The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment under the judicial application process established in 2016. This process emphasizes transparency, merit, and the diversity of the Canadian population, and will continue to ensure the appointment of jurists who meet the highest standards of excellence and integrity.
Anne M. Turley, Senior General Counsel at the Department of Justice Canada in Ottawa, is appointed a Judge of the Federal Court. Justice Turley fills one of two remaining positions authorized under the Budget Implementation Act, 2019.
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"I wish Justice Turley every success as she takes on her new role. I am confident she will serve Canadians well as a member of the Federal Court."
-The Hon. David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Biography
Justice Anne M. Turley was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. She received both her undergraduate degree and law degree from Queen's University. She was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1993.
Justice Turley spent her 30-year career as a civil litigator with the Department of Justice Canada in Ottawa, and was appointed Senior General Counsel in 2009. Her broad-based litigation practice consisted of appearances before all levels of courts, particularly the Supreme Court of Canada and the Federal Courts, on a wide range of issues, including administrative, constitutional and human rights law. She also appeared before federal administrative tribunals and commissions of inquiry. She was lead counsel for the Government of Canada before the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Justice Turley has been an active contributor to legal education and mentoring in the Department of Justice and the wider legal community. In 2009, she founded an initiative within the Department to support, develop and mentor women litigators. She has been a director of The Advocates' Society, an advocacy advisor with the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute, and a member of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies. She was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in October 2021.
In her spare time, Justice Turley enjoys cycling, yoga, cross-country skiing and cooking. Together with her husband, she is the very proud parent of two adult daughters, one living on each coast.
