Education
Phelan was educated at Loyola College in Montreal (Bachelor, 1968) and Dalhousie University Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1971).
Phelan was educated at Loyola College in Montreal (Bachelor, 1968) and Dalhousie University Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1971).
He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1973.
On November 19, 2003, he was appointed Judge of the Federal Court, and ex officio, member of the Federal Court of Appeal, and then Judge of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada, April 27, 2004.