Longtime Kamloops lawyer Stanford appointed a provincial judge

KAMLOOPS — A longtime Kamloops lawyer has been appointed a provincial judge.

Michelle Stanford has been a practicing lawyer for 27 years, working largely in the fields of administrative and criminal law, occasionally taking assignments as a special prosecutor.

Stanford was appointed as Queen’s Counsel in 2018. She was the first Black and first female bencher in Kamloops.

Stanford is one of three new judges appointed by Attorney General David Eby Friday (Mar. 12), beginning her new job on April 12.

According to a news release from Eby’s office, the judicial appointments were made to “increase the capacity of the Provincial Court and help to address a backlog of cases as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.”