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Left - Right: Honourable Michele M. Murphy, Honourable Thomas P. Laughlin, Honourable James W. Gormley, and
Honourable John K. Mitchell
The Honourable James W. Gormley
Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island
- Appointed Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island and Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island Court of Appeal, May 2022
- Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island, October 2017
The Honourable Michele M. Murphy
Justice of the Prince Edward Island Court of Appeal
- Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours), University of New Brunswick, 1983.
- Bachelor of Laws, University of New Brunswick, 1986.
- Practiced law 1987-2007
- Member of Law Society Council and Discipline Committee, 1997- 2001
- President of P.E.I. Law Society, 2000
- Queen's Counsel, 2003
- Appointed to the Prince Edward Island Court of Appeal, 2007.
- President, International Association of Women Judges, Canadian Chapter, 2014-2015.
- Director, Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, 2011-2016
- Member of the Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics, 2019-
The Honourable Thomas P. Laughlin
Justice of the Prince Edward Island Court of Appeal
- Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Prince Edward Island, 1994
- Bachelor of Laws, University of New Brunswick, 1998
- Lawyer, Stewart McKelvey, 1999 - 2023
- President, Canadian Bar Association, Prince Edward Island Branch, 2015 - 2016
- Faculty, National Criminal Law Program, 2016
- Queen's Counsel, 2017
- National Director, Canadian Bar Association, 2018 – 2020
- Appointed to Prince Edward Island Court of Appeal, 2023
The Honourable John K. Mitchell
Supernumerary Justice of the Prince Edward Island Court of Appeal
- B.A. U.P.E.I. 1975
- B.Ed. U.P.E.I. 1977
- LLB University of Saskatchewan 1981
- Faculty Member Federation of Law Societies National Criminal Law Program 1989-2009
- Chair, P.E.I. Law Foundation 1993-2001
- P.E.I. Bar Course Instructor 1995-2007
- Appointed to Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island 2008
- Appointed Prince Edward Island Court of Appeal 2013
- Elected supernumerary effective September 2022