Fredericton lawyer named to bench
Government litigator Rose Campbell will preside over provincial court in Woodstock
A Fredericton lawyer who’s been a litigator with the New Brunswick government’s constitutional law unit has been named to the provincial court bench.
In a news release Thursday afternoon, Justice Minister Robert McKee announced two new judicial appointments to provincial court.
One is Fredericton’s Rose Campbell, the release said, and she’ll sit in Woodstock provincial court.
Campbell earned her law degree at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton and later got her master of laws at the Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in Toronto.
“She was called to the bar in 2010. She [has] worked for the Office of the Attorney General for 15 years, most recently with the constitutional law unit,” the release said.
Also named to the bench Thursday was Marc Philippe Savoie of Dieppe, who worked for 10 years as a Crown prosecutor for the province before becoming a federal prosecutor.
He’ll sit as a provincial court judge in Moncton.
The new appointments bring the total complement of provincial court judges in New Brunswick to 28, the release said, as well as two supernumerary judges and eight per-diem judges.
The Department of Justice and Public Safety also announced that Judge Karen Lee, who has been sitting as a regular judge in Woodstock provincial court, will now sit as a travelling judge.
Lee is also undertaking a role in the establishment of virtual bail court, a new development in the New Brunswick justice system, and she’ll preside over bail court as well.
“All applications for appointment to the provincial court are assessed by the provincial judicial appointment review advisers who represent the bench, the bar and the general public,” the government release said.
“The advisers consider the professional and other qualifications of each candidate in carrying out their assessments. The appointment process also includes interviews by a committee composed of the chief justice of New Brunswick, the chief judge and/or associate chief judge of the provincial court, and one of the provincial judicial appointment review advisers representing the general public.”
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