News release

Regional Crown Attorney Appointments

Public Prosecution Service

Veteran Nova Scotia prosecutors Denise Smith and Robert Fetterly
have been appointed regional administrative Crown attorneys by
the Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service to help manage its
Halifax and Dartmouth offices.

Both will report to Frank Hoskins, chief Crown attorney for the
Halifax region. These newly created positions replace a second chief Crown attorney position and are the last step in a two-year
plan to restructure and expand the management of the Prosecution
Service in the Halifax region.

Ms. Smith, a native of Halifax, is a 1989 graduate of Osgoode
Hall Law School in Toronto, Ont. After articling with a private
law firm, she joined the Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service
in 1991. In 1996, she was appointed senior Crown attorney. In
2003 she was appointed senior Crown counsel and acting chief
Crown attorney for Halifax. Ms. Smith will help manage the
Halifax office's 17 Crown attorneys and 14 support staff.

Mr. Fetterly, a native of Oromocto, N.B., is a 1983 graduate of
the University of Victoria Law School, in Victoria, B.C. In 2002,
he received a master in of public administration from Dalhousie
University. Before joining the Nova Scotia Public Prosecution
Service in 1989, he was in private practice in British Columbia
and later in Nova Scotia. He was appointed senior Crown attorney
in 1995 and in 2002 he was appointed senior Crown counsel. In
2003 he was appointed acting chief Crown attorney for Dartmouth
and then Queen's counsel. Since 1978, Mr. Fetterly has also been
in the naval reserve. He is currently a lieutenant-commander and a reserve military prosecutor in the Judge Advocate General
reserve. He will help manage the Dartmouth office of 13 Crown
attorneys and eight support staff.