A Crown counsel lawyer in Vernon is now a provincial court judge.
Jeremy Guild has worked for the Vernon Crown since August 2016 and before that was criminal defence attorney.
He is one of three new judges appointed by the province to fill vacancies due to retirements.
Guild will be assigned to the Interior region starting March 12.
“Jeremy Guild holds law credentials from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and the University of British Columbia,” says a news release from the Attorney General Ministry. “In addition to his private practice work in criminal, civil and family law, he served as duty counsel for the Drug Treatment Court of Vancouver, prosecutor for the Department of Justice in Burnaby and was a lawyer with the Legal Services Society in Burnaby and Vancouver. He has also presented at, and contributed to, numerous conferences and training workshops on innovative approaches for drug treatment courts and restorative justice.
Guild will be assigned to the Interior Region.”
The other judges appointed are George Leven for the Northern region, effective March 27, and Kristen Mundstock, effective March 12, for the Fraser region.
