Russel Zinn a Canadian Federal Court trial judge, was born in Stratford, Ontario.
He became an associate and partner at Gowling & Henderson from 1981 to 1993.
He left to establish his own law firm.
He is the author of The Law of Human Rights in Canada: Practice and Procedure (Canada Law Book, 1996) as well as numerous articles.
He was appointed judge of the Federal Court and member ex officio of the Federal Court of Appeal on February 20, 2008.