Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed terrorist Omar Khadr’s Edmonton-based lawyer to the bench..Nathan J. Whitling, Q.C., a lawyer with Aloneissi O’Neill Hurley O’Keefe Millsap Liberty Law in Edmonton, was named Friday as a Justice in the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench..Whitling becomes the second Khadr lawyer to to be promoted to the bench by Trudeau.. nathan.whitlingNathan J. Whitling .Khadr was 15 when he was involved in a firefight with U.S. troops in Afghanistan in 2002. He admitted to throwing a grenade that killed a medic.. omarwoundedA wounded Khadr being treated by U.S. troops after he threw a grenade that killed a medic. Courtesy Wikipedia .He was captured, pleaded guilty to murder and sent to Guantanamo Bay for 10 years before being returned to Canada, where he was imprisoned for a further 3 years in Edmonton..After getting out, Khadr sued the feds for $20 million and ended up settling for $10.5 million and an official apology..The widow of the medic killed by Khadr, Tabitha Speer, has filed an application to enforce a US$134 million Utah default civil judgment in Canada..Khadr is currently appealing his conviction that sent him to Guantanamo Bay. Whitling his one of his lawyers in that case..“”This has been hanging over his head for years and he obviously wants to get it resolved,” Whitling said in November..Toronto-based lawyer John Norris, another of Khadr’s legal team, was appointed by Trudeau as a justice of the federal court in 2018..Whitling graduated from the University of Alberta Faculty of Law in 1997, and was awarded the Horace Harvey Gold Medal in Law..In 1998, he obtained his Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School. In 1999-2000, he served as a law clerk to the Honourable Justice John Major of the Supreme Court of Canada. .In 2015, Whitling was named one of the “Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada” by Canadian Lawyer Magazine. He has also been awarded the Alumni Award of Excellence by the University of Alberta, the Harradence Prize by the Criminal Trial Lawyers’ Association, and the Canadian National Pro Bono Distinguished Service Award..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter: Nobby7694
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed terrorist Omar Khadr’s Edmonton-based lawyer to the bench..Nathan J. Whitling, Q.C., a lawyer with Aloneissi O’Neill Hurley O’Keefe Millsap Liberty Law in Edmonton, was named Friday as a Justice in the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench..Whitling becomes the second Khadr lawyer to to be promoted to the bench by Trudeau.. nathan.whitlingNathan J. Whitling .Khadr was 15 when he was involved in a firefight with U.S. troops in Afghanistan in 2002. He admitted to throwing a grenade that killed a medic.. omarwoundedA wounded Khadr being treated by U.S. troops after he threw a grenade that killed a medic. Courtesy Wikipedia .He was captured, pleaded guilty to murder and sent to Guantanamo Bay for 10 years before being returned to Canada, where he was imprisoned for a further 3 years in Edmonton..After getting out, Khadr sued the feds for $20 million and ended up settling for $10.5 million and an official apology..The widow of the medic killed by Khadr, Tabitha Speer, has filed an application to enforce a US$134 million Utah default civil judgment in Canada..Khadr is currently appealing his conviction that sent him to Guantanamo Bay. Whitling his one of his lawyers in that case..“”This has been hanging over his head for years and he obviously wants to get it resolved,” Whitling said in November..Toronto-based lawyer John Norris, another of Khadr’s legal team, was appointed by Trudeau as a justice of the federal court in 2018..Whitling graduated from the University of Alberta Faculty of Law in 1997, and was awarded the Horace Harvey Gold Medal in Law..In 1998, he obtained his Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School. In 1999-2000, he served as a law clerk to the Honourable Justice John Major of the Supreme Court of Canada. .In 2015, Whitling was named one of the “Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada” by Canadian Lawyer Magazine. He has also been awarded the Alumni Award of Excellence by the University of Alberta, the Harradence Prize by the Criminal Trial Lawyers’ Association, and the Canadian National Pro Bono Distinguished Service Award..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter: Nobby7694
