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# Linda Rekas Sloan

Rhode Island Superior Court · Associate Justice

## Profile

- Court: Rhode Island Superior Court
- State: Rhode Island
- Role: Associate Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court, appointed in 2020 by Governor Gina Raimondo, making history as the court’s first Asian-American justice
- Practice insurance defense,bankruptcy,receivership,corporate/commercial,real estate,creditors rights

### Education

- Boston University law JD1994.
- Providence College BS Business Administration1991
- Providence College — Providence College; bio-13e3269d64a3; user_supplied_research
- Boston University School of Law — Boston University School of Law; bio-13e3269d64a3; user_supplied_research

### Additional information

- Employment timeline overlapping2020appointment/2021firm endpoint requires direct interpretation.
- Also Assistant Vice President of Business Development at Fidelity National Title Group (2014–2021)
- Fidelity National Title Group business-development assistant VP2014–2021.
- RI Bar president2017–2018,new-lawyers committee chair,Bar Foundation Fellow; taught RW law/Providence College
- Salter McGowan Sylvia & Leonard1998–2006/2009–2014
- Orson & Brusini2006–2009
- Mortgage Guarantee and Title counsel2007–2008
- She also held the role of title counsel for the Mortgage Guarantee and Title Company (2007–2008)
- Olenn & Penza associate1993–1998
- Coventry High School1987
- Born August 7, 1969 in Taipei, Taiwan, to Sophie and Russell Rekas, she grew up in Coventry, RI, and completed studies at Coventry High School in 1987
- Pawtuxet Valley Rotary/nonprofit boards.
- She handled insurance defense litigation, bankruptcy, receivership, corporate/commercial law, real estate, and creditors’ rights.
- Cost,Fines & Restitution and Diverse calendars.
- Educational background includes Providence College

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### cell phone use

Scope: courtwide

Rhode Island Supreme Court courthouse rules prohibit cellular telephone use in courtrooms and prohibit cell-phone camera and video use in the courthouse.

Evidence excerpt: Cellular telephone use is strictly prohibited in the courtrooms. Cellular telephone camera and video is strictly prohibited in the courthouse.

[Supreme Court Courthouse Rules](https://www.courts.ri.gov/Public-Resources/Documents/Your%20Day%20In%20Court/Courthouse%20Rules%20February%205,%202024.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### recording equipment

Scope: courtwide

Rhode Island courthouse rules list photographic and audio-visual equipment, including cameras and audio or video recorders, as prohibited items.

Evidence excerpt: No photographic or audio-visual equipment of any type, including cameras, video, or audio recorders or players.

[Supreme Court Courthouse Rules](https://www.courts.ri.gov/Public-Resources/Documents/Your%20Day%20In%20Court/Courthouse%20Rules%20February%205,%202024.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.courts.ri.gov/Public-Resources/Documents/JudicialRoster.pdf)
- [Official roster](https://www.courts.ri.gov/Public-Resources/Documents/JudicialRoster.pdf)
- [Rhode Island Judiciary official judicial roster](https://www.courts.ri.gov/Public-Resources/Documents/JudicialRoster.pdf)
- [Calendars and Public Access to Court Hearings](https://www.courts.ri.gov/Pages/PublicAccessCourtHearings.aspx)
- [Supreme Court Courthouse Rules](https://www.courts.ri.gov/Public-Resources/Documents/Your%20Day%20In%20Court/Courthouse%20Rules%20February%205,%202024.pdf)
- [Supreme Court Courthouse Rules, revised February 2024](https://www.courts.ri.gov/Public-Resources/Documents/Your%20Day%20In%20Court/Courthouse%20Rules%20February%205,%202024.pdf)
- [oakeralumni.org](https://oakeralumni.org/linda-rekas-sloan-esq-bio/)
- [rinewstoday.com](https://rinewstoday.com/here-come-the-new-ri-judges/)
- [opengov.sos.ri.gov](https://opengov.sos.ri.gov/GOVDirectoryPublic/ViewGOVDirectoryDetails?RelationID=5605&EntityID=3424&page=DetailJudge)

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