René Leblanc is a justice with the
Federal Court of Appeal of Canada, having been appointed in April 2020.
Early life and education
LeBlanc received a Bachelor of Civil Law from
Université Laval
(; English: ''Laval University)'' is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university traces its roots to the Séminaire de Québec, founded by François de Montmorency-Laval in 1663, making it the oldest institutio ...
in 1979 and was called to the Barreau du Québec in 1980. After his call to the bar, he worked in private practice in the firm Lazarovitch, Cannon, Lemelin & Rourke in Québec City before joining the Legal Services Unit of the Secretary of State of Canada in 1982.
In 1986, he became a litigation lawyer with the Department of Justice Canada as a litigator and in 2006, he was appointed Senior General Counsel.
[ https://www.fca-caf.ca/en/pages/about-the-court/judges?wbdisable=true JudgesFederal Court of Appeal]
In April 2014, LeBlanc was appointed as a Judge of the Federal Court.
References
Living people
Judges of the Federal Court of Canada
Year of birth missing (living people)
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