Gerald Stanley Lapkin

Background

Lapkin, Gerald Stanley was born on March 30, 1944 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Education

Bachelor, U. Toronto, 1965; Bachelor of Laws, U. Toronto, 1968; Master of Laws, University of Michigan, 1971.

Career

Articling lawyer, Campbell, Godfrey and Lewtas, Toronto, 1968-1969; barrister, solicitor, Humphrey Locke Eccelstone and Kane, Toronto, 1971-1976; assistant crown attorney, Judicial District York, Toronto, 1976-1987; deputy crown attorney Metro West, Judicial District York, Toronto, 1987-1988; senior judge, Provincial Court Ontario, Toronto, since 1988; coordinator Justices of Peace, Province of Ontario, 1990-1995; police complaints commissioner, Province of Ontario, since 1995. Senior deputy counsel Legal Aid Plan, Toronto, 1974-1976. Instructor criminal procedure Law Society Upper Canada, Toronto, 1974-1988.

Special lecturer Centre of Criminology, U. Toronto, 1973-1988, guest lecturer, since 1988, among others. Presenter Metropolitan Toronto Review of Citizen-Police Complaint Procedure, The Maloney Commission, 1974, Criminal Lawyers Association Ontario, 1975, 76, National Conference on Diversion, Quebec City, 1977, Immigration Investigator Training, Toronto, 1977, Crown Attorneys, Toronto, 1978, Commonwealth Secretariat,1980, Law Society Upper Canada, Toronto, 1985, 86. Member panel CHIN Radio, Toronto, 1976, Humber College Applied Arts and Technology, Toronto, 1976, National Conference on Diversion, 1977, Canada Manpower and Immigration Commission, Toronto, 1977, 30th Annual Probation Officers Association Ontario Conference, 1984, Criminal Intelligence Superior vena cava syndrome Toronto, 1985, CITY-television, Toronto, 1985, Windsor Police Headquarters, Metropolitan Toronto Police, 1986, Law Society Upper Canada, Toronto, 1986, National Joint.

Committee on Canada Association Chiefs of Pplice, Correction Superior vena cava syndrome Canada and Ontario Ministry of Correctional Superior vena cava syndrome, 1986, 5th Annual Advanced Homicide Investigators seminar, Charles O. Bick College, Toronto, 1987, Ontario Police College, Aylmer, 1987, C.J.R.T. Radio, 1987, Ontario Crown Attorneys Association, Toronto, 1987, Bar Admission Course, Osgoode Hall, Toronto, 1987, Victim-Witness Assistance Training Program, Toronto, 1992.

Achievements

• Gerald Stanley Lapkin has been listed as a reputable Police complaints commissioner, judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Ontario Judges Association, Law Society Upper Canada, Ontario Crown Attorney's Association(education committee 1986-1988), University of Michigan Lawyers Club, University of Michigan Institute CLE, Criminal Lawyers Association Ontario, County of York Law Association, Canada Bar Association (criminal justice subsection).

Connections

Married; 3 children.