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KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
After graduating from the diverse student body of Franklin High School in 1966, Judge Linda Lau majored in Far East and Slavic Languages at the University of Washington, completing her degree in 1970. Over the next decade, she taught English in Taiwan and worked in the field of Human Relations with several large corporations until she entered law school. Judge Lau graduated from the University of Puget Sound (now Seattle University) School of Law in 1983. During her law school years, she worked as a legal intern in the private sector. After graduation, she worked as a prosecutor on criminal matters in District and Juvenile Courts for several months, and then moved to the civil division specializing in employment and labor law for approximately two years. Next, she joined Maltman, Webber, Reed, North & Ahrens specializing in employment and labor law.Judge Lau served as King County District Court judge from 1993 to 1995 and then was appointed to the King County Superior Court by Governor Lowry. Judge Lau served over four years in the criminal department and is currently assigned to the civil calendar. Travel is Judge Lau's passion in life-she has traveled to such exotic locales as China, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, Nepal, India, Africa, South America, Singapore, Mongolia and Malaysia. Like many immigrant parents new to the land of freedom and opportunity, Judge Lau's parents struggled to provide their children with a better life. Discrimination, poverty and the lack of formal education were hardships to be endured and overcome. Judge Lau attributes her successes to her parents, who often inspired her with Chinese folk tales passed down from generation to generation. One in particular is a story about the peasant farmer who through perseverance moved a mountain with a teaspoon, a seemingly impossible goal. Judge Lau often views challenges with this simple lesson in mind.
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