Linda Ann Loo (born 1947) is a Canadian lawyer and judge.

Biography and career

Loo was born in 1947 in

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, Canada. Loo finished undergraduate studies in 1971 and received her law degree from the

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in 1974. She began practicing law as in-house counsel at

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for 12 years. In 1986 Loo became an associate with the law firm Singleton Urquhart, later rising to the position as a managing partner of the firm. As a civil litigator Loo argued, and won a case before the

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. She is also a former Law Society Bencher and Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia Board member. On September 24, 1996, on the recommendation of the

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and then Governor-General

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, Loo was appointed an associate justice of the

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. She continues to serve to this day as one of 109 justices.

References

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