Fernando Belton
Mr. Fernando Belton holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Université du Québec à Montréal, a Master of Criminal Law from
Osgoode Hall Law School
at York University and a Certificate in Entrepreneurship from
Harvard Business School.
He is the co-founder and executive director of the Clinique juridique de Saint-Michel since 2019. He has been a member of the Bar since 2015 and practices criminal law by litigating cases before all courts in Quebec, including numerous appeals before the Quebec Court of Appeal and has participated in the preparation of several cases before the Supreme Court of Canada.
In addition, he represents victims of racial profiling before several courts throughout Quebec and since June 2021 has been teaching a course on racial profiling at the University of Ottawa, UQAM, Université de Montréal, Université Sherbrooke and McGill University, in addition to providing training on the subject to several organizations, including the Commission des droits de la personne, the Barreau du Québec and the Observatoire des profilages. He has published several academic articles on this issue, including in the Recent Development of the Law Society and in the Canadian Bar Review.
In 2023, Mr. Belton was nominated by the Minister of Justice of Canada to be part of the Canadian Black Justice Strategy Steering Group to provide recommendations and guidance to the Government of Canada on a strategy to build a fairer and more just justice system for Black people.
He also works for the Ministry of Education in the Directorate of Supervision of the Teaching Profession. When a complaint is submitted to him, as chair of the investigation committee, he has the mandate to to determine whether the teacher has committed serious misconduct in the performance of his duties or an act derogatory to the honour or dignity of the teaching function.
Mr. Belton is involved in several organizations. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Justice Pro-Bono, has served on the Board of Directors of the Eastern Chamber of Commerce and the International Outreach Committee of the Bar of Montreal. He is a member of the AADM’s team of litigators and is also involved as a volunteer lawyer with the Young Bar of Montreal.
His career and contributions have been recognized many times in recent years, including winning the Lawyer of the Year Award in 2021 in the “Social Involvement” category at the Young Bar of Montreal Gala and the Prix de la relève de l’Université du Québec à Montréal in 2021. He was a finalist at the Arista Gala of the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Montreal in the Young Executive of the Year category, and nominated for the Prix de la justice in 2021, the highest honour in the legal field.
Fuc fact: Chef Belton loves to cook sushi and play the saxophone in his spare time!
Media appearances
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