David Stratas
Canadian jurist
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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.
Nominated byStephen Harper
Preceded byPierre Blais
David Stratas | |
|---|---|
| Federal Court of Appeal | |
| Assumed office December 11, 2009 | |
| Nominated by | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Pierre Blais |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 21, 1960 |
| Alma mater | Queen's Law School University of Oxford |
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]