When Kevin Pitt recalls the proudest day of his life, he’s reminded of the time his father was appointed to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. In 1994, Romain Pitt became the first Black lawyer in Canada from a private practice to become a Superior Court judge. He left to co-found the first Black law practice in Canada alongside Eric Lindsay. Pitt mentored Black students interested in pursuing law school throughout his life, and the two met while Pieters was applying to law schools in the mid-1990s. Sign UpHis achievements were marked by several awards, including the Caribana Award for Cultural Contribution Community Development and Awareness in 1984 and the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers’ Black Judges award in 2000.

Source: thestar May 12, 2020 18:45 UTC