Korean-Canadian named judge of British Columbia's top court

Grace Choi

By Park Si-soo

A Korean-Canadian lawyer has been appointed as a judge in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada.

Grace Choi, an accredited family law specialist, was the first Korean-Canadian to reach the position, according to a statement released by Canada’s justice department on May 29.

She received a bachelor’s degree in law from Dalhousie University in 1992, was admitted to the bar of British Columbia in 1993 and was admitted to the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1996.

In 2013, she became an accredited family law mediator by the Law Society of British Columbia. She was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2014, the statement said.

Choi was previously a senior family law counsel with Jenkins Marzban Logan, a law firm in Vancouver ― a position she had held since 2014. She was an associate lawyer with Davis from 1993 to 2005, when she became a partner with that firm.

She has published numerous papers regarding family law and has been a presenter on several occasions for the Continuing Legal Education Society, according to the statement.

In 2007, she became a member of the Board of Trustees for Shaughnessy Heights United Church and she served as a director of the Korean Canadian Lawyers’ Association since 1996.