Active Canadian Prothonotaries: Martha Milczynski

Martha Milczynski

Born January 12, 1958 in Toronto, Ontario. Education at the University of Toronto, York University and Osgoode Hall Law School. Called to the Bar of Ontario in 1989. Partner at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP in Toronto from 2001 to 2003. Partner and associate at Gowling, Lafleur & Henderson LLP in Toronto from 1989 to 2001. Chair of the Financial Services Commission of Ontario and the Financial Services Tribunal from 1999 to 2003; Vice Chair of the Commission and Tribunal from 1998 to 1999. Member of the Society of Ontario Arbitrators and Regulators, past member of the Executive of the Canadian Bar Association - Pension & Benefits subsection, of the steering committee of the Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute, and of the International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Association. Co-author of The Law of Trusts, published by Irwinlaw, August 2005. Appointed Prothonotary of the Federal Court on September 25, 2003. Address: Federal Court, Toronto Local Office, 330 University Avenue, Toronto, M5G 1R7.

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Mireille Tabib

Born November 5, 1963 in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. Education at Université de Montréal (LL.B.) and Cambridge University (LL.M.). Called to the Quebec Bar 1988. Practiced with Stikeman Elliott, Montréal, 1989-2003, in transportation, insurance law and litigation. Appointed Prothonotary of the Federal Court of Canada in April, 2003 at the Ottawa Principal Office. Since July 2, 2003, the date of the coming into force of the Courts Administration Service Act, she is now Prothonotary of the Federal Court. Address: Federal Court, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0H9

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Roger Lafreniere'

Born in Saint-Boniface, Manitoba. Education at University of Manitoba Law School, 1982. Admitted to the Bar of Manitoba in 1983 and the Bar of Ontario in 1996. Practised as an associate with the law firm of Marcoux, Bétournay, LaBossière in Saint-Boniface, Manitoba from 1984 to 1987. Counsel with the Winnipeg Regional Office of the Federal Department of Justice. From 1990 to 1995, counsel for Treasury Board Legal Services Unit, Ottawa. Appointed Regional Director of the Winnipeg Regional Office of the Federal Department of Justice in May 1997. Appointed Prothonotary of the Federal Court of Canada at the Toronto Local Office, April 1, 1999. Since July 2, 2003, the date of the coming into force of the Courts Administration Service Act, he is now Prothonotary of the Federal Court. Address: Federal Court, Vancouver, British Columbia, V7Y 1B6.