Frank Iacobucci

The Honourable
Frank Iacobucci
CC KC LSM OMRI
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
In office
January 7, 1991 – July 1, 2004
Nominated byBrian Mulroney
Preceded byBertha Wilson
Succeeded byRosalie Abella / Louise Charron
Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada
In office
September 2, 1988 – January 6, 1991
Nominated byBrian Mulroney
Appointed byJeanne Sauvé
Preceded byJames Alexander Jerome
Succeeded byJohn D. Richard
Deputy Minister of Justice
Deputy Attorney General of Canada
In office
September 30, 1985 – September 2, 1988
MinisterJohn Crosbie
Ray Hnatyshyn
Preceded byRoger Tassé
Succeeded byJohn C. Tait
Personal details
Born (1937-06-29) June 29, 1937 (age 87)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Spouse
Nancy Eastham
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(m. 1964)​
ChildrenEdward Iacobucci
Alma mater
Profession

Frank Iacobucci CC KC LSM OMRI (born June 29, 1937) is a former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1991 until his retirement from the bench in 2004. He was the first Italian-Canadian, allophone judge on the court.[1] Iacobucci was also the first judge on the Supreme Court to have been born, raised and educated in British Columbia.[2] Iacobucci has had a distinguished career in private practice, academia, the civil service and the judiciary.[3]

Before his elevation to the nation's top court, he was a tenured professor of law at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law for eighteen years, and was appointed dean of the faculty in 1979. From 1985 to 1988, he served as the Deputy Attorney General of Canada, playing a key role in constitutional law negotiations during the Meech Lake Accord process. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney appointed him Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada in 1988.

As a former private corporate lawyer, he is considered an expert in business and tax law. He currently serves as senior counsel at the business law firm Torys LLP.[4]

  1. ^ "Italian Canadiana | Department of Italian Studies". Archived from the original on July 26, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  2. ^ {{Cite web|title=The Honourable Frank Iacobucci, CC, QC, LLD, LSM | historyproject.law.ubc.ca|url=https://historyproject.allard.ubc.ca/law-history-project/profile/honourable-frank-iacobucci-cc-qc-lld-lsm%7Caccess-date=2020-07-26%7Cwebsite=historyproject.allard.ubc.ca}; Shauna Van Praagh, Building Justice: Frank Iacobucci and the Life Cycles of Law, University of Toronto Press, 2022, 376pp. [1]}
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  4. ^ "The Honourable Frank Iacobucci, CC, QC, LLD, LSM | People | Torys LLP".