Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court Education Seminar: The Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts Biographies Judge Danny J. Boggs Circuit Judge United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Louisville, Kentucky Judge Boggs was born in Havana, Cuba, October 23, 1944. He grew up in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and then attended Harvard College. He received his A.B. degree cum laude from Harvard in 1965, after twice winning the Coolidge Debate Prize and serving as President of the National Model General Assembly. He attended the University of Chicago Law School on a Mechem Scholarship, was elected to Law Review, and won the Hinton Moot Court competition. After receiving his Juris Doctor degree in 1968, and being elected to Order of the Coif, he taught at Law School for the 1968-69 academic year. He then returned to Kentucky, where he served as Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Economic Security (1969-70), Legal Counsel to the Governor (1970-71) and Legislative Counsel to the Minority in the State House of Representatives (1972). He was called to Washington, where he served as Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States (1973-75), Assistant to the Chairman of the Federal Power Commission (1975-77), and Deputy Minority Counsel to the United States Senate Energy Committee (1977-79). He then left government and entered private practice. He returned to serve as Assistant Director of the White House Office of Policy Development and Special Assistant to the President of the United States (1981-83), and Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (1983-86). In 1986 he was appointed by the President to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Following his appointment to the bench, he led three missions under the auspices of the United States Department of State, teaching American jurisprudence at the judicial academy of the Soviet Union (May 1991), the Commonwealth of Independent States (October 1991), and Russia (June 1993). By appointment of the Chief Justice of the United States, he served on the Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1992-94. From 1994 to 2000, he served on the Judicial Conference Committee on Automation, and chaired its Budget subcommittee. He served as chair of the Appellate Judges Conference of the American Bar Association 2001-02. Judge Boggs served as Chief Judge of the Sixth Circuit from 2003 to 2009. In 2008, he was appointed by the Chief Justice as a member of the Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States. ********** L’honorable Danny J. Boggs Juge de circuit Cour d’appel du sixième circuit des États-Unis Louisville, Kentucky Né le 23 octobre 1944 à la Havane, Cuba, le juge Boggs grandit à Bowling Green, au Kentucky. Il étudie ensuite à Harvard où il obtient, en 1965, un baccalauréat ès arts avec distinction, remporte à deux reprises le prix Coolidge et préside la National Model General Assembly. Il obtient une bourse Mechem pour étudier à la Faculté de droit de l’Université de Chicago, il est élu au Law Review et remporte la compétition Hinton Moot Court. Il obtient son doctorat en jurisprudence en 1968, il est décoré de l’Ordre de la Coiffe et enseigne à la Faculté de droit durant l’année universitaire 1968-1969. Il retourne par la suite au Kentucky où il est commissaire adjoint au Département de sécurité économique (1969- 1970), conseiller juridique du gouverneur (1970-1971) et conseiller législatif à la chambre des représentants (1972). On le réclame à Washington où il agit en tant que procureur général adjoint des États-Unis (1973-1975), adjoint au président de la Commission fédérale de l’énergie (1975-1977), et conseiller juridique au Comité sénatorial de l’énergie (1977-1979). Il quitte par la suite un certain temps pour pratiquer dans le privé. Il retourne toutefois à la fonction Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court Education Seminar: The Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts Biographies publique en tant que directeur adjoint au bureau de développement des politiques et conseiller spécial du président (1981-1983) et secrétaire adjoint au Département de l’énergie (1983-1986). En 1986, il est nommé président de la Cour d’appel du sixième circuit des États-Unis. Suite à sa nomination, il dirige trois missions sous l’égide du Département d’État, soit enseigner la jurisprudence américaine à l’académie judiciaire de l’Union soviétique (mai 1991), à la Communauté des États indépendants (octobre 1991) et en Russie (juin 1993). En tant que juge en chef des États-Unis, il siège au comité consultatif des règles de processus d’appel de la conférence de la magistrature des États-Unis de 1992 à 1994. De 1994 à 2000, il siège au comité sur l’automatisation et préside son sous-comité du processus budgétaire. Il est président de la conférence des juges des cours d’appel de l’American Bar Association de 2001-2002. Il est juge en chef du sixième circuit de 2003 à 2009. En 2008, le juge en chef le nomme au comité exécutif de la conférence de la magistrature des États-Unis. Mr. Robert J. Frater ROBERT FRATER is Senior General Counsel with the Department of Justice. He was called to the bar in Ontario in 1986, and is a past member of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut bars. He worked in the Toronto Prosecutions Section from 1986-1991 before moving to Ottawa. He is the author of Prosecutorial Misconduct (Canada Law Book, 2009), and co-author of Drug Offences in Canada, 3d ed. He has argued numerous cases before the Supreme Court of Canada and other appellate courts including, most recently AG Canada v. PHS Community Services (the “Insite” case) and the Securities Regulation Reference. He has lectured on a wide variety of topics, and taught a LLM. Course on prosecutorial ethics at the University of Auckland in the summer of 2010. ********** Me Robert J. Frater ROBERT FRATER est avocat général principal au ministère de la Justice. Il est admis au Barreau de l’Ontario en 1986 et a, par le passé, été membre des barreaux des Territoires du Nord-Ouest et du Nunavut. Il a travaillé à la division des poursuites à Toronto de 1986 à 1991 avant de déménager à Ottawa. Il est l’auteur du livre Prosecutorial Misconduct (Canada Law Book, 2009) et coauteur du livre Drug Offences in Canada, 3e éd. Il a comparu devant la Cour suprême du Canada et d’autres tribunaux d’appel à maintes reprises où il a plaidé d’importantes causes dont, dernièrement, Canada (Procureur général) c. PHS Community Services (« Insite ») et le Renvoi relatif à la réglementation des valeurs mobilières. Il a donné de nombreuses conférences sur une vaste gamme de sujets et, à l’été 2010, il a enseigné un cours à la maîtrise sur la déontologie et les poursuites à l’Université d’Auckland. Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court Education Seminar: The Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts Biographies Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court Education Seminar: The Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts Biographies Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court Education Seminar: The Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts Biographies The Honourable Frank Iacobucci, C.C., Q.C. The Honourable Frank Iacobucci has had a varied career in private practice, academia, government and the judiciary. He was born, raised and educated in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he received his B. Comm. and LL.B. from the University of British Columbia. He went on to receive his LL.M. and Dip. Int’l L. from Cambridge. He began his career in 1964 as a lawyer at a large New York firm, where he practiced corporate and securities law. In 1967, he joined the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, and was a Professor of Law there until 1985. He also served as Vice-President, Internal Affairs at the University of Toronto from 1975 to 1979 and Dean of the Faculty of Law from 1979 to 1983. From 1983 to 1985, he was Vice-President and Provost of the University. In 1985, Mr. Iacobucci was appointed Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General for Canada; in 1988, Chief Justice of Federal Court of Canada; and in 1991, a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. The Honourable Frank Iacobucci retired from the Supreme Court of Canada in June 2004 and served as interim President of the University of Toronto from September 2004 until June 2005. On July 1, 2005, he joined Tory LLP as Counsel and became Chairman of Torstar Corporation (to 2009). He currently serves as Chairman of the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, Conduct Review Advisor for the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board of General Motors of Canada. He is also a member of the Ontario Law Commission. He has served as federal representative in the negotiations leading to a settlement of the India residential schools (IRS) legacy. In December 2006, he was appointed Commissioner to lead an inquiry into the conduct of Canadian officials regarding certain individuals. In April of 2008 as a special advisor to the Minister of Natural Resources for Ontario, he provided advice for a framework toward a long-term agreement between Grassy Narrows First Nation and the Province of Ontario dealing with forestry and related issues. He has authored or co-authored numerous books, articles and commentaries on a variety of legal and other subjects and is the recipient of numerous awards and honours in Canada and abroad, including honorary degrees in Canada and Italy, and his election as an Honorary Fellow of St.