The Honourable Bernard Davis, Minister of Justice and Public Safety, today announced the appointment of a new Provincial Court judge.

Andrew O. Brown is appointed to the Provincial Court in Clarenville. The appointment is effective today.

A detailed biography can be found in the backgrounder below.

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“On behalf of the Provincial Government, I offer my sincere congratulations to Judge Andrew Brown on his new role. Judge Brown brings extensive experience with him. The Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador will greatly benefit from his commitment and dedication to the practice of law.”
Honourable Bernard Davis
Minister of Justice and Public Safety

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BACKGROUNDER

Biography for Judge Andrew O. Brown
Andrew Brown attended Dalhousie Law School after attending Memorial University for three years. He graduated in 1997 and articled at a small Halifax firm, Cragg and Weir, gaining admission to the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society in 1998.

He stayed at Cragg and Weir until late 1999 when he returned to Newfoundland and Labrador and completed the Law Society’s Bar Admission Course, becoming a member in April 2000.

In May 2000, Mr. Brown started working as a general practitioner with Easton, Facey, Hillier and Lawrence in Gander, with particular interest in his work as a Crown agent for the Federal Prosecution Service of Canada. In 2002, he returned to St. John’s, working briefly with the Crown Attorney’s Office before joining the Federal Prosecution Service of Canada, which has since transformed into the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC).

For the first five years at PPSC, he primarily conducted “economic crimes” prosecutions, especially tax evasion and contraband offences under to the Excise Act, Income Tax Act, Customs Act and Excise Act, 2001. For the next few years, he was primarily responsible for drug prosecutions under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CBSA), including complex wiretap conspiracy cases.

From 2010 to 2018 he was the team leader for the St. John’s PPSC office, working as supervisor for other counsel and staff, while maintaining a CDSA caseload of his own, acting as a wiretap agent, and participating in the PPSC’s Regional Management and Regional Litigation Committees.

In 2018, Mr. Brown became deputy chief federal prosecutor for the Atlantic Region, managing PPSC cases and personnel in the four Atlantic Provinces with CFP Shaun O’Leary.