The Hon. Barbara J. Wofford-Kanwat is a magistrate for the Lykesland District of the Richland County Summary Court in South Carolina. She was appointed to the bench by former Governor Nikki Haley on April 30, 2011.
The summary court presides over landlord/tenant hearings, summons and complaint cases (to claim disputed funds), claim and delivery cases (to reclaim property), and public sales of abandoned vehicles. Its magistrates also hear criminal and traffic cases, issue warrants and set bonds, and hold preliminary hearings and transfer cases for the county.
Wofford-Kanwat earned a J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2009.