A outstanding Chatham defence lawyer with ties that run deep in Chatham-Kent is now a decide in Windsor.
Greg McGivern’s new appointment and task was lately introduced by the Ontario authorities.
The province mentioned McGivern was known as to the Ontario bar in 2013 and commenced his personal personal follow in 2016.
Justice McGivern has been defence counsel for a number of excessive profile circumstances and purchasers within the Chatham-Kent space, together with most lately a person accused of a homicide in Tilbury, a Wallaceburg senior who killed his spouse in December of 2020, and a Chatham man who sexually assaulted 4 younger boys a number of occasions within the Eighties.
He has additionally been the legal courtroom liaison for the Kent Regulation Affiliation since 2020.
McGivern additionally has a deep affection for serving to his group.
“Justice McGivern is a devoted volunteer within the Chatham-Kent group. He has been a visitor speaker alongside native police at excessive faculties and has mentored college students as a highschool mock trial coach and college follow decide,” famous the province in a information launch.
Justice McGivern was assigned to the Ontario Courtroom of Justice in Windsor by Chief Justice Sharon Nicklas, efficient December 26, 2024 together with three different judges additionally assigned to Windsor.
