Justice Pentney started his career as a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa. He joined the Canadian Public Service 1989 as Special Advisor, Law Reform and Litigation, Canadian Human Rights Commission and then as the General Counsel and Director of Legal Services at the Canadian Human Rights Commission. He worked for the Federal Government from 1999 to 2017 in a number of positions.[2]
He has won the following awards;
University of Ottawa, Common Law Silver Medal – 1982
Duff-Rinfret Scholarship – LL.M. – 1983
Canadian Forces Medallion for Distinguished Service – 2010
Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal – 2012
Awarded federal Queen's Counsel – 2015
