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The Federal Court is Canada's national trial court which hears and decides legal disputes arising in the federal domain. The Court is based in Ottawa, and its members travel throughout Canada to hear cases within its national jurisdiction, thereby providing convenient access to justice to all Canadians.

 
The Honourable Martine St-Louis - Acting Chief Justice The Honourable Jocelyne Gagné The Honourable Catherine M. Kane The Honourable Yvan Roy The Honourable Michael D. Manson The Honourable Cecily Y. Strickland The Honourable Glennys L McVeigh The Honourable Alan S. Diner The Honourable Simon Fothergill The Honourable Denis Gascon The Honourable Richard F. Southcott The Honourable Patrick K. Gleeson The Honourable Ann Marie McDonald The Honourable Roger R. Lafrenière The Honourable William F. Pentney The Honourable Shirzad S. Ahmed The Honourable Sébastien Grammond The Honourable Paul Favel The Honourable John Norris The Honourable Nicholas McHaffie The Honourable Janet M. Fuhrer The Honourable Christine Pallotta The Honourable Andrew D. Little The Honourable Angela Furlanetto The Honourable Lobat Sadrehashemi The Honourable Avvy Yao-Yao Go The Honourable Mandy Aylen The Honourable Guy Régimbald The Honourable Ekaterina Tsimberis The Honourable Anne M. Turley The Honourable Negar Azmudeh The Honourable Phuong T.V. Ngo The Honourable Allyson Whyte Nowak The Honourable Angus G. Grant The Honourable Julie L. Blackhawk The Honourable Michael Battista The Honourable Benoit M. Duchesne The Honourable Love Saint-Fleur The Honourable Meaghan M. Conroy The Honourable Danielle Ferron The Honourable Andrew J. Brouwer The Honourable Darren Thorne The Honourable François Joyal The Honourable Giuseppina D’Agostino

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The Honourable Giuseppina D’Agostino

Justice Giuseppina D’Agostino earned her doctorate and masters in law (with distinction) from the University of Oxford, LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School, and Honours B.A., summa cum laude, from York University. She holds an ICD.D designation from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto and was called to the Ontario Bar in 2001.

Justice D’Agostino’s legal career spanned the private and public sectors as a lawyer, full professor of law, author, board director, and globally recognized expert at Osgoode Hall Law School, where she has taught across the legal curriculum, held a Tier 1 York Research Chair in Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Technologies, and served as the Associate Vice President Research of York University. She began her legal career at a large Toronto law firm, later serving as a Lecturer in Law at the University of Oxford. She was recruited into the Canadian government by the Recruitment of Policy Leaders (RPL) as a Senior Policy Analyst, has testified before the Canadian Parliament, and her numerous articles and books have been widely cited.

Justice D’Agostino has received numerous honours, including the King Charles III Coronation Medal for her outstanding contributions to Canada.

Justice D’Agostino enjoys travelling with her husband and her four children.

Appointed Judge of the Federal Court, and ex officio member of the Federal Court of Appeal, on April 29, 2026

Date modified: 2026-05-05

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