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{{Short description|Canadian Supreme Court judge (born 1938)}}
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| name          = Morris Fish
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| office        = [[Puisne Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of Canada]]
| termstart     = August 5, 2003
| termend       = August 31, 2013
| nominator     = [[Jean Chrétien]]
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| predecessor   = [[Charles Gonthier]]
| successor     = [[Clément Gascon]]
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'''Morris Jacob Fish''', {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|KC}} (born November 16, 1938) was a [[judge]] of the [[Supreme Court of Canada]] from 2003 to 2013.<ref>{{CanadaSupremeCourtbio|morris-j-fish}}</ref>

Born in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], the son of Aaron S. Fish and Zlata Grober, he received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] (with distinction) in 1959 and a [[Bachelor of Law]] (first class honours) in 1962 from [[McGill University]] (where he was selected as the Articles Editor for the ''[[McGill Law Journal]]'').<ref>{{cite journal |journal=[[McGill Law Journal]] |date=1961 |title=Masthead, Volume 8}}</ref> Upon graduation from law school, he was awarded the Greenshields Prize, the Crankshaw Prize for Highest Standing in Criminal Law and the Macdonald Travelling Scholarship.<ref>Supreme Court of Canada Brochure</ref>

He practised law mostly in [[Quebec]] for the law firm Cohen, Leithman, Kaufman, Yarosky & Fish which later became Yarosky, Fish, Zigman, Isaacs & Daviault between 1967 and 1989. He also lectured at a number of Canadian law schools. His expertise in practice and teaching was [[criminal law]]. He was appointed to the [[Quebec Court of Appeal]] on June 30, 1989 and was elevated to the Supreme Court of Canada on August 5, 2003, replacing [[Charles Gonthier]]. He retired from the Court on August 31, 2013.

==Awards==
* Appointed [[Queen's Counsel]], 1984<ref name="UofT Law">{{cite web|title=For Immediate Release - University of Toronto Faculty of Law|url=https://www.law.utoronto.ca/documents/press_releases/Fish_Goodman04_Release.doc|website=[[University of Toronto Faculty of Law]]|access-date=31 December 2016|archive-date=31 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331200946/https://www.law.utoronto.ca/documents/press_releases/Fish_Goodman04_Release.doc|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Honorary degree]]s from:
**[[Yeshiva University]], 2009<ref>{{cite web|title=Accolades|url=http://cjournal.concordia.ca/archives/20090521/accolades.php?&print=1|website=Concordia Journal Home|publisher=[[Concordia University]]|access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref>
**[[McGill University]], 2001<ref>{{cite web|title=Moments to remember|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/moments-remember-9948|website=[[McGill University]]|access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref>
* [[G. Arthur Martin]] medal for outstanding contribution to criminal justice, 2011<ref>[http://www.criminallawyers.ca/aboutus/awards.cfm] Criminal Lawyers Association website</ref>
* Invested as a [[List of Companions of the Order of Canada|companion]] of the [[Order of Canada]], 2016<ref>{{cite web|title=Governor General Announces 100 New Appointments to the Order of Canada as Canada Turns 150|url=https://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=16670&lan=eng|website=The Governor General of Canada His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston|access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Baron Byng High School#Famous alumni|Baron Byng High School]]
* [[Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Fish]]

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[[Category:Lawyers from Montreal]]
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[[Category:Companions of the Order of Canada]]
[[Category:Canadian King's Counsel]]
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