal Court of Appeal in 2009, he served as an adjunct professor at Queen's Law School.^[3]

References

^ Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory. Martindale-Hubbell. 1994. p. NA316B. ISBN 1-56160-078-4. OCLC 30350765.
^ "Hon. David Stratas". Davidstratas.com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2020-01-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)