Linda D. Lin - Tustin, CA
Attorney at Karlin Law Firm LLP
Admiralty Litigation Lawyers in Tustin, CA
13522 Newport Avenue Suite 201 Tustin, CA 92780
Tustin Admiralty Litigation Lawyer
Updated: 02/28/2026
Areas of Practice
- Admiralty Litigation
- International and Maritime Arbitration
- Charter Parties and Carriage of Goods by Sea
- Marine Insurance
Attorney Information
Overview
Prior to joining the firm, Linda was a partner with the New York Law Firm, Nicoletti Hornig & Sweeney for over 10 years, and before that she was associated with Keesal Young & Logan LLP in California, and she was also a Hong Kong registered American lawyer having worked in Keesal Young & Logan's Hong Kong office. She has assisted in a variety of ADA website lawsuits filed in New York and has handled a variety of maritime and admiralty litigation for ship owners, cruise lines, NVOCCs, freight forwarders, terminal operators, and their underwriters. She has extensive experience in cargo claims, charter party dispute, vessel arrests and releases, collection, and personal injury matters in both state and federal courts. She has also handled litigation and arbitration in interstate transportation matters, including but not limited to, cargo claims, collection of freight, demurrage and detention, and personal injury defense.
Before Linda came to the U.S. from China for law school, she worked as an assistant judge in Dalian Maritime Court. Her article, The Standard of Compensation for Death and Personal Injuries at Sea in China, was published in the People's Court Daily, a nationwide newspaper, on August 30, 2000. This article is also published on the China Judge website of www.jc.gov.cn. In addition, a case she tried is published in a case book by the Supreme Court of China.
Linda graduated from Tulane Law School in 2002 with LL.M. at Admiralty Law. She is admitted to practice in the State of New York and a member of New York State Bar Association. She obtained LL.B and LL.M in International Economical Law in Dalian Maritime University.
Education
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Legal Education
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Tulane Law School,
New Orleans,
Louisiana, 2002
LL.M.
Major: Admiralty Law
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Tulane Law School,
New Orleans,
Louisiana, 2002
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Non Legal Education
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Dalian Maritime University, China, 1997
L.L.B
Major: International Maritime Law -
Dalian Maritime University, China, 2001
L.L.M
Major: International Economical Law
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Dalian Maritime University, China, 1997
Current Employment Position(s)
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Partner
Past Positions
- Dalian Maritime Court, Assistant Judge
- Keesal, Young & Logan, Associate
Published Works
Articles
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The Standard of Compensation for Death and Personal Injuries at Sea in China, People's Court Daily, 2000
Bar Admissions
- California, 2008
- New York, 2003
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2008
Other Affiliations
- California Bar Association, Member
- Maritime Law Association of the United States, Member
- New York State Bar Association, Member
- Orange County Bar Association, Member
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