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Tax Court of Canada Judicial Appointments Announced
The Honourable Peter MacKay, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Central Nova, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointments:
The Honourable Don R. Sommerfeldt, a counsel with Dentons Canada LLP in Edmonton, is appointed a judge of the Tax Court of Canada, to replace Madam Justice G. Sheridan who resigned effective May 1, 2014.
Mr. Justice Sommerfeldt received a Bachelor of Arts and Science from the University of Lethbridge in 1972 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Alberta in 1977. He also received a Master of Arts from Brigham Young University in 1974 and a Master of Laws from Cornell University in 2004. He was admitted to the Bar of Alberta in 1978 and to the bar of New York in 2004.
Mr. Justice Sommerfeldt has been with Dentons Canada LLP (formerly Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP) since 2000. Prior to that, he practised taxation, estate planning and pensions with Edward A. Zelinsky Professional Corporation; Cruickshank Karvellas; Milner Fenerty; the Department of National Revenue (Rulings Directorate) while on secondment from Milner & Steer.
Mr. Justice Sommerfeldt is a member of the following associations: the Canadian Tax Foundation and is a past governor; the Society of trust and Estate Practitioners, the Canadian Bar Association; the Canadian Association of Law Teachers; the International Fiscal Association; and the New York State Bar Association.
The Honourable Henry A. Visser, a lawyer with McInnes Cooper in Halifax, is appointed a judge of the Tax Court of Canada, to replace Madam Justice D. Campbell, who elected supernumerary status as of June 19, 2015. This appointment is effective June 19, 2015.
Mr. Justice Visser received a Bachelor of Commerce from Dalhousie University in 1988 and a Bachelor of Laws from the Dalhousie Law School (now the Schulich School of Law) in 1994. He was admitted to the Bar of Nova Scotia in 1995 and to Prince Edward Island in 1998.
Mr. Justice Visser has been a lawyer with the firm McInnes Cooper since 1997 and became a partner in 2003. His main areas of practice were tax law, corporate law, commercial law, labour law and employment law. He was employed with Martin Visser and Sons, farming and export business, from June 1995 to May 1997.
These appointments are effective immediately, unless indicated otherwise.
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