The Thunder Bay Courthouse. THUNDER BAY — Two new judges have been appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice, to begin serving in Thunder Bay effective March 4. In a news release issued Feb.19, Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey announced the appointment of Justice Claudia Cynthia Belda Perez and Justice Vince Scaramuzza. Belda Perez was called to the bar in 2004 and soon after began working at Nishnawbe Aski Legal Service Corporation where she led the Ontario Telejustice Project, an initiative to increase access to justice in remote Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities. She has also worked at several private practice law firms and has a decade of experience in child protection, family law, alternative dispute resolution and as duty counsel in family and criminal courts throughout northern Ontario, the release said.