Brief Biographical Note of Justice Kathryn N. Feldman

Justice Feldman received her B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1970 and her LL.B. from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law in 1973, where she was co-editor of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review and recipient of the Dean's Key. She is a former partner of the firm of Blake, Cassels & Graydon where she practised in the areas of civil litigation and administrative law. Justice Feldman was appointed as a Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice (General Division) on December 24, 1990 and sat on the Commercial List as well as on criminal and civil matters. She was appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario on June 11, 1998. Since her appointment to the Bench, Justice Feldman has participated in numerous continuing legal education programs for law students, lawyers and judges as a lecturer and seminar leader, and has served as a frequent member of the final bench of a number of moot courts. She served as the Chair and Co-chair of the Insurance Committee of the Canadian Superior Court Judges Association from 1992 to 2011. In January 2001 she became the first recipient of the Canadian Superior Court Judges Association President’s Award. As an alumna of the U. of T., she served on the Moss Scholarship Selection Committee of the University of Toronto Alumni Association for six years, three years as Chair, and is a recipient of the University of Toronto Arbor Award. She is currently a director of the Canadian Chapter of the International Women Judges Association.