2007 – L'honorable Yvan Macerola

Justice Yvan Macerola studied law at the Université de Montréal and McGill University.

· He practiced within one of the first law firms of Italian origin in our community, to which other illustrious jurists were part, namely Mtre. A. Malouf, Mtre. B. Pateras, Mtre. J. Galileo and several others.

· In 1970 Mr. Justice Macerola was one of the founders of the Italian Canadian Trust (now the Italian Canadian Caisse Populaire) and after a few years became its secretary.

· On October 4, 1978 he was appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec, the second judge of Italian origin to be appointed to the Superior Court after Justice Sciortino.

· In 1991 Justice Marcerola was appointed Coordinating Judge for the judicial district of Laval, a position he held until March 2002 when he became a supernumerary judge.

He was a pioneer who paved the way for other judges of Italian origin