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Government of Canada announces judicial appointment in the province of Saskatchewan


OTTAWA, Aug. 17, 2017 /CNW/ - The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment under the new judicial application process announced on October 20, 2016. The new process emphasizes transparency, merit, and diversity, and will continue to ensure the appointment of jurists who meet the highest standards of excellence and integrity.

The Honourable Lian M. Schwann, a judge of the Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan, is appointed a judge of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan. She replaces Madam Justice J. Ryan-Froslie, who elected to become a supernumerary judge effective May 5, 2017.

Biography

Madam Justice Lian M. Schwann was appointed to the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench in March 2011. She received her B.A. (Social Science and Education) in 1976 from Carroll College in Helena, Montana, and an 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.

Justice Schwann began her legal career as an associate with McDougall Gauley from 1980 to 1984. She was a senior Crown counsel with the Civil Law Division for the Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice from 1984 to 2007, and the Registrar of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan and Registrar in Bankruptcy from 2007 until her appointment to the judiciary. In these various capacities, she 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.

While in practice, Justice Schwann served in various capacities with the Canadian Bar Association. She was chair of the Saskatchewan Crown Counsel Association, and a member of the Justice Employment Equity Committee from 2001 to 2005. In addition, Justice Schwann was also a sessional lecturer at the First Nations University of Canada at the University of Regina, teaching a class in environmental and public health law and ethics. Throughout her career, she has been a frequent presenter at seminars, workshops and in-service training events, as well as a lecturer and panelist at numerous conferences.

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