Justice Susan Magotiaux

Susan Magotiaux, LLB, MSW, was appointed as a Justice in the Ontario Court of Justice (Criminal) in 2018. From 2002 to 2018, she worked as Crown Counsel at the Crown Law Office—Criminal, arguing numerous appeals at the Court of Appeal for Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada, and prosecuting cases at the Ontario Court of Justice and Superior Court of Justice. She also served as the head of the Electronic Surveillance Unit for the Ministry of the Attorney General and provided frequent advice to police and continuing education on matters of search and seizure, informer privilege, cybercrime, national security, and Internet child exploitation. Justice Magotiaux is a co-author of the monthly Police Powers Newsletter (Thomson Reuters) with Justice Michelle Fuerst and Scott Fenton, and a member of the faculty of the National Criminal Law Program.