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The Honourable Maurice J. Herauf, a judge of the
Court of Queen’s Bench of Saskatchewan in Moose Jaw, is appointed
a Judge of the Court of Appeal of Saskatchewan in Regina, to replace
Mr. Justice J.G. Lane, who elected to become a supernumerary judge
as of January 1, 2011.
Mr. Justice Herauf received a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the University
of Saskatchewan in 1986 and was admitted to the Bar of Saskatchewan
in 1987.
Mr. Justice Herauf was appointed to the Court of Queen’s Bench
in 2007. Prior to his appointment, he was Registrar of the Court of
Appeal and Registrar in Bankruptcy from 1995 to 2007, Manager of the
License Administration Branch for the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming
Authority from 1993 to 1995 and Director of the Maintenance Enforcement
Office at Saskatchewan Justice from 1988 to 1993. His main practice
areas, prior to his appointment to the Queen’s Bench, were bankruptcy
and insolvency, secured transactions, agricultural law and civil procedure.
Mr. Justice Herauf authored several articles that have appeared in
the Saskatchewan Law Review, Saskatchewan Advocate and
the Canadian Bankruptcy Reports and Western Weekly Reports.
His decisions have been referred to in various authoritative textbooks
on bankruptcy and insolvency law.
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The Honourable Brian J. Scherman, a lawyer
with Miller Thomson LLP in Saskatoon, is appointed a Judge of the Court
of Queen’s Bench of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, to replace Mr.
Justice J.D. Koch, who elected to become a supernumerary judge as of
January 1, 2011.
Mr. Justice Scherman received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A. Economics)
and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the University of Saskatchewan,
both in 1972. He was admitted to the Bar of Saskatchewan in 1973 and
appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2000.
Mr. Justice Scherman has been a partner with Miller Thomson LLP since
the merger in December 2010 with Balfour Moss, where he had been partner
since 1975. His main areas of practice were civil litigation with significant
emphasis on corporate/commercial law, professional negligence, discipline
and administrative law.
Mr. Justice Scherman served on various Canadian Bar Association committees
and is a member of the Saskatchewan Bar Association. He is a member
of the Canadian Petroleum Law Foundation and Chairman of the Saskatchewan
Regional Board of Directors of The Nature Conservancy of Canada. He
is a frequent presenter at various Continuing Legal Education seminars
and was a sessional lecturer at the University of Saskatchewan from
1996 to 1998. He is active in a variety of community, civic and minor
sports organizations. Since 2004, he has been the Director of YMCA
Saskatoon and was a member of Rotary International for many years.
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The Honourable Lian M. Schwann, Registrar of
the Court of Appeal and Registrar in Bankruptcy in Regina, is appointed
a Judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Saskatchewan in Moose
Jaw, to replace Mr. Justice M.J. Herauf, who was appointed to the Court
of Appeal of Saskatchewan.
Madam Justice Schwann received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A. Social Science)
in 1976 from Carroll College in Helena, Montana, U.S.A., and a Bachelor
of Laws (LL.B.) from the University of Saskatchewan in 1980. She was
admitted to the Bar of Saskatchewan in 1981 and appointed Queen’s
Counsel in 2007.
Madam Justice Schwann has been the Registrar of the Court of Appeal
and Registrar in Bankruptcy since 2007. She was Crown Counsel, Civil
Law Division for the Ministry of Justice from 1984 to 2007, an associate
with McDougall Gauley from 1980 to 1984, and an investigator for the
Office of the Ombudsman 1979. She has appeared before all levels of
court in Saskatchewan, as well as before several boards and tribunals.
Her main areas of practice were bankruptcy and insolvency, health,
environmental, natural resource, privacy and governmental law.
Madam Justice Schwann has been a member of the Law Society of Saskatchewan
since 1981 and is a current member of the Canadian Bar Association.
She was chair of the Saskatchewan Crown Counsel Association (2006-2007)
and sessional lecturer at the First Nations University of Canada at
the University of Regina from 2003 to 2006. She was a member of Justice
Employment Committee from 2001 to 2005 and was a member the Canadian
Bar Association’s Gender Equity Committee from 1999 to 2001.
She was a frequent presenter at seminars, workshops and in-service
training events, as well as a lecturer and panellist at numerous conferences.
These appointments are effective immediately.
