Episode 22: Asian Litigators Series with Kevin Loo, QC

Guest host Chilwin Cheng sits down with Kevin Loo, QC one year later to discuss his Queen's Counsel appointment in 2021. In this episode, Kevin shares with us his thoughts on becoming Queen's Counsel, and family history, including how his great uncle, Andrew Joe, was the first Chinese Canadian to be admitted to the British Columbia bar in 1953. Kevin also discusses briefly his Uncle Andrew's advocacy efforts on behalf of Asian Canadians in Chinatown, where among many things, he fought for the right for local butchers to hang char siu on its store front windows. See the full list of Queen's Counsel appointments here: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021AG0179-002301 Read more about Kevin's uncle, Andrew Joe here: https://historyproject.allard.ubc.ca/law-history-project/profile/andrew-joe