12 Facts About Andromache Karakatsanis

Andromache Karakatsanis was born on October 3,1955 and is a Canadian jurist.

Andromache Karakatsanis was nominated to the Supreme Court of Canada by Stephen Harper in October 2011.

Andromache Karakatsanis is the first Greek-Canadian judge on the Court.

Andromache Karakatsanis was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Greek parents, and raised with an emphasis on her Greek heritage.

Andromache Karakatsanis grew up near the Don Mills Road and Lawrence Avenue area of Toronto, where her parents owned a restaurant called Top of the Mall which was where Karakatsanis worked as a hostess and helped her father manage the restaurant.

Andromache Karakatsanis then attended York University's Osgoode Hall Law School, receiving her LL.

Andromache Karakatsanis was called to the Ontario bar in 1982.

In 1987, Andromache Karakatsanis was appointed to the Liquor Licensing Board of Ontario as Vice-Chair, becoming Chair and CEO the following year.

Andromache Karakatsanis held that position until her 1995 appointment as Assistant Deputy Attorney General and Secretary of the Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat.

Andromache Karakatsanis was named Deputy Attorney General for the province of Ontario in 1997, and she became Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council of the Government of Ontario in 2000.

Andromache Karakatsanis was elevated to the Ontario Court of Appeal on March 26,2010, where she served for 19 months prior to her appointment to the Supreme Court.

Andromache Karakatsanis is married to former lawyer Tom Karvanis, who lives with multiple sclerosis, and has two children: Paul Karvanis, who is counsel at Hudson's Bay Company, and Rhea Karvanis, a graduate of the University of Toronto law school.