Douglas Dale Yard was appointed a judge of the Family Division of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba on October 7, 1998.
Yard had been practising law with the Winnipeg law firm of Levine, Levene, Tadman, primarily in the areas of civil and criminal litigation, with an emphasis on family and child protection matters.
Yard also served as counsel to The Children's Aid Society.
Yard has been a Bencher of the Law Society since 1992 and has lectured extensively on various subjects related to family law and child protection.
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