David Lutz

David Lutz (born 1942 or 1943) is a Canadian lawyer and King's Counsel. Throughout his career, Lutz served as a criminal defense lawyer and as a crown prosecutor throughout up to 5,000 trials and 100 jury trials. Initially, he taught in New York until 1969 when he immigrated to New Brunswick, Canada as a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War. In 1974, he received a Bachelor of Education at St. Thomas University. In 1992, he was appointed Queen's Counsel, In 2015, he received the Franklin O. Leger Q.C. Award presented by the Law Society of New Brunswick. In November 2024, Lutz announced that he will be retiring after finalizing cases in December.