The Honourable L.S. Tony Mandamin, IPC, is a retired Judge of the Federal Court, Trial Division. Tony has extensive experience in Indigenous law and Aboriginal issues. He was called to the Bar in 1983 and established the first Indigenous law firm in Alberta in 1985, representing First Nations, Indigenous organizations, and Treaty and Metis individuals.
Before being appointed to the Bench, Tony was lead counsel in numerous significant Indigenous Law cases, including at the Supreme Court of Canada. He was appointed a Provincial Court Judge in 1999, sitting in the Calgary and area criminal courts. He was then appointed to the Federal Court in 2007, and sat on numerous landmark decisions, and also chaired a committee of judges, Indigenous lawyers, CBA Aboriginal law practitioners and Department of Justice lawyers in developing the Federal Court Aboriginal Law Practice Guidelines to assist practitioners who had Aboriginal issues before the Court.
Amongst his many other achievements Tony was awarded a Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa by the Law Society of Ontario in 2017. He was also awarded the designation of Indigenous Peoples’ Counsel (IPC) by the Indigenous Bar Association in 2019.
