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Apr 01, 1947 77 years old
Canadian judge
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About Douglas Abra
- Douglas N.
- Abra, (born April 1, 1947 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian judge.
- He was appointed a judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba on July 10, 2007.
- He replaced Mr.
- Justice Alan D.
- MacInnes, upon his appointment to the Manitoba Court of Appeal. Mr.
- Justice Abra received a Bachelor of Arts in 1968 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1972 from the University of Manitoba.
- He was admitted to the Bar of Manitoba in 1973.
- He practised as an associate with Monk Goodwin & Company, then as a Crown Attorney with the provincial Crown (1974–1979) before returning to private practice with Thompson Dorfman Sweatman (1980–1989) and with Hill Abra Dewar (1989–2007).
- At the time of his appointment to the bench, Mr.
- Justice Abra was a partner with Hill Abra Dewar. Prior to his appointment, Mr.
- Justice Abra practiced in the areas of administrative law, civil litigation, criminal law, insurance and professional liability litigation, regulation of professions and professional discipline, employment law and labour law.
- Mr.
- Justice Abra received his Queen’s Counsel designation in 1992.
- He has also acted as President of the Law Society of Manitoba (1993–1994), as a member of the Court of Queen’s Bench Rules Committee, as a frequent lecturer for the Law Society of Manitoba Continuing Legal Education Programs and as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Westminster United Church.
