Kevin D. Loo (LLB 1992) appointed to the Supreme Court of British Columbia

The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced on Oct. 25 new appointments in the province of British Columbia.

Faculty of Law graduate Kevin D. Loo (LLB 1992), K.C., Partner at Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP in Vancouver, is appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Vancouver. Justice Loo replaces Justice J.R. Groves (Vancouver), who elected to become a supernumerary judge effective June 11, 2022.

Justice Kevin D. Loo, K.C., was born and raised in Vancouver. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Toronto. He was called to the Bar of British Columbia in 1994.

Justice Loo served as law clerk to Justices Gibbs, Toy and Hinds of the British Columbia Court of Appeal. He articled at McCarthy Tetrault, and after being called to the British Columbia Bar in 1994 joined Nathanson Schachter and Thompson LLP. He became a partner of that firm in 2001 and was appointed King’s Counsel in 2021. He practised in the areas of commercial litigation, and bankruptcy and insolvency. He regularly appeared as counsel in the B.C. Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, and also appeared in the Federal Court and the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories.

Justice Loo has been a frequent contributor to continuing legal education, serving as a regular instructor in the trial advocacy course at the Allard School of Law and as a speaker for CLEBC. He is the author of numerous written publications.

Justice Loo lives with his wife Sandra in North Vancouver. When not practising law, he enjoys cooking, travelling, playing ball hockey and spending time outside hiking, skiing and kayaking. He is proud to recognize, as an early influence in his legal career, his great-uncle Andrew Joe, who in 1953 was the first Chinese-Canadian called to the Bar in British Columbia.

Minister of Justice and Attorney General announcement