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FELLOWS TO THE BENCH
PATRICK OUELLET was appointed to the Superior Court of Quebec for the district of Montreal on April 24, 2023. Prior to his appointment, Justice Ouellet was a partner at Woods LLP, where he worked for twenty-one years, specializing in multiple areas of civil and commercial litigation. Inducted into the College in 2018, Justice Ouellet served as Province Committee Vice Chair until his appointment and will be a member of the Sopinka Cup Com- mittee beginning this fall.
DARREL J. PAPILLION was nominated to the US District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana by President Joe Biden and confirmed in June 2023. Judge Papillion grew up in rural Louisiana and is a French-speaking Creole who hosted a radio show in French as a teen. He is a graduate of LSU Law Center and previously served as President of the Louisiana State Bar Associa- tion. Inducted into the College in 2020, Judge Papillion served as a member of the State Committee until his appointment to the bench.
MARYBETH AYRES became a Fellow of the College in 2021 and was a member of her State Committee until her appointment to the Montgomery County (Maryland) Circuit Court. Prior to her appointment, Judge Ayres was the Chief of the Major Crimes Division at the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office and has tried over twenty murder cases. Judge Ayres received her J.D. from George Washington University Law School and has been a prosecutor since 1998. Judge Ayres is, apparently, the only one of our four new Judicial Fellows who does not speak fluent French.
ANNE M. TURLEY spent thirty years as a civil litigator and was Senior Gen- eral Counsel at the Department of Justice Canada in Ottawa before her ap- pointment to the Federal Court of Canada on May 8, 2023. Born and raised in Montreal, Justice Turley has been a director of The Advocates’ Society as well as an active contributor and mentor in the Department of Justice and legal community. Justice Turley was inducted into the College in 2021 and a member of her Province Committee until her appointment to the bench.
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