Krysta M. Stanford

Krysta Stanford is a Judicial Assistance Counsel and manages the Office of International Judicial Assistance (OIJA) within the Office of Foreign Litigation at the U.S. Department of Justice. OIJA is the U.S. Central Authority for the Hague Service Convention, the Hague Evidence Convention, the Additional Protocol to the Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory, and letters rogatory to serve process or obtain evidence in civil or commercial matters received through diplomatic channels. Ms. Stanford also provides advice to United States Government attorneys on how to serve legal documents or obtain evidence abroad for use in U.S. litigation.

 

Previously, Ms. Stanford worked in the Office of International Affairs in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. In 2014, Ms. Stanford received her Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and graduated with an International and Comparative Law Certificate. Ms. Stanford earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Business and Spanish from Washington & Jefferson College in 2011.