Sidney Lerner was appointed to the Provincial Court of Manitoba on August 4, 1999. Before his appointment to the bench, Judge Lerner served as the senior

Crown attorney Crown attorneys or crown counsel (or, in Alberta and New Brunswick, crown prosecutors) are the prosecutors in the legal system of Canada. Crown attorneys represent the Crown and act as prosecutor in proceedings under the Criminal Code and ...

for Court of Queen's Bench trials. He received his law degree from the University of Manitoba in 1981 and was called to the bar in 1982. He worked in private practice before joining the Crown attorney's office in 1984 and has extensive

criminal law Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime. It prescribes conduct perceived as threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the property, health, safety, and moral welfare of people inclusive of one's self. Most criminal law i ...

experience.

References

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