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The Honourable Mary Jane Hatton, Senior Judge of the Family Court Branch of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario, is appointed Judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Durham), to replace Mr. Justice A.J. Stong (Barrie), who elected to become a supernumerary judge as of July 31, 2010 and whose position was transferred to Durham.
Madam Justice Hatton received a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the University of Western Ontario in 1973. She was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1976.
Madam Justice Hatton was appointed Senior Judge of the Family Court Branch in 2008. She was appointed a Judge of the Family Court Branch of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario in 1999 and a Judge of the Ontario Court of Justice in 1990. Prior to her appointment, she was Chair of the Case Management Operations Committee for the pilot project in the Toronto Family Court. She was counsel at the Children's Aid Society of Metropolitan Toronto for five years and was in private practice for nine years specializing in family law.
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The Honourable Katherine B. Corrick, Director of Policy and Tribunals at the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC), is appointed Judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario in Toronto, to replace Mr. Justice V. Paisley, who elected to become a supernumerary judge as of May 6, 2010.
Madam Justice Corrick received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A. - Psychology) from the University of Toronto in 1976 and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1979. She was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1981.
Madam Justice Corrick has been the Director of Policy and Tribunals at the LSUC since 1996. She was a legal member of the Ontario Review Board in 1993 and Alternate Chair (1994-1999). She was also a faculty member of LSUC Bar Admission Course (1991-1996), sole practitioner in criminal law (1983-1990) and an Ontario Legal Aid Plan staff duty counsel (1981-1983). Her main area of practice was as general counsel to the LSUC advising the Treasurer, CEO and benchers on legal matters affecting the Law Society, including corporate governance, director's duties, administrative law and procedure.
Madam Justice Corrick was a member of the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted (2004-2009) and a member of the Criminal Lawyers' Association (1983-1996). She is an author and co-author of several publications and frequent speaker on various topics, including "The Future of the Legal Profession" and "Access to Legal Services."
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The Honourable James A.S. Wilcox, a lawyer with Wallace, Klein Partners in Law, is appointed Judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario in Haileybury, to replace Mr. Justice J.S. Poupore, who elected to become a supernumerary judge as of July 26, 2010 and whose position was transferred to Haileybury.
Mr. Justice Wilcox received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A. - Honours) in 1979 and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in 1982 from the University of Western Ontario. He was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1984.
Mr. Justice Wilcox has been a lawyer with the firm Wallace, Klein Partners in Law LLP since 1998. He practised with McLachlan, Wilcox & Ducharme (1989-1998), and previously with David R. Service of Barrie (1987-1989), Powell, Cunningham, Kennedy and Grandy in Parry Sound (1985-1987) and with Wallace and Carr (North Bay) in 1984. His main area of practice was family law, but also specialized in criminal law, youth court, wills and estates, civil litigation, real estate and provincial prosecutions and mental health law.
Mr. Justice Wilcox has been a legal member of the Ontario Review Board since 1998. He was a delegate for the County and District Law Presidents' Association, Vice-President of the Nipissing Law Association since 2006, member of Ontario Trial Lawyers' Association since 1997, the Nipissing Legal Aid area committee since 1989, and the Canadian Bar Association since 1985. He is active in numerous charitable and community organizations.
These appointments are effectively immediately.
