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Graduate of the University of Toronto, 1971, Gold Medallist. Called to the Bar of Ontario in 1973. Appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1985. Appointed to the Supreme Court of Ontario in April 1990 and then to the Ontario Court of Appeal December 1995. Lectured at the University of Toronto Law School from 1978 to 1995. Former co-chair of the Canadian Bar Association – Ontario Advocacy Symposium Committee; Director Advocates’ Society; Member of the Board of Governors – Advocate Society Institute; Council Member – University of Toronto Alumni Association; Co-chair, University of Toronto Academic Tribunal – Discipline Subsection.
Madam Justice Andromache Karakatsanis
Justice Andromache Karakatsanis was appointed a judge of the Court of Appeal for Ontario in March 2010 and a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in December 2002, presiding in all areas of the work of the court. She served as Administrative Judge for the Small Claims Court in Toronto.
Prior to her appointment as a judge, Justice Karakatsanis served as Ontario’s Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council (2000-2002). As the senior public servant, she provided leadership to the Deputy Ministers and the Ontario Public Service. During her career in public service, she also served as Deputy Attorney General (1997-2000) and as Secretary of the Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat (1995-1997).
Following her call to the Bar in 1982, Justice Karakatsanis was appointed law clerk to the Chief Justice of Ontario, clerking for the Ontario Court of Appeal. In private practice, she practiced criminal, civil and family litigation in Toronto. From 1988 to 1995, she was Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Liquor Licence Board of Ontario.
Justice Karakatsanis has also been actively involved in the administrative justice education and reform issues. She was the recipient of the Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulators (SOAR) Medal (1996) for outstanding service to the administrative justice system of Ontario.
