News release

Chief Crown and Four Crown Attorneys Appointed

Public Prosecution Service

PUBLIC PROSECUTION SERVICE--Chief Crown and Four Crown Attorneys Appointed


M. Alanna Murphy, a veteran Nova Scotia prosecutor, has been appointed chief Crown attorney of the Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service's Halifax region.

A Crown attorney since 1987, Ms. Murphy has served as acting chief Crown attorney in Halifax since 1998. Ms. Murphy is a graduate of Dalhousie Law School and was admitted to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1987. As one of two chief Crown attorneys for the Halifax region, she shares responsibility for the delivery of prosecutorial services in Halifax, co-managing a staff of 27 Crown attorneys while maintaining her own caseload.

The chief Crown attorney appointment is one in a series of recent Public Prosecution Service appointments across the province following open, public competitions.

Lloyd B. Lombard has been appointed Crown attorney for the Digby office. After completing an undergraduate degree in business administration at Acadia University, Mr. Lombard enjoyed a 14- year career in the financial world. He then graduated with a law degree from Université de Moncton in 1997. He was admitted to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1998. Mr. Lombard has practiced criminal law in the private sector for the last two years acting periodically, on a per-diem basis, for both the Public Prosecution Service and Nova Scotia Legal Aid. Mr. Lombard has represented clients and the Crown in both official languages.

Laureen Nowlan-Card has been appointed Crown attorney for the Antigonish office. Ms. Nowlan-Card received her undergraduate degree from Acadia University and graduated from Dalhousie Law School in 1996. She articled with the British Columbia Ministry of the Attorney General and was a Crown attorney there from 1997 until this summer. Ms. Nowlan-Card returned to Nova Scotia in July and since that time has served on a casual basis as a Crown attorney in the Antigonish office.

Mark A. Scott has been appointed Crown attorney in the Special Prosecutions section of the Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service. Mr. Scott received his undergraduate degree from Memorial University, St. John's and graduated from the University of New Brunswick Law School in 1994. He articled with the Department of Justice in Newfoundland and served briefly as a Crown attorney in the Newfoundland Crown Prosecutors' Office in 1995. He practiced criminal law in the private sector in both St. John's and Halifax until 1998 when he accepted a term position as a Crown attorney in the Halifax region of the Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service.

Darcy L. MacPherson has been appointed a Crown attorney in the Sydney office. Mr. MacPherson received his undergraduate degree from Université Sainte-Anne in Digby. He graduated from Dalhousie Law School in 1986. He articled with a Port Hawkesbury law firm and was admitted to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1987. Mr. MacPherson then went into private practice in Sydney acting periodically, on a per-diem basis, for the Public Prosecution Service. He took a brief hiatus from law in 1990-91 to pursue a bachelor of education at Université Sainte-Anne. Mr. MacPherson is bilingual and has represented clients and the Crown in both official languages. In 1999 he joined the Sydney office of the Public Prosecution Service on a casual basis.