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Where to find a legal aid office
The Legal Services Society (LSS) provides legal aid through offices across BC and at some courthouse locations (listed below), and through the province-wide Call Centre.
For the address and phone number of your local legal aid office and courthouse intake locations, click on the town closest to you:
Chris Maddock, QC
Barrister & Solicitor
c/o Abbotsford Community Services
2420 Montrose Avenue
Abbotsford, BC V2S 3S9
phone: 604-852-2141
fax: 604-853-3059
hours: Monday to Friday — 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Abbotsford courthouse:
32203 South Fraser Way
Abbotsford, BC V2T 1W6
hours: Monday and Thursday — 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Doug Marion, Barrister & Solicitor
101 – 500 S. Dogwood Street,
Campbell River, BC V9W 6R4
phone: 250-287-9521
fax: 250-287-9529
hours: Wednesday and Friday — 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m./1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (office); Monday mornings at the courthouse
Chris Maddock, QC
Barrister & Solicitor
c/o Chilliwack Community Services
45938 Wellington Avenue
Chilliwack, BC V2P 2C7
phone: 604-793-7243
fax: 604-853-3059
hours: Tuesday and Friday — 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m./1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Doug Marion, Barrister & Solicitor
1625B McPhee Avenue
Courtenay, BC V9N 3A6
phone: 250-897-1400
fax: 250-897-3261
hours: Tuesday — 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m./1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (office);
Thursday mornings (courthouse); Thursday — 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (office)Richard J. Strahl, Barrister & Solicitor
#5 – 12th Avenue South
Cranbrook, BC V1C 2R8
phone: 250-426-4066
toll free: 1-877-426-4066
fax: 250-426-4076
hours: Monday to Friday — 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; closed Fridays mid-June to mid-September
Glenn Stasiuk, Barrister & Solicitor
201 – 10300 10th Street
Dawson Creek, BC V1G 3T6
phone: 250-782-7366
fax: 250-782-7746
hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday — 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m./1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Wednesday — 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Denice Barrie, Barrister & Solicitor
c/o Duncan Courthouse
238 Government Street
Duncan, BC V9L 1A5
phone: 250-753-4396
fax: 250-753-5345
hours: Tuesday — 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Thursday — 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Michael Reed, Barrister & Solicitor
Unit 133 – 250 Stuart Drive E.
Fort St. James, BC V0J 1PO
phone: 250-996-6999;
toll free: 1-866-614-6999
hours: Monday to Friday — 9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m., except on list days
Fort St. James courthouse:
2537 Stones Bay Road
Fort St. James, BC V0J 1P0
hours: first and third Tuesday of each month.
Robert K. O. Zeunert, Barrister & Solicitor
9830 – 110th Avenue
Fort St. John, BC V1J 2T1
phone: 250-785-8089
fax: 250-785-8092
hours: Monday and Wednesday — 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m./1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Linda D. Locke, QC
Barrister & Solicitor
c/o Upper Skeena Counselling & Legal Assistance Society
4305 Field Street
Hazelton, BC V0J 1Y0
phone: 250-842-5218
toll free: 1-877-842-5218
fax: 250-842-5987
hours: Monday to Thursday — 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Hazelton courthouse:
2210 West Highway 62
Hazelton, BC V0J 1Y0
hours: for criminal matters, every third Friday (if judge available); for family matters, every first Wednesday of the month — 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Louise Richards, Barrister & Solicitor
208 – 300 Columbia Street
Kamloops, BC V2C 6L1
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phone: 250-314-1900
fax: 250-314-1605
hours: Monday to Thursday — 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Kamloops courthouse:
2nd Floor, 455 Columbia Street
Kamloops, BC V2C 6K4
hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday — 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Andrew Vandersluys, Barrister & Solicitor
210 – 347 Leon Avenue
Kelowna, BC V1Y 8C7
phone: 250-763-8613
fax: 250-763-3594
hours: Monday to Friday — 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Kelowna Law Courts:
251 - 1355 Water Street
Kelowna, BC V1Y 9R3
hours: Monday to Thursday — 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Craig D. Sicotte, Law Corporation
206 – 20641 Logan Avenue
Langley, BC V3A 7R3
phone: 604-532-8898
fax: 604-533-0115
hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday — 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m./ 1:00 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Denice Barrie, Barrister & Solicitor
137 Bastion Street
Nanaimo, BC V9R 3A2
phone: 250-753-4396
fax: 250-753-5345
hours: Monday to Thursday — 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m./1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Aboriginal Community Legal Worker
302 – 65 Front Street
Nanaimo, BC V9R 5H9
phone: 250-741-5447
Richard J. Strahl, Barrister & Solicitor
203 – 514 Vernon Street
Nelson, BC V1L 4E7
toll free: 1-877-426-4066
fax: 250-426-4076
hours: Friday — 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Craig D. Sicotte, Law Corporation
Law Courts, Begbie Square
651 Carnarvon Street, Rm 222
New Westminster, BC V3M 1C9
phone: 604-585-6595
hours: Monday and Wednesday — 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (and others as necessary)
Dan M. Sudeyko, Barrister & Solicitor
c/o North Vancouver Provincial Courthouse
200 East 23rd Street
North Vancouver, BC V7L 4R4
phone: 604-980-7000
fax: 604-981-0076
hours: Monday to Thursday — 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Penticton Courthouse
#106 – 100 Main Street
Penticton, BC V2A 5A5
phone: 250-493-7164
fax: 250-493-7165
hours: Monday — 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.; Tuesday to Thursday — 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; Friday — 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Charles H. Beckingham, Barrister & Solicitor
c/o Beckingham and Company
5029 Argyle Street
Port Alberni V9Y 1V5
phone: 250-724-5137
toll free: 1-877-724-0111
fax: 250-724-4422
hours: Monday to Friday — 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m./2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Port Coquitlam Courthouse
Room 323
2620 Mary Hill Road
Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 3B2
phone: 604-472-0634
fax: 604-472-0638
hours: Monday to Thursday – 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m./1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Aboriginal Community Legal Worker
8635 Granville Street
Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0
phone: 250-949-8125
Beatrix L. Josephy, Barrister & Solicitor
1057 Third Avenue
Prince George, BC V2L 3E3
phone: 250-564-9717
fax: 250-564-8636
hours: Monday to Thursday — 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Prince George Law Courts:
250 George Street
Room 1042 or 1043
Prince George, BC V2L 5S2
hours: Tuesday to Thursday — 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Prince Rupert (Terrace Regional Centre satellite)
c/o Government Agent Office
201 – 3rd Avenue W.
Prince Rupert, BC V8J 1L2
phone: 250-624-7701 or
1-800-787-2511
fax: 250-624-7421
hours: Thursday and Friday – 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m./1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Gary J. Lilienweiss, Barrister & Solicitor
342 Kinchant Street
Quesnel, BC V2J 2R4
phone: 250-992-8387
fax: 250-992-7661
hours: Tuesday and Thursday — 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Robert Parsonage, Barrister & Solicitor
300 – 8055 Anderson Road
Richmond, BC V6Y 1S2
phone: 604-273-9311
fax: 604-273-9365
hours: Monday to Thursday — 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m./1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Friday — 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Sandra Sinclair, Barrister & Solicitor
c/o Salmon Arm Provincial Court
550 2nd Avenue N.E.
Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4S4
phone: 250-545-3666
fax: 250-545-4419
hours: Tuesday — 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Linda D. Locke, QC
Barrister & Solicitor
c/o Smithers Courthouse
3793 Alfred Avenue
Smithers, BC VOJ 2NO
phone: 1-877-842-5218
fax: 250-842-5987
hours: Two list days per month, call for schedule
Craig D. Sicotte, Law Corporation
#102 – 10706 King George Boulevard
Surrey, BC V3T 2X3
phone: 604-585-6595
fax: 604-585-7898
hours: Monday to Friday — 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m./1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Surrey courthouse:
14340 - 57 Avenue
Surrey, BC V3X 1B2
hours: Monday to Friday — 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.; Thursday — 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Terrace Regional Centre
207 – 3228 Kalum Street
Terrace, BC V8G 2N1
phone: 250-635-2133
toll free: 1-800-787-2511
fax: 250-635-9085
hours: Monday to Friday — 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m./1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Vancouver Regional Centre
Suite 425 (intake); Suite 400 (administration)
510 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 3A8
phone: 604-601-6206 (intake)
phone: 604-601-6000 (administration)
fax: 604-681-2719; 604-681-6942
legal aid hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday — 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Wednesday — 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Michael Reed, Barrister & Solicitor
210 – 2375 Burrard Avenue
Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A0
phone: 250-567-2800
toll free: 1-866-614-6999
fax: 250-996-8669
hours: Monday to Friday — 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Vanderhoof courthouse:
2440 Bute Avenue
Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A0
hours: first Monday of every month.
Sandra Sinclair, Barrister & Solicitor
Suite E, 3105 – 31st Avenue
Vernon, BC V1T 2G9
phone: 250-545-3666
fax: 250-545-4419
hours: Monday — 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m; Wednesday — 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; Thursday — 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.; .
Vernon courthouse:
3001 27th Street
Vernon, BC V1T 4W5
hours: Wednesday — 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.; Thursday — 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.; and Friday — 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Roland P. Kuczma, Barrister & Solicitor
218 – 852 Fort Street
Victoria, BC V8W 1H8
phone: 250-388-4516
fax: 250-388-4664
hours: Monday to Friday — 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Victoria Law Courts:
Rm 134A – 850 Burdett Ave., Victoria, BC V8W 1B4
hours: Monday to Friday — 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Western Communities Courthouse:
1756 Island Highway
Victoria, BC V9B 1H8
hours: Monday and Thursday, and alternate Wednesdays — 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
201 – 369 Oliver Street
Williams Lake, BC V2G 1M4
phone: 250-398-7359
fax: 250-305-6878
hours: Tuesday and Thursday — 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m./1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Wednesday — 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Williams Lake courthouse:
540 Borland Street, 4th floor
Williams Lake, BC V2G 1R8
hours: Wednesday — 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Last updated August 25, 2010
If you have to call long distance to reach a legal aid office, call Enquiry BC and ask for a transfer to the office number you want (you will not have to pay for the call):
Outside Victoria and Vancouver: 1-800-663-7867
In Victoria: 250-387-6121
In Vancouver: 604-660-2421
You can also get some help from government agents at Service BC centres across the province. The centres act as a mail or fax drop-off/pick-up point for the society, and can give you our legal publications and access to a computer to look up legal information on the Internet. Find a Service BC office.