JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED

Theresa M. Forgeron of Sydney has been appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Family Division.

Justice Forgeron received a Bachelor of Laws from Dalhousie University in 1986 and was admitted to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1987.

Prior to her appointment, Justice Forgeron was a partner with the firm H.F. MacIntyre and Associates, where she practised primarily in litigation and family law.

Justice Forgeron was a member of the Bar Bench Liaison Committee for the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Family Division. In the past she has been a member of the Ad Hoc Committee of Bar Council on the Unified Family Court, the Nova Scotia Court Structure Taskforce and of the Law Reform Commission of Nova Scotia. She is the author of several legal publications and a frequent lecturer.

Justice Forgeron was sworn in at a ceremony on July 15, 2005 in the Sydney Ports Corporation Lighthouse Room.