Kelly Moar was appointed to the

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on April 14, 2005. Judge Moar received his call to the bar in 1997. As a Crown attorney, he was involved in prosecuting serious cases and handling

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hearings and various

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proceedings. Before he became a lawyer, he worked with Winnipeg Child and Family Services as a

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and with the Native

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Council of Manitoba as a chemical dependency counsellor. He has also been active in the

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community over the years, with a special interest in sports.

References

Government of Manitoba news release
(accessed August 3, 2007) Judges in Manitoba Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{canada-law-bio-stub