About
Brian Barrington-Foote was born and raised in Vancouver. He holds a B.A. in history from Simon Fraser University (1973) and an LL.B. from the University of British Columbia (1977). He was admitted to the British Columbia Bar in 1978, the Saskatchewan Bar in 1985, and the Alberta Bar in 1992. Mr. Barrington-Foote practiced law as a partner with law firms in Victoria, Calgary and Regina, including McKercher McKercher & Whitmore from 1995 to 2002 and MLT LLP from 2002 until his appointment to the Court of Queen’s Bench in 2012. His private practice included litigation and advising for private and public clients in civil, commercial and public law, including as counsel for First Nations. He also worked as a Crown Solicitor in the Constitutional and Administrative Law Branch in the British Columbia Ministry of the Attorney General, as Coordinator of Constitutional Relations and A/Executive Director of Civil Law in the Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice, and, from 1987 to 1992, as Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General for Saskatchewan. Mr. Barrington-Foote was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1988. He was a member of various non-profit and public boards and committees in the legal and broader community as a lawyer and as a judge, including the Law Foundation for Saskatchewan and from 2015 to 2022, as Chair of the Judicial Advisory Committee for Saskatchewan. Mr. Barrington-Foote was appointed to the Court of Queen’s Bench in 2012 and to the Court of Appeal in 2018, where he served until his retirement in 2024.