Renee Pomerance

Justice Renee Pomerance was appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario in July 2024.  Before that, she served for 18 years on the Superior Court of Justice – Ontario. Prior to her judicial appointment, Justice Pomerance  practiced law at the Crown Law Office- Criminal where she appeared before all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada. During a two-year leave of absence, Justice Pomerance served as Counsel to the Honourable Peter Cory on “The Collusion Inquiry”, an inquiry that took place in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, and investigated allegations of collusion by state agencies in six cases of paramilitary murder.  Throughout her career, Justice Pomerance has been actively involved in teaching judges, lawyers, and law students. She has written extensively in the areas of criminal, evidence and constitutional law.