The Honourable Michael H. Tulloch was appointed Chief Justice of Ontario and President of the Court of Appeal for Ontario in 2022.
Before this role, Chief Justice Tulloch served for 19 years as a judge. First, he spent nine years as a trial judge on the Superior Court of Justice, starting in September 2003. Then, in June 2012, he became an appellate judge on the Court of Appeal for Ontario, where he served for 10 years.
Prior to his appointment to the bench, Chief Justice Tulloch served as an assistant Crown Attorney in Peel and Toronto from 1991 to 1995 before entering private practice, where he specialized in criminal law.
In 2016, the Ontario government appointed Chief Justice Tulloch to conduct important reviews that resulted in two extensive reports: the Report of the Independent Police Oversight Review (2017) and the Report of the Independent Street Checks Review (2018).
Chief Justice Tulloch has been a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre of Law and Policy at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a founding member and a patron of the Second Chance Scholarship Foundation and chair of the Advisory Board to the Black Business and Professional Association.
Chief Justice Tulloch holds a BA from York University and a LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School. He has also received Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from Toronto Metropolitan University, the University of Guelph, and the Law Society of Ontario, as well as an Honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Tyndale University and Seminary.