Linda Hurst, the San Luis Obispo attorney recently appointed to the Superior Court bench in San Luis Obispo County, is used to looking at the law from a lot of different angles.

The 56-year-old Hurst has been a partner in Hall Hieatt & Connely since 2003 and before that was an associate with Smith, Helenius & Hayes for ten years before a stint in private practice. She started in criminal and personal injury defense, but lately has worked in medical malpractice, personal injury and construction defects, again on the defense side.

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