All three will sit as judges in London
The Superior Court of Justice of Ontario has welcomed Jennifer M. Moser, Alexandra J. Bignucolo, and Lisa M. Walters as new judges sitting in London.
Moser replaces Justice K.A. Gorman, who became a supernumerary judge as of February 25. She was an assistant Crown attorney at the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario in London.
Moser started at McCarthy Tétrault, where she concentrated on medical malpractice litigation. In 2003, she became a provincial assistant Crown attorney.
In 2006, she joined the London Crown Attorney’s office, where she prosecuted cases involving sexual assaults, child abuse offences, terrorism, and homicides in the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice. She also oversaw the Gladue Court and the Adult Therapeutic Court.
Bignucolo replaces Justice D.M. Korpan, who became a supernumerary judge on December 6, 2024. She will be a judge in the Family Court.
She was a Stratford-based sole practitioner focusing on family law, mediation, real estate, corporate, and wills and estates. She has served as a Legal Aid Ontario panel lawyer and used to lead the Perth County Law Association as president.
Bignucolo was granted the chartered mediator designation by the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada and was on the chartered mediator assessment committee with the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario. She is fluent in English, French, and Italian.
Walters replaces Justice E.M. Morgan, who became a supernumerary judge on January 3. Morgan was based in Toronto; however, the chief justice filled Morgan’s vacancy with Justice K. Sah of the Family Court in London, creating the opening in the London – Family Court.
Walters was a Wharton Woods Family Law partner based in London. She concentrated on family law and was an agent for the Children’s Aid Society of London and Middlesex.
She was previously president of the Middlesex Family Law Association. She was also part of the Southwest Region Women’s Law Association and was on the liaison and the joint liaison committees. Moreover, she was a dispute resolution officer.
The appointments were announced by Sean Fraser, minister of justice and attorney general of Canada and minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.
