Morris Fish

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Morris Jacob Fish

Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Term in office
August 5, 2003 – November 16, 2013* (*expected)
Preceded by	Charles Gonthier
Born	November 16, 1938 Montreal, Quebec

Morris Jacob Fish, QC (born November 16, 1938) is a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Aaron S. Fish and Zlata Grober, he received a Bachelor of Arts (with distinction) in 1959 and a Bachelor of Law (first class honours) in 1962 from McGill University.

He practiced law mostly in Quebec for the law firm Cohen, Leithman, Kaufman, Yarosky & Fish which later became Yarosky, Fish, Zigman, Isaacs & Daviault between 1967 and 1989. He also lectured at a number of Canadian law schools. He was appointed to the Quebec Court of Appeal on June 30, 1989 and was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada on August 5, 2003.

[edit] See also

• Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Fish

[edit] External links

• Official Biography

Preceded by: Charles Gonthier

Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada August 5, 2003 – present

Succeeded by: Incumbent

The McLachlin court (2000–present)

2000–2002: C. L'Heureux-Dubé | C. Gonthier | F. Iacobucci | J.C. Major | M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. Arbour | L. LeBel

2002–2003: C. Gonthier | F. Iacobucci | J.C. Major | M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. Arbour | L. LeBel | M. Deschamps

2003–2004: F. Iacobucci | J.C. Major | M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. Arbour | L. LeBel | M. Deschamps | M.J. Fish

2004–2005: J.C. Major | M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. LeBel | M. Deschamps | M.J. Fish | R. Abella | L. Charron

2005–2006: M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. LeBel | M. Deschamps | M.J. Fish | R. Abella | L. Charron

2006–present: M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. LeBel | M. Deschamps | M.J. Fish | R. Abella | L. Charron | M. Rothstein