Morris Fish

The Honourable Mr. Justice
Morris Jacob Fish
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 5, 2003
Nominated by Jean Chrétien
Preceded by Charles Gonthier
Personal details
Born November 16, 1938 (1938-11-16) (age 73)
Montreal, Quebec

Morris J. Fish, (born November 16, 1938) is a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.[1]

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. His expertise in practice and teaching was criminal law. He was appointed to the Quebec Court of Appeal on June 30, 1989 and was elevated to the Supreme Court of Canada on August 5, 2003, replacing Charles Gonthier.

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