Brant Crown attorney Andrew Falls has been appointed as a judge at the Ontario Court of Justice.
He was assigned to Brampton effective Dec. 1
Falls, who was called to the bar in 2002, was one of seven new judges appointed Nov. 21 by Attorney General Doug Downey.
In 2017, Falls replaced Brant Crown attorney George Orsini, who was appointed as a judge at the Ontario Court of Justice in London. Previously, Falls had been acting deputy Crown attorney in Peel. At the end of his tenure in Brant, he also was acting Crown for Haldimand County.
“I will miss Brantford,” Falls said in an email to The Expositor “I have enjoyed my time here very much.”
As the Crown attorney, he prosecuted all criminal offenses for Brantford, Brant County and the Six Nations of the Grand River and acted as Crown lead for Brantford’s Indigenous Peoples Court.
In 2016-17, in Peel, Falls co-launched a drug treatment court that addressed root causes of crime and provided community supports to break the cycle of addiction, according to a government news release. He also led the mental health team at the alternative resolutions court in Peel, providing support to people with complex needs entering the justice system.
Brett Moodie has been named acting Crown attorney for Brant. And, as of Dec. 5, Haldimand’s acting Crown will be Fraser McCracken.
Moodie was most recently deputy Crown attorney in Haldimand.
While an assistant Crown attorney in Hamilton and Peel, Moodie was part of the team involved in the Tim Bosma murder case that led to the convictions of Dellen Millard and Mark Smich.
He also acted as deputy Crown in Brant, leaving in 2020.
McCracken was previously an assistant Crown attorney in Hamilton.
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