Patrice Band currently sits as a judge of the Ontario Court of Justice in Toronto. He obtained his LL.B. in 1997 from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. During the 1997-98 year he clerked at the Ontario Court of Appeal. Patrice has practised as an Assistant Crown Attorney in downtown Toronto, where he prosecuted all types of cases under the Criminal Code of Canada. He completed his LL.M. at New York University, School of Law, and then acted as counsel to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, where he conducted professional misconduct prosecutions. From 2006 to 2013, Patrice’s private practice consisted predominantly of criminal defence work and professional regulation, including prosecution work on behalf of provincial regulators. He is a past Director of the Criminal Lawyers Association (Toronto Region) and Alternate Chair of the Ontario Review Board. He was designated by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Certified Specialist in criminal law.