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J. Michael MacDonald
J. Michael MacDonald (born 1954) is a Canada, Canadian lawyer who previously served as the 22nd Chief Justice of Nova Scotia from 2004 until 2019. Early life and education Raised in the Whitney Pier neighbourhood of Sydney, Nova Scotia, MacDonald received a Bachelor of Arts from Mount Allison University in 1976 and then graduated from Dalhousie Law School in 1979.MacDonald, The Honourable J. Michael
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He received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Cape Breton University in 2018.


Legal career

MacDonald began his career working as a lawyer in the Sydney, Nova Scotia office of Boudreau, Beaton & LaFosse, which later merged with Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales.
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