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Nunavut has a new chief justice, after its former top judge retired earlier this year.Susan Cooper, a longtime Nunavut judge and lawyer, will now take on the job, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in a news release Friday.Outgoing Chief Justice Neil Sharkey retired because he turned 75 — the mandatory retirement age for judges.Cooper was appointed to the Nunavut bench in 2009. Before that, she was an associate at Cooper and Johnson, a firm in Yellowknife, from 1988 to 1992.She then practised as a sole practitioner in Yellowknife and Iqaluit and became a partner with Chandler and Cooper in 1998.Her practice focused on civil, criminal, family, child protection, municipal and administrative law, among others. Cooper was appointed to the Nunavut bench in 2009. Before that, she was an associate at Cooper and Johnson, a firm in Yellowknife, from 1988 to 1992. She then practised as a sole practitioner in Yellowknife and Iqaluit and became a partner with Chandler and Cooper in 1998.