Nate Nurgitz

Nathan Nurgitz engages in a general practice with emphasis on commercial law and dispute resolution

Education

Call to the Bar

Achievements

Sat as a Magistrate in the City of West Kildonan from 1968 to 1975.

Appointed Queen's Counsel in 1977.

Elected a Bencher of Law Society of Manitoba in 1978 and re-elected in 1980.

Summoned to the Senate of Canada on October 3, 1979.

Became a partner of the firm Thompson, Dorfman, Sweatman in 1980.

Elected Chairman, Canadian Group, Inter-Parliamentary Union in November 1987; re-elected May, 1989 and October, 1990 and led delegations in Europe, (including East Bloc countries) Asia, South and Central America.

Appointed a Puisne Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba, February 10, 1993.

Appointed a Deputy Judge of the Nunavut Court of Justice, April 27, 2005.

Publications and Presentations

Strong and Free (War Measures Act 1970), co-authored by Nathan Nurgitz.

Professional Associations

Elected twice as a Bencher of the Law Society of Manitoba; served as a three-term Alderman for the City of West Kildonan; spent seven years as a member of the City of Winnipeg's Board of Revisions and served a term as President of the Canadian Club of Winnipeg.

National Chairman of the Robert & Mary Stanfield Foundation, during its existence.

Formerly a Director of Investment Corporation of Saskatchewan and Granville Savings and Mortgage Corporation.

Chairman of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee - Senate of Canada, the Co-chairman of the Joint Committee of Senate and House of Commons on Scrutiny, and a Member of the Senate Banking Committee.