By Richard Skinulis ( January 23, 2025, 1:12 PM EST) -- Effective Jan. 30, 2025, Justice Christopher K. Assié has been appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice. Chief Justice Sharon Nicklas has assigned Justice Assié to a bilingual position in Brampton, Ont. Called to the Quebec bar in 2006 and the Ontario bar in 2007, Justice Assié was a criminal defense lawyer for 15 years, first, in association with John D. Fitzmaurice and then as a partner with Neuberger & Partners LLP, where he appeared before the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Justice. He represented clients in both official languages. Most recently, Justice Assié was an assistant Crown attorney with the Ministry of the Attorney General’s Guns and Gangs Unit, where he has prosecuted serious offences related to homicide, firearms, drugs and car thefts....