About: Russel W. Zinn

Russel Zinn a Canadian Federal Court trial judge, was born in Stratford, Ontario. His education was at Carleton University, and the University of Ottawa. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1981. He became an associate and partner at from 1981 to 1993. He left to establish his own law firm. He became a partner at Ogilvy Renault in 2001 and in 2006 was appointed senior partner. Before his appointment to the court, he appeared as counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada, Federal Court of Canada, Ontario Court of Appeal, Ontario Superior Court, , federal and provincial boards and tribunals. He is the author of (Canada Law Book, 1996) as well as numerous articles.