Background
Stratton, Joseph J. was born on September 9, 1925 in Calgary, Alberta.
Stratton, Joseph J. was born on September 9, 1925 in Calgary, Alberta.
University of Alberta (Bachelor of Arts, 1947. Bachelor of Laws, 1948).
Worked at Lucas Bowker & White (Edmonton, Bachelor of Arts) specializing in General Practice. Banking, Corporation, Finance, Labour, Oil and Gas, Public Utility, Probate and Taxation Law. Trial and Appellate Practice, Commercial and Residential Real Estate, Civil Litigation, Criminal Litigation.
Admitted to the bar, 1949, Alberta.
Lecturer, Bar Admission Course, 1960-1975. Queen"s Counsel, 1968.
Member, Northern Alberta Review Board, Alberta Mental Health Acting, 1963-1973. Appointed to Court of Queen"s Bench, 1980-1986.
Appointed to Court of Appeal, 1987-1995.
Member: Law Society of Alberta (Bencher, 1975-1979). Lucas Bowker & White is a long-standing Edmonton-based law firm. The firm"s history can be traced to the opening of the Edmonton office of Nolan Chambers Might Saucier & Peacock in 1948.
The firm evolved to establish an independent existence as the successor to the Edmonton law practice of Saucier, Jones, Black, Gain, Stratton and Laycraft in the early 1970"s and remains a prominent participant in the Edmonton legal community.
Member, Northern Alberta Review Board, Alberta Mental Health Acting, 1963-1973. Appointed to Court of Queen"s Bench, 1980-1986. Appointed to Court of Appeal, 1987-1995.
Member: Law Society of Alberta (Bencher, 1975-1979).