Three new judges have been appointed to the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan.
The Honourable Mitch Miller, K.C, is appointed to Estevan, the Honorable James Korpan, K.C. is appointed to Regina and the Honorable Alan Jacobson, K.C. has been appointed to Swift Current.
Judge Miller received his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan College of Law in 1991, and was called to the Bar in 1992. He completed his articles with Balfour Moss LLP, where he stayed on as an Associate Lawyer until 1994. Judge Miller worked at SGI in a variety of legal roles from 1994 until 2008. In early 2009, he joined the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General’s Public Prosecutions area, where he worked as Senior Crown Counsel and became Associate Regional Crown in Regina in 2017. In his role in Public Prosecutions, he was a member of the Saskatchewan Crown Attorneys’ Association. He received his King’s Counsel designation in 2023.
Judge Korpan received his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan College of Law in 1992, and was called to the Bar in 1993. He completed his articles at McDougall Ready (later McDougall Gauley LLP), where he went on to become an Associate, and was made a Partner in 1999. He is a past President of the Law Society of Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan Trial Lawyers’ Association, and has served in various leadership roles with the Canadian Bar Association, including National Chair of the Legal Professionals’ Assistance Conference and Chair of the South Saskatchewan Criminal Law Subsection. He received his King’s Counsel designation in 2016.
Judge Jacobson received his Bachelor of Laws from McGill University in 1998 and was called to the bar in 1999. He completed his articles at the Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice and Attorney General before assuming a position as an Associate at McKercher, McKercher & Whitmore. He returned to the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General as Crown Counsel in 2000. He worked as Senior Crown Counsel in the Constitutional Law Branch and, later, Chief Legislative Crown Counsel in the Legislative Drafting Branch. Judge Jacobson also received a Master of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School in Ontario in 2004. He has presented on a variety of legal areas, including legislative drafting and the right of accused to access counsel while in custody. He received his King’s Counsel designation in 2019.
Read the Judicial Appointment news release: Government of Saskatchewan
