Rankin, who will sit in Victoria effective Feb. 4, brings more than 18 years of legal experience. He has served as chair of Access Pro Bono’s board and acted as pro bono counsel for several organizations, including the B.C. Civil Liberties Association. A founding member of Thompson Rivers University’s faculty of law in 2011, he later returned to practice with the Ministry of Attorney General and joined the B.C. Prosecution Service’s Criminal Appeals and Special Prosecutions Unit in 2020. He was appointed King’s Counsel in 2023.
Hutchinson, assigned to Prince George effective Feb. 5, has more than 12 years of experience. After being called to the bar in 2013, he opened a private practice in Prince George focused on criminal defence, family law and child-protection matters. Since 2017, he has also served as a local agent for Legal Aid B.C., overseeing intake services and working throughout northern B.C.
Michaels, who will sit in Dawson Creek effective Feb. 11, brings more than 13 years of experience in criminal, family and civil litigation. After being called to the bar in 2012, she ran a practice handling criminal defence, family litigation and a range of civil matters before joining the B.C. Prosecution Service in 2022. She currently serves as a Crown prosecutor and received the Northern Region Leadership Award at the annual Crown Conference in 2024.
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