Longtime Kamloops lawyer appointed as provincial court judge
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KAMLOOPS — A Kamloops lawyer has been appointed as a provincial court judge in the city.
Raymond Phillips’s appointment fills a vacancy in the Kamloops Law Courts, the provincial government says in a news release. He was born in Kamloops and is a member of the Lytton First Nation — Nlaka’pamux.
Phillips graduated with a bachelor of laws from UBC in 1993 and was called to the bar one year later. He also articled with the federal Department of Justice before joining the St’at’imc/Nlaka’pamux Legal Services Society as a staff lawyer.
Since 2002, Phillips has been a general practitioner, helping clients with several legal issues including criminal law, real estate, contracts and settlements. He’s also served as duty counsel for the Chnúkcwentn First Nations Court since it opened in 2017. He was appointed Queen’s counsel in 2015.
