Don R. Sommerfeldt is a judge currently serving on the
Tax Court of Canada.
He graduated
B.A.Sc. from the
University of Lethbridge in 1972,
M.A. from
Brigham Young University in 1974, and
LL.B. from the
University of Alberta in 1977. He was admitted to the bar of
Alberta, Canada in 1978, and practiced law, specialising in taxation. In 2000, he joined the firm of
Fraser Milner Casgrain (in 2013 merged into
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). He graduated
LL.M.
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from
Cornell Law School
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in 2004, and was admitted to the bar of
New York
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.
Sommerfeldt was appointed on May 29, 2015, to the seat on the Tax Court of Canada vacated by
Georgette Sheridan
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who had resigned on May 1.
Tax Court of Canada Judicial Appointments Announced
on May 29, 2015
References
Living people
Judges of the Tax Court of Canada
Year of birth missing (living people)
University of Lethbridge alumni
University of Alberta alumni
Brigham Young University alumni
Cornell Law School alumni
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