Chief Justice
Crédit: Balfour
Paul Crampton was appointed Chief Justice of the Federal Court on December 15, 2011. He was appointed to the Federal Court on November 26, 2009 and to the Competition Tribunal on March 18, 2010.
Prior to his appointment to the Court, he was a partner in the Competition and Foreign Investment Law Group of a major law firm in Toronto. Between 2002 and 2004, he was Head of Outreach in the Competition Division of the OECD. In that capacity, he was responsible for overseeing the OECD’s work in the competition field with developing and transitioning countries. From 1992 to 2002, he was a partner in the Competition and Foreign Investment Law Group at another major law firm in Toronto. Between 1987 and 1991, he held various positions within the Competition Bureau.
In 2006, he was included in Lexpert’s Guide to the 100 Most Creative Lawyers in Canada. In 2002 he was awarded the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal. In 1998, he was ranked by the Global Competition Review among the top ten competition law lawyers worldwide under 45. He also is the author of the book Mergers and the Competition Act and of numerous articles published in domestic and international journals. In addition, he was a co-author of the APEC Principles to Enhance Competition and Regulatory Reform, which were issued in 2000.