David Stratas

David W. Stratas is a Canadian jurist. He has served on the Federal [Court of Appeal (Canada)|Federal Court of Appeal] since 2009 and the Court [Martial Appeal Court of Canada] since 2012.

Biography

David W. Stratas was born in 1960 in Toronto, Ontario.
Stratas was educated at Queen's [University at Kingston|Queen's University], earning an LL.B. in 1984 and Oxford University, earning a B.C.L. in 1986. He then returned to Canada and clerked for Justice Bertha Wilson of the Supreme Court of Canada. He proceeded to practise law as a litigator at Toronto law firms, including Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt and Heenan Blaikie.
From 1994 until his appointment to the Federal Court of Appeal in 2009, he served as an adjunct professor at Queen's [University Faculty of Law|Queen's Law School].