Order1: | 54th |
Office1: | Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada |
Term Start1: | 1995 |
Term End1: | 1997 |
Predecessor1: | Paul Stephen Andrew Lamek |
Successor1: | Harvey Thomas Strosberg |
Susan Elliott | |
Birth Date: | August 8, 1953 |
Birth Place: | Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
Education: | Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute; Queen's University at Kingston (BComm 1975); University of Ottawa (LLB 1979) |
Occupation: | lawyer |
Website: | https://www.fct-cf.gc.ca/en/pages/about-the-court/members-of-the-court/judges/the-honourable-e-susan-elliott |
Eleanor "Susan" Elliott (born August 8, 1953) is a Canadian judge who has served on the Federal Court of Canada since 2015.
Elliott was called to the bar in 1981.[1] She was a lawyer at Good Elliott Hawkins LLP in Kingston, Ontario from 1981 until she was appointed to the court.[2] She became a bencher in 1991 and was elected the 54th Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the second woman to have served the role, serving from 1995 to 1997.[3] [4]
On June 26, 2015, Elliott was appointed as judge of the Federal Court of Canada. She replaced Mary J. L. Gleason who was elevated to the Federal Court of Appeal.[5]
Elliott was the first person to receive the Laura Legge award from the Law Society of Ontario in 2008.[6] She was awarded the Law Society of Upper Canada's top honour, the Law Society Medal.
Her Law Society portrait was painted by Trevor Goring.[7]