Michael Stokes

Michael Stokes was born in Preston and educated at Leeds University where he read law. He was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 1971 and practised at the criminal Bar until 2001, becoming a QC in 1994 before becoming a judge in 2001. He was appointed Recorder of Nottingham in 2007 and retired from the bench in 2016. He is married with two children, was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Nottinghamshire in 2016 and continues his interests in the law as an Honorary Professor at Nottingham Trent University. In retirement, he studied for a Master's degree in Tudor History which subject made an important contribution to his latest novel in the Inspector Hood series, When Supper was Ended..