Robert Patton Jr.: New Native Court Worker
Written by Jeremy Zafran on 31 May 2021
Native Court Worker Patricia Eshkabok retired after many years of stellar service for Indigenous persons throughout the province on May 27th, 2021. She had been working with the Native Para-Judicial Services of Quebec, assisting native people in matters relating to the criminal justice system. Robert Patton Jr. has now assumed the role as the Native Court worker for the area of Kahnawake:
“I was always interested in this job, I worked in the policing part of it with the courts and I always knew Patricia and I always found her position as a court worker very interesting because she’s dealing hands-on with people going to court assisting them, on all levels that she was assisting them. For me, I like working for people and I like helping people and that the best we can do is always keeping our brothers and sisters out of, like they say, ‘the white man’s jail system, law system,’ and try to get them the best help possible where they don’t end up in jail.”
Patton Jr. will continue to work the position for the betterment of his clients, saying it will be an honour to work on behalf of Kahnàwake.