Woo Bih Li is a

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an judge of the

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. Woo received his

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from the

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in 1977, and was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court the following year. He joined the Singaporean law firm

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in 1970 and in 1992, he established Bih Li & Lee in 1992, becoming its Managing Partner. Having been appointed

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in 1997, he was appointed Judicial Commissioner in May 2000, and Judge of the Supreme Court in January 2003.

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Supreme Court of Singapore website
1954 births Living people Anglo-Chinese School alumni Judges of the Supreme Court of Singapore National University of Singapore alumni Singaporean Christians Singaporean people of Chinese descent Singaporean Senior Counsel {{Singapore-law-bio-stub