Tom McMahon was a practicing lawyer from 1986 until his retirement in 2015. His career began in the Manitoba Department of Justice. He completed a Master of Laws degree from the University of Ottawa in 1992. Co-Commissioners Murray Sinclair and Alvin Hamilton selected him as the Executive Secretary of the Manitoba Justice Inquiry (1988-1991). He then worked in the Federal Department of Justice on various assignments until the TRC Commissioners asked him to serve as the Executive Director of the TRC from October 2009 to July 2010. He then acted as the General Legal Counsel to the Commission for the remainder of the Commission’s mandate. McMahon was the Commission’s principal affiant in its requests for court directions, including in the IAP matter. He has also served as Department of Justice lawyer specializing in privacy, access to information and document retention laws and policies. Upon his retirement McMahon has written several legal papers on the topic of the legal history of the residential school system in Canada.
September 1992
2018-11-20