Grande Prairie has a new Justice of the Court of Kings Bench after the announcement from the Attorney General of Canada indicating Shannon W. Davis will fill one of three new positions in GP.
Davis has been serving as Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor at the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service in Grande Prairie. He was born and raised in Grand Falls-Windsor, before earning a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology in 2004 and a Bachelor of Laws in 2007. He completed his articles with the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Justice and was called to the bar in 2008.
Justice Davis relocated to Grande Prairie the same year and worked as a front-line prosecutor until he accepted his most recent position in 2022.
He has served on a number of boards and committees, including the Alberta Justice Mental Health Committee, the Alberta Justice Impaired Driving Advisory Committee, and the Grande Prairie Drug Treatment Court Leadership Committee.