In the United Kingdom and in some Commonwealth countries,a King's Counsel during the reign of a king,or Queen's Counsel during the reign of a queen,is a lawyer who is typically a senior trial lawyer. Technically appointed by the monarch of the country to be one of 'His [Her] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law',the position originated in England and Wales. Some Commonwealth countries have either abolished the position,or renamed it so as to remove monarchical connotations,for example,'Senior counsel' or 'Senior Advocate'.
Newton Wesley Rowell,was a Canadian lawyer,politician and judge,as well as a lay leader in the Methodist Church. Rowell led the Ontario Liberal Party from 1911 to 1917 and put forward a platform advocating temperance. Rowell's Liberals failed to oppose the Whitney government's passage of Regulation 17 which restricted the teaching of the French language in schools and alienated the province's French-Canadian minority.
The court system of Canada forms the country's judiciary,formally known as "The King on the Bench",which interprets the law and is made up of many courts differing in levels of legal superiority and separated by jurisdiction. Some of the courts are federal in nature,while others are provincial or territorial.
Emmett Matthew Hall was a Canadian lawyer,civil liberties advocate,Supreme Court of Canada judge and public policy advocate. He is considered one of the fathers of the Canadian system of Medicare,along with his fellow Saskatchewanian,Tommy Douglas.
Louis Yves Fortier is a Canadian diplomat,trial and appellate lawyer,arbitrator and corporate director. He served as the Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations from August 1988 to December 1991. In August 2013,he became a member of the Security Intelligence Review Committee and the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. He also served as the national president of the Canadian Bar Association from 1982 to 1983.
J. E. Michel Bastarache is a Canadian lawyer,businessman,and retired puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada.
Peggy Wilton McKercher,is a Canadian conservationist and university administrator.
John Gary LaneKC,,commonly known as Gary Lane,is a judge and former political figure in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. He represented Lumsden from 1971 to 1975 and Qu'Appelle from 1975 to 1976 as a Liberal and then Qu'Appelle from 1976 to 1982 and Qu'Appelle-Lumsden from 1982 to 1991 as a Progressive Conservative in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.
William S. Greenberg is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Previously he was a New Jersey attorney in private practice.
Robert G. Richards is the Chief Justice of Saskatchewan,Canada. He was appointed in June 2013. Richards earned a Bachelor of Commerce (1975) and a Bachelor of Laws (1979) from the University of Saskatchewan,and obtained a Masters of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1982. He was admitted to the Bar of Ontario in 1983 and the Bar of Saskatchewan in 1985.
John Lauchlan Farris (1911–1986) was a Canadian lawyer and judge. He served one term as President of the Canadian Bar Association,prior to being appointed Chief Justice of British Columbia.
Edward Neil McKelvey,(1925–2011) was a Canadian lawyer. He was actively involved in the legal profession and was one of the founders of Stewart McKelvey,the largest regional law firm in Atlantic Canada. McKelvey served as president of the Canadian Bar Association and then was the first Canadian to be president of the International Bar Association.
Irwin Dorfman,,was a Canadian lawyer from Winnipeg,Manitoba,eventually becoming senior counsel with the firm of Thompson Dorfman Sweatman. In addition to a busy legal practice in the areas of taxation and corporate matters,he was active in his community and in the profession. He served as president of the Law Society of Manitoba and as the national president of the Canadian Bar Association,the first Jewish president in the Association's history.
Jacques Viau was a Canadian lawyer practising in Montreal,Quebec. He served as bâtonnier of the Barreau du Québec and the Bar of Montreal. He also served as president of the Canadian Bar Association from 1977 to 1978. During his term in office,he chaired a committee which produced a major set of recommendations for reform of the Constitution of Canada.
Robert Wells was a Canadian lawyer,politician and judge in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's South from 1972 to 1975 and Kilbride from 1975 to 1979 in the Newfoundland House of Assembly. He sat on the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador from 1986 to 2008.
Thomas Joseph Walsh was a Canadian lawyer,practising in Calgary,Alberta. In addition to a busy legal practice,he was very active in his community and profession,including serving a term as national president of the Canadian Bar Association. His community involvement was recognised by his appointment to the Order of Canada and to the Alberta Order of Excellence.
Arthur William (Bill) Cox,was a Canadian lawyer,practising in Halifax,Nova Scotia. He served overseas during World War II. On his return to Canada,he became an active member of the legal profession,serving as president of the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society (1971–1972),the Federation of Law Societies of Canada (1975–1976) and the Canadian Bar Association. He was also active politically,with both the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.
Martel D. Popescul is the Chief Justice of the Court of King’s Bench for Saskatchewan. He was appointed Chief Justice effective January 1,2012,after serving on the Court since 2006.
J. Patrick Peacock was a Canadian lawyer in Calgary,Alberta. He specialized in litigation and was very active in the legal profession. He was the national president of the Canadian Bar Association from 1988 to 1989. He was also the president of the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League from 1985 to 1986.
Thomas S. Hixson is currently a U.S. Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
