Anneke Pingo

Executive Director

Anneke graduated from law school at the University of Pretoria in South Africa in 2006 and was admitted to the High Court of the Free State in 2008. 

She practiced law in various areas of criminal and civil law.  In 2018, Anneke relocated to Canada with her husband and three children.  Her dedication to justice and passion for civil liberties brought her to the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms in 2021 where she served as paralegal.  Through hard work and dedication, she quickly rose to senior paralegal and then assistant litigation director. 

In 2023, she joined Charter Advocates Canada as Assistant Litigation Director in assisting the litigation director and executive director in the day-to -day management of the legal team and the organization in general and more recently, she has taken on the role of Executive Director.

Marty Moore

Litigation Director

Marty Moore is a lawyer based in Calgary, who has dedicated the last decade of his career to defending Canadians’ constitutional rights and freedoms. He has appeared as counsel before administrative bodies, human rights tribunals, the Federal Court of Canada, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador and all levels of court in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Some of Marty’s court successes include McCarthy v. Whitefish Lake First Nation #128, 2023 FC 220, BCM International Canada Inc. v. Canada (Employment, Workforce Development and Labour), 2021 FC 687, and Baars v. Children’s Aid Society of Hamilton, 2018 ONSC 1487.

Marty earned his law degree in 2010 and was called to the California Bar in 2011. He practiced law in the Chicago area representing several non-profit entities and litigated before the Illinois Circuit and Appellate Courts.

Marty returned to Canada in 2013 and attended the University of Saskatchewan College of Law, earning a Certificate of Qualification from the National Committee on Accreditation in 2014. Marty was called to the Alberta Bar in 2015.

Since 2013, Marty has been involved in constitutional cases to defend the rights and freedoms of Canadians.

Our Legal Team

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Jorge Pineda

Lawyer

Jorge Pineda is a litigation lawyer with Charter Advocates Canada, and previously with the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms. Prior to focusing on Charter litigation, he practiced law as in-house litigation counsel, and as a civil litigator in private practice. During the onset of pandemic related regulations, and the unprecedented expansion of government power over every day life in Canada, Jorge decided to devote his legal career to defending civil liberties.

 

Jorge is a current Bencher of the LSO. He sits as a member of the Equity and Indigenous Affairs Committee and is an adjudicator at the Law Society Tribunal. Jorge was born in Costa Rica, and raised in Hamilton where he still lives.  He obtained a Juris Doctor from the University of Alberta in 2012. After articling at a litigation boutique in the City of Calgary, he was called to the Bar in Alberta. In 2014 he was called to the Bar in Ontario.

Keith Wilson

Lawyer

Keith Pridgen joined CAC at its founding in 2023 and focuses on free speech files. Previous to that, Keith practiced with the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms and an Edmonton-based full-service law firm, also handling complex government relations matters. Keith studied political science at the University of Calgary (2011) and earned his LL.B. at Florida State University College of Law (2017). He interned with Judge Timothy Osterhaus at the Florida First District Court of Appeal. Keith has worked in politics in Edmonton, Ottawa, and Florida. He referees youth and post-secondary volleyball and is an avid chess player. Keith lives in Edmonton with his wife, daughter, senior dog, and unstable cat.