Court of King's Bench in Prince Albert. (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

By Jaryn Vecchio

New Judges

P.A. prosecutor & La Ronge provincial judge appointed as new judges on Sask. Court of King’s Bench

Oct 31, 2022 | 5:00 PM

Saskatchewan’s Court of King’s Bench officially has four new judges.

John Morrall, a Crown Prosecutor in Prince Albert, and Dorinda Mae Stahl, a provincial judge in La Ronge, were appointed on Monday by David Lametti, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.

The other two who were appointed, Peter Bergbusch and Holli Kuski Bassett, were previously lawyers with Regina practices.

Justice Jillyne Drennan, who was appointed to Saskatchewan’s Court of King’s Bench this past June, was also appointed on Monday as a Judge on the Province’s Court of Appeal.

“I wish Justices Drennan, Morrall, Bergbusch, Kuski Bassett, and Stahl every success as they take on their new roles,” said Lametti. “I am confident they will serve the people of Saskatchewan well as members of the Court of Appeal and His Majesty’s Court of King’s Bench for Saskatchewan.”

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Morrall, who grew up in Saskatoon and lived in France for two years, started his legal career for a private practice in Prince Albert with a focus on wills and estates, family law, federal criminal prosecutions, and general civil practice.

In 1997, he joined the Prince Albert prosecution office and in 2014, he became the Associate Regional Crown for the office. He was also in his second term as a Bencher for the Law Society of Saskatchewan representing the Prince Albert region when he was appointed.

Stahl was also raised in Saskatoon. Her legal career started in a private practice, where she focused primarily on family law, civil litigation, and criminal law.

She officially moved to Public Prosecutions with the Government of Saskatchewan as a Crown Prosecutor in 2008 and became a Senior Crown Prosecutor in 2015. From 2014 to 2016, Stahl was also seconded to the Public Prosecution Service of Canada.

In November 2021, Stahl was appointed as a judge of the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan in La Ronge.

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Jaryn.Vecchio@pattisonmedia.com

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