The new judges begin sitting on November 19
Lori Anne Crewe, John Charles Logue Ramsay, and Anna Lorraine Trbovich have joined the Ontario Court of Justice as new judges.
They begin sitting on November 19. Chief justice Sharon Nicklas has assigned Crewe to Pembroke, Ramsay to Cornwall, and Trbovich to Toronto.
Crewe was an assistant Crown attorney with the Pembroke Crown Attorney’s Office. She was also once a duty counsel with Legal Aid Ontario who has acted for clients in criminal and family court matters.
She commenced her legal career with Hustwick Wetsch Moffat McCrae in Alberta before transitioning to Wheat Law Office. She launched Crewe Law, her own practice, in 2008; it focused on representing clients in criminal and family law proceedings.
Crewe also worked with Renfrew County’s Family Responsibility Office as a per diem duty counsel, a per diem Crown, and a per diem counsel. She has appeared before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Justice.
Crewe chaired the board of directors at the Boys and Girls Club in Renfrew County. She received her law degree from the University of Alberta Faculty of Law and was called to the Alberta and Ontario bars in 2003 and 2008, respectively.
Ramsay was a bilingual assistant Crown attorney with the Ottawa Crown Attorney’s Office, where he started in 2008. He has prosecuted homicides, sexual assaults, and firearm offences.
He has appeared before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Justice, the Ontario Review Board, the Mental Health Court, and the Drug Treatment Court. He also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Common Law.
As a private practitioner, Ramsay worked with May & Konyer. He received his law degree from the McGill University Faculty of Law and was called to the Ontario bar in 2008.
He is a director at the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health in Ottawa and is part of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg.
Trbovich was a deputy executive legal officer at the Ontario Court of Appeal, managing policy and operational issues relating to criminal matters. During a stint as assistant Crown attorney at the Toronto West Crown Attorney’s Office, she prosecuted offences before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and Ontario Court of Justice.
She assisted judges with research and gave policy and operational advice on criminal matters as a staff lawyer at the COA, which she joined in 2018. She started her career as a judicial law clerk with the Supreme Court of Canada and the COA after being called to the Ontario bar in 2005.
Trbovich helped establish the Rosenberg Mentorship Moot, where junior counsel team up with seasoned mentors to argue mock criminal appeals before the COA and guest judges. She received her law degree from the University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law and holds a master of laws degree from Harvard Law School.
