List of judges of the Federal Court of Australia

Judges who have served on the Federal Court of Australia as of May 2019,[1][2] are appointed in accordance with section 72 of the Constitution, which has, since the Court's inception in 1976, been for a term expiring at age 70.[3]

In addition to their judicial service, six judges of the Federal Court have also been elected to the Parliament of Australia: Nigel Bowen, Bob Ellicott, Merv Everett, Tony Whitlam, John Reeves and Duncan Kerr. All were elected prior to their appointment to the bench.

Additionally, two judges of the Federal Court have served in state Parliaments: Bernard Riley, formerly of the New South Wales Legislative Council, and Howard Olney, formerly of the Western Australian Legislative Council.

Judges including Chief Justices edit

Position Name Appointment
commenced
Appointment
ended
Term Comments Notes
Chief Justice Sir Nigel Bowen AC, KBE, QC 20 December 1976 31 December 1990 14 years, 11 days Chief Judge in Equity of the Supreme Court (NSW) [4]
Michael Black AC, KC 1 January 1991 21 March 2010 19 years, 79 days Barrister (Queen's Counsel for Victoria and Tasmania) [5]
Patrick Keane AC, KC 22 March 2010 28 February 2013 2 years, 343 days Court of Appeal Judge in the Supreme Court (Qld)
Appointed to the High Court
[2][6][7]
James Allsop AC KC 1 March 2013 6 April 2023 10 years, 36 days Previously President of the Court of Appeal (NSW)
previously served as Federal Court judge
[2][8]
Debra Mortimer 7 April 2023 1 year, 8 days Judge of the Federal Court (2013–) [1][9]
Judge Sir Richard Blackburn OBE 1 February 1977 31 March 1985 8 years, 58 days [2]
(Sir) Gerard Brennan AC, KBE, QC 12 February 1981 4 years, 11 days Appointed to the High Court
Xavier Connor AO, QC 17 March 1982 5 years, 44 days
Phillip Evatt DSC 28 February 1987 10 years, 27 days Judge of the Supreme Court (NI)
Sir William Forster AC, KBE, QC 31 January 1989 11 years, 365 days
Robert Franki 5 August 1986 9 years, 185 days
Russell Fox AC, QC 31 March 1989 12 years, 58 days Chief Judge of the Supreme Court (NI)
John Keely QC 29 February 1996 19 years, 28 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
James Muirhead AC, KStJ, QC 4 August 1986 9 years, 184 days
Sir John Nimmo CBE, OStJ, QC 30 June 1980 3 years, 150 days
Ray Northrop QC 31 August 1998 21 years, 211 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Bernard Riley 4 August 1978 1 year, 184 days
Sir Reginald Smithers 30 September 1986 9 years, 241 days
Robert St John 31 March 1985 8 years, 58 days Judge of the Supreme Court (NI)
Charles Sweeney CBE 29 June 1995 18 years, 148 days
John Sweeney 7 May 1981 4 years, 95 days
Richard Ward QC 24 November 1977 296 days
Sir Edward Woodward AC, OBE, QC 31 July 1990 13 years, 180 days
(Sir) William Deane AC, KBE, KC 1 April 1977 26 July 1982 5 years, 116 days Appointed to the High Court
John Toohey AC, QC 4 April 1977 31 December 1986 9 years, 271 days Appointed to the High Court
Douglas McGregor AC, QC 7 November 1977 14 November 1985 8 years, 7 days
Francis Fisher AC, QC 6 March 1978 31 July 1989 11 years, 147 days
John Gallop AM, RFD, QC 11 March 1978 30 July 2000 22 years, 141 days
Daryl Davies QC 17 May 1978 31 August 1998 20 years, 106 days
John Lockhart AO 30 October 1978 11 June 1999 20 years, 224 days (1935–2006)[10][11][12]
Ian Sheppard AO 9 December 1979 23 May 1997 17 years, 165 days
John Kelly QC 11 March 1980 1 July 1990 10 years, 112 days
Trevor Morling QC 11 February 1981 1 February 1993 11 years, 356 days Judge of the Supreme Court (NI)
Bob Ellicott KC 2 March 1981 24 February 1983 1 year, 359 days
Gerald Fitzgerald AC, QC 25 November 1981 30 June 1984 2 years, 218 days
Kenneth Jenkinson 1 November 1982 5 June 1997 14 years, 216 days
Alan Neaves AC, KC 11 March 1983 8 January 1995 11 years, 303 days
Michael Kirby AC, CMG 30 March 1983 23 September 1984 1 year, 177 days Appointed to NSW Court of Appeal
then to High Court
Bryan Beaumont AO 30 May 1983 11 February 2005 21 years, 257 days Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (NI)
Murray Wilcox AO, QC 11 May 1984 2 October 2006 22 years, 144 days Chief Justice of Industrial Relations Court
Judge of the Supreme Court (NI)
Additional Judge of the Supree Court (ACT)
Peter Gray AM 17 May 1984 17 May 2013 29 years, 0 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Jeffrey Spender KC 17 May 1984 19 July 2010 26 years, 63 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT)
Merv Everett 27 June 1984 4 October 1987 3 years, 99 days
Bill Pincus QC 25 March 1985 16 December 1991 6 years, 266 days
James Burchett 3 June 1985 10 October 2000 15 years, 129 days
Jeffrey Miles AO 18 June 1985 30 September 2002 17 years, 104 days
David Jackson AM, KC 15 November 1985 26 May 1987 1 year, 192 days "Australia's pre-eminent constitutional law barrister", according to lawyer Louise Clegg in the AFR (2023)[13]
Donnell Ryan KC 29 September 1986 2 June 2011 24 years, 246 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT)
William Gummow AC, KC 24 November 1986 20 April 1995 8 years, 147 days Appointed to the High Court
Robert French AC 25 November 1986 1 September 2008 21 years, 281 days Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT)
Appointed to Chief Justice of the High Court
Marcus Einfeld 18 December 1986 16 April 2001 14 years, 119 days
Trevor Hartigan 13 August 1987 24 April 1990 2 years, 254 days
Michael Foster QC 2 November 1987 26 November 1998 11 years, 24 days
Alastair Nicholson AO, RFD 1 February 1988 31 May 2004 16 years, 120 days
Malcolm Lee AO, KC 15 February 1988 1 May 2006 18 years, 75 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Howard Olney AM, KC 21 May 1988 30 April 2003 14 years, 344 days
John von Doussa AO, KC 1 December 1988 15 August 2003 14 years, 257 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Graham Hill 1 February 1989 24 August 2005 16 years, 204 days
Deirdre O'Connor 1 July 1990 5 March 2002 11 years, 247 days
John Phillips AO, QC 14 August 1990 17 December 1991 1 year, 125 days
Maurice O'Loughlin 1 August 1989 28 January 2003 13 years, 180 days
Terrence Higgins AO, KC 1 July 1990 12 September 2013 23 years, 73 days
Peter Heerey AM, QC 17 December 1990 16 February 2009 18 years, 61 days
Doug Drummond QC 2 December 1991 12 April 2003 11 years, 131 days
Richard Cooper 30 March 1992 14 March 2005 12 years, 349 days
Margaret Beazley AC, KC 1 January 1993 28 April 1996 3 years, 118 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Appointed to Court of Appeal (NSW)
Tony Whitlam KC 1 January 1993 1 May 2005 12 years, 120 days
Christopher Carr 13 December 1993 1 August 2004 10 years, 232 days
Michael Moore 28 March 1994 1 August 2011 17 years, 126 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT)
Catherine Branson KC 16 May 1994 13 October 2008 14 years, 150 days
Jane Mathews AO 4 July 1994 6 April 2001 6 years, 276 days
Kevin Lindgren AM, KC 26 July 1994 12 February 2010 15 years, 201 days
Brian Tamberlin KC 29 August 1994 30 March 2009 14 years, 213 days Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT)
Ronald Sackville AO, KC 19 September 1994 25 August 2008 13 years, 341 days
Susan Kiefel AC, KC 17 October 1994 3 September 2007 12 years, 321 days Judge of the Supreme Court (NI)
Appointed to the High Court
Robert Nicholson AO 1 January 1995 7 August 2007 12 years, 218 days
Paul Finn 3 July 1995 4 July 2012 17 years, 1 day
Ross Sundberg AM, KC 10 July 1995 9 August 2010 15 years, 30 days
Shane Marshall AM 17 July 1995 21 November 2015 20 years, 127 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
John Lehane 3 October 1995 10 September 2001 5 years, 342 days
Rodney Madgwick KC 3 October 1995 21 April 2008 12 years, 201 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT)
Anthony North KC 3 October 1995 11 September 2018 22 years, 343 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT)
[2][14]
Ron Merkel KC 5 February 1996 15 May 2006 10 years, 99 days [2]
John Mansfield AM, KC 2 September 1996 24 August 2016 19 years, 357 days
Arthur Emmett AO, KC 3 February 1997 6 March 2013 16 years, 31 days
Alan Goldberg AO, QC 3 February 1997 4 July 2010 13 years, 151 days
Raymond Finkelstein KC 21 July 1997 1 July 2011 13 years, 345 days
Geoffrey Giudice AO 17 September 1997 28 February 2012 14 years, 164 days President of AIRC & then Fair Work Australia
Mark Weinberg AO, KC 15 July 1998 19 July 2008 10 years, 4 days Judge of the Court of Appeal (Vic)
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (NI)
Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT)
John Dowsett AM, KC 14 September 1998 26 April 2018 19 years, 224 days Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT)
Previously a Judge of the Supreme Court (Qld).
[15][16]
Leslie Katz SC 30 September 1998 21 March 2002 3 years, 172 days [2]
Peter Hely 2 October 1998 1 October 2005 6 years, 364 days
Susan Kenny AM 16 October 1998 29 November 2023[2] 25 years, 182 days Presidential member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Previously a judge of the Court of Appeal (Vic)
[1]
Roger Gyles AO, KC 11 June 1999 22 August 2008 9 years, 72 days Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT) [2]
Richard Conti QC 15 August 2000 15 August 2007 7 years, 0 days
Margaret Stone AO 9 October 2000 22 March 2012 11 years, 165 days Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT)
James Allsop AC, KC 7 May 2001 2 June 2008 7 years, 26 days As Justice. Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT)
Appointed President of the Court of Appeal (NSW)
returned to court as Chief Justice
[8]
Garry Downes AM, KC 2 April 2002 15 May 2012 10 years, 43 days Judge of the Supreme Court (NI) [2]
Peter Jacobson KC 17 June 2002 25 January 2015 12 years, 222 days Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (NI)
Bradley Selway QC 18 November 2002 10 April 2005 2 years, 143 days
Annabelle Bennett AC, SC 5 May 2003 23 March 2016 12 years, 323 days Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT)
Bruce Lander KC 14 July 2003 31 August 2013 10 years, 48 days Judge of the Supreme Court (NI)
Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT)
Susan Crennan AC, KC 3 February 2004 1 November 2005 1 year, 271 days Appointed to the High Court
Antony Siopis SC 14 April 2005 5 May 2018 13 years, 21 days Presidential member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal [17][18]
Richard Edmonds SC 5 May 2005 10 February 2016 10 years, 281 days [2]
Peter Graham KC 24 May 2005 6 September 2010 5 years, 105 days [2]
Andrew Greenwood 4 August 2005 19 July 2022 16 years, 349 days [2][19][20]
Neil Young KC 30 November 2005 24 January 2007 1 year, 55 days [2]
Steven Rares 2 February 2006 15 November 2023[2] 18 years, 73 days Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT) [21]
Berna Collier 8 February 2006 18 years, 67 days Judge of the Papua New Guinea Supreme Court
Deputy President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT)
[22]
Dennis Cowdroy AO 13 March 2006 15 March 2014 8 years, 2 days [2]
Anthony Besanko 3 April 2006 18 years, 12 days Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (NI)
Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT)
Previously a judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia
[23][24][25][26]
Christopher Jessup KC 23 June 2006 15 April 2017 17 years, 297 days [2]
Richard Tracey AM, RFD QC 24 July 2006 16 August 2018 12 years, 23 days [27]
John Middleton AM, KC 31 July 2006 25 December 2022 16 years, 147 days [2]
Robert Buchanan KC 8 September 2006 10 September 2016 10 years, 2 days Judge of the Supreme Court (NI) [2]
John Gilmour QC 11 December 2006 23 March 2018 11 years, 102 days Judge of the Supreme Court (NI) [2]
Michelle Gordon AC, SC 20 April 2007 8 June 2015 8 years, 49 days Appointed to the High Court [2]
John Logan RFD 27 September 2007 16 years, 201 days [1]
Geoffrey Flick 15 October 2007 18 October 2021 14 years, 3 days [2]
Neil McKerracher 15 October 2007 5 December 2021 14 years, 51 days [2]
John Reeves 19 November 2007 1 January 2022 14 years, 43 days [2][28]
Nye Perram 8 August 2008 15 years, 251 days [1]
Jayne Jagot 3 September 2008 16 October 2022 14 years, 43 days Appointed to the High Court [2]
Lindsay Foster 4 September 2008 30 September 2020 12 years, 26 days [2]
Michael Barker 9 February 2009 11 February 2019 10 years, 2 days [2]
John Nicholas 16 February 2009 14 years, 151 days [1]
David Yates 30 November 2009 14 years, 137 days [1]
Mordecai Bromberg 7 December 2009 14 years, 130 days President of the Australian Law Reform Commission (2023-present)[29] [1]
Julie Dodds-Streeton KC 1 February 2010 1 April 2014 4 years, 59 days [2]
Anna Katzmann 1 February 2010 14 years, 74 days [30]
Alan Robertson 11 April 2011 8 May 2020 9 years, 27 days [2]
Bernard Murphy 13 June 2011 12 years, 307 days [1]
Iain Ross AO 1 March 2012 18 November 2022 10 years, 262 days President of Fair Work Commission (2012-2022) [2][31]
John Griffiths 23 April 2012 1 April 2022 9 years, 343 days [2]
Duncan Kerr 10 May 2012 25 February 2022 9 years, 291 days President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2012-2017)
Previously member of the House of Representatives and Attorney-General
[2][32][33]
Kathleen Farrell 5 December 2012 1 August 2023 10 years, 239 days [2]
Tony Pagone KC 21 June 2013 31 March 2018 4 years, 283 days [2]
Jennifer Davies 4 July 2013 1 April 2022 8 years, 271 days [2]
Debra Mortimer 12 July 2013 10 years, 278 days Appointed Chief Justice (2023–) [1]
Darryl Rangiah 13 August 2013 10 years, 246 days [1]
Richard Conway White 31 August 2013 5 January 2022 8 years, 127 days [2]
Michael Wigney 9 September 2013 10 years, 219 days Judge of the Supreme Court (NI) [1]
Melissa Perry 23 September 2013 10 years, 205 days [1]
Jacqueline Gleeson 15 April 2014 28 February 2021 6 years, 319 days Appointed to the High Court [2]
Jonathan Beach 30 June 2014 9 years, 290 days [1]
James Edelman 20 April 2015 29 January 2017 1 year, 284 days Appointed to the High Court [2][34]
Brigitte Markovic 24 August 2015 8 years, 235 days [1]
Mark Moshinsky 3 November 2015 8 years, 164 days Acting President of the Australian Law Reform Commission (2023–)[35] [1]
Robert Bromwich 29 February 2016 8 years, 46 days [1]
Natalie Charlesworth 1 March 2016 8 years, 45 days [1]
Stephen Burley 6 May 2016 7 years, 345 days [1]
David O'Callaghan 1 February 2017 7 years, 74 days [1]
Michael Lee 27 March 2017 7 years, 19 days [1]
Roger Derrington 29 March 2017 7 years, 17 days [1]
David Thomas 27 June 2017 31 January 2024 6 years, 218 days President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2017-2022)
Previously a Judge of the Supreme Court (Qld)
[2]
Sarah Derrington AM 10 January 2018 6 years, 96 days President of the Australian Law Reform Commission (2018-2023)[35] [1]
Simon Steward 1 February 2018 30 November 2020 2 years, 303 days Appointed to the High Court [2]
Katrina Banks-Smith 12 February 2018 6 years, 63 days Previously a Judge of Supreme Court (WA) [1]
Craig Colvin 13 February 2018 6 years, 62 days [1]
Thomas Thawley 14 February 2018 6 years, 61 days [1]
Michael Wheelahan 3 October 2018 5 years, 195 days [1]
Paul Anastassiou 1 February 2019 29 April 2022 3 years, 87 days [2]
Angus Stewart 25 February 2019 5 years, 50 days [1]
Michael O'Bryan 26 February 2019 5 years, 49 days [1]
Darren Jackson 20 March 2019 5 years, 26 days [1]
John Snaden 29 April 2019 4 years, 352 days [1]
Stewart Anderson 6 May 2019 4 years, 345 days [1]
Wendy Abraham 7 May 2019 4 years, 344 days [1]
John Halley 19 March 2021 3 years, 27 days [1]
Elizabeth Cheeseman 12 April 2021 3 years, 3 days [1]
Helen Rofe 12 July 2021 2 years, 278 days [1]
Kylie Downes 2 August 2021 2 years, 257 days [1]
Scott Goodman 11 November 2021 2 years, 156 days [1]
Patrick O'Sullivan 20 January 2022 2 years, 86 days Previously a Judge of the District Court of South Australia [1]
Shaun McElwaine 24 January 2022 2 years, 82 days [1]
Michael Feutrill 8 March 2022 2 years, 38 days [1]
Fiona Meagher 31 March 2022 2 years, 15 days President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2022) [1]
Timothy McEvoy 26 April 2022 1 year, 355 days Previously a Judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court (Division 1) [1]
Lisa Hespe 27 April 2022 1 year, 354 days [1]
Elizabeth Raper 2 May 2022 1 year, 349 days [1]
Geoffrey Kennett 19 December 2022 1 year, 118 days Previously a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory [1]
Catherine Button 16 January 2023 1 year, 90 days Previously a Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria [1]
Ian Jackman 6 February 2023 1 year, 69 days [1]
Adam Hatcher 19 February 2023 1 year, 56 days President of the Fair Work Commission (2023–) [1]
Emilios Kyrou AO 8 June 2023 312 days Previously a Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria
President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2023–)
[1]
Christopher Horan 5 September 2023 223 days [1]
Yaseen Shariff 7 September 2023 221 days [1]
Penelope Neskovcin 8 February 2024 67 days [1]
Craig Dowling 9 February 2024 66 days [1]

Location of current judges edit

Sydney
Melbourne
  • Mordecai Bromberg (7 December 2009)
  • Bernard Murphy (13 June 2011)
  • Debra Mortimer (12 July 2013) (Chief Justice)
  • Jonathan Beach (30 June 2014)
  • Mark Moshinsky (3 November 2015)
  • David O'Callaghan (1 February 2017)
  • Michael Wheelahan (3 October 2018)
  • Michael O’Bryan (26 February 2019)
  • John Snaden (29 April 2019)
  • Stewart Anderson (6 May 2019)
  • Helen Rofe (12 July 2021)
  • Timothy McEvoy (26 April 2022)
  • Lisa Hespe (27 April 2022)
  • Catherine Button (16 January 2023)
  • Emilios Kyrou (8 June 2023)
  • Christopher Horan (5 September 2023)
  • Penelope Neskovcin (8 February 2024)
  • Craig Dowling (9 February 2024)
Brisbane
  • Berna Collier (8 February 2006)
  • John Logan (27 September 2007)
  • Darryl Rangiah (13 August 2013)
  • Roger Derrington (24 April 2017)
  • Sarah Derrington (10 January 2018)
  • Kylie Downes (2 August 2021)
  • Fiona Meagher (31 March 2022)
Perth
  • Katrina Banks-Smith (12 February 2018)
  • Craig Colvin (13 February 2018)
  • Darren Jackson (20 March 2019)
  • Michael Feutrill (8 March 2022)
Adelaide
Hobart
  • Shaun McElwaine (24 January 2022)


See also edit

Federal Court Judges holding concurrent appointments in:

References edit

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