David W. Stratas (born 1960) is a

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jurist. He has served on the

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since 2009 and the

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since 2012.

Biography

David W. Stratas was born in 1960 in

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, Ontario. Stratas was educated at Queen's University, earning an

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in 1984 and

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, earning a B.C.L. in 1986. He then returned to Canada and clerked for Justice Bertha Wilson of the

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. He proceeded to practise law as a litigator at

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s, including

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and

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. From 1994 until his appointment to the Federal Court of Appeal in 2009, he served as an adjunct professor at Queen's Law School.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stratas, David 1960 births Judges of the Federal Court of Appeal (Canada) Judges of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada Lawyers in Ontario Living people People from Toronto Queen's University at Kingston alumni Queen's University Faculty of Law alumni