List of judges of the Federal Court of Australia

This is a list of Judges who have served on the Federal Court of Australia.

In addition to their judicial service, six judges of the Federal Court have also been elected to the Parliament of Australia: Nigel Bowen, Robert 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.

Chief Justices

Name Appointment
commenced		 Appointment
ended		 Term as
Chief Justice		 Comments Notes
Bowen, NigelSir Nigel Bowen AC, KBE, QC 20 December 1976 31 December 1990 14 years, 11 days [1]
Black, MichaelMichael Black AC, QC 1 January 1991 21 March 2010 19 years, 79 days [2]
Keane, PatrickPatrick Keane AC, QC 22 March 2010 28 February 2013 2 years, 343 days Appointed to the High Court [3][4]
Allsop, JamesJames Allsop AO, QC 1 March 2013 incumbent 3 years, 281 days [5]

Judges (including Chief Justices)

Name Appointment
commenced		 Appointment
ended		 70th
birthday[6]		 Term in office Comments Notes
Bowen, NigelSir Nigel Bowen AC, KBE, QC 20 December 1976 31 December 1990 26 May 1981 14 years, 11 days as Chief Justice [7]
Blackburn, RichardSir Richard Blackburn OBE 1 February 1977 31 March 1985 26 July 1988 8 years, 58 days
Brennan, GerardSir Gerard Brennan AC, KBE, QC 12 February 1981 22 May 1988 4 years, 11 days Appointed to the High Court
Connor, XavierXavier Connor AO, QC 17 March 1982 12 December 1987 5 years, 44 days
Evatt, PhillipPhillip Evatt DSC 28 February 1987 10 years, 27 days
Forster, WilliamSir William Forster AC, KBE, QC 31 January 1989 15 June 1991 11 years, 365 days
Franki, RobertRobert Franki 5 August 1986 9 years, 185 days
Fox, RussellRussell Fox AC, QC 31 March 1989 12 years, 58 days
Keely, JohnJohn Keely QC 29 February 1996 19 years, 28 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Muirhead, JamesJames Muirhead AC, KStJ, QC 4 August 1986 24 April 1995 9 years, 184 days
Nimmo, JohnSir John Nimmo CBE, OStJ, QC 30 June 1980 3 years, 150 days
Northrop, RayRay Northrop QC 31 August 1998 21 years, 211 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Riley, BernardBernard Riley 4 August 1978 1 year, 184 days
Smithers, ReginaldSir Reginald Smithers 30 September 1986 9 years, 241 days
St John, RobertRobert St John 31 March 1985 8 years, 58 days
Sweeney, CharlesCharles Sweeney CBE 29 June 1995 18 years, 148 days
Sweeney, JohnJohn Sweeney 7 May 1981 4 years, 95 days
Ward, RichardRichard Ward QC 24 November 1977 296 days
Woodward, EdwardSir Edward Woodward AC, OBE, QC 31 July 1990 13 years, 180 days
Deane, WilliamSir William Deane AC, KBE, QC 1 April 1977 26 July 1982 5 years, 116 days Appointed to the High Court
Toohey, JohnJohn Toohey AC, QC 4 April 1977 31 December 1986 9 years, 271 days Appointed to the High Court
McGregor, DouglasDouglas McGregor AC, QC 7 November 1977 14 November 1985 8 years, 7 days
Fisher, FrancisFrancis Fisher AC, QC 6 March 1978 31 July 1989 11 years, 147 days
Gallop, JohnJohn Gallop AM, RFD, QC 11 March 1978 30 July 2000 22 years, 141 days
Davies, DarylDaryl Davies QC 17 May 1978 31 August 1998 20 years, 106 days
Lockhart, JohnJohn Lockhart AO 30 October 1978 11 June 1999 20 years, 224 days
Sheppard, IanIan Sheppard AO 9 December 1979 23 May 1997 17 years, 165 days
Kelly, JohnJohn Kelly QC 11 March 1980 1 July 1990 10 years, 112 days
Morling, TrevorTrevor Morling QC 11 February 1981 1 February 1993 11 years, 356 days
Ellicot, RobertRobert Ellicot QC 2 March 1981 24 February 1983 1 year, 359 days
Fitzgerald, GeraldGerald Fitzgerald AC, QC 25 November 1981 30 June 1984 2 years, 218 days
Jenkinson, KennethKenneth Jenkinson 1 November 1982 5 June 1997 14 years, 216 days
Neaves, AlanAlan Neaves AC, QC 11 March 1983 8 January 1995 11 years, 303 days
Kirby, MichaelMichael Kirby AC, CMG 30 March 1983 23 September 1984 1 year, 177 days Appointed to NSW Court of Appeal
then to High Court
Beaumont, BryanBryan Beaumont AO 30 May 1983 11 February 2005 21 years, 257 days
Wilcox, MurrayMurray Wilcox AO, QC 11 May 1984 2 October 2006 22 years, 144 days Chief Justice of Industrial Relations Court
Additional Judge of the ACT Supreme Court
Gray, PeterPeter Gray AM 17 May 1984 17 May 2013 29 years, 0 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Spender, JeffreyJeffrey Spender QC 17 May 1984 19 July 2010 26 years, 63 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Additional Judge of the ACT Supreme Court
Everett, MervMerv Everett 27 June 1984 4 October 1987 3 years, 99 days
Pincus, BillBill Pincus QC 25 March 1985 16 December 1991 6 years, 266 days
Burchett, JamesJames Burchett 3 June 1985 10 October 2000 15 years, 129 days
Miles, JeffreyJeffrey Miles AO 18 June 1985 30 September 2002 17 years, 104 days
Jackson, DavidDavid Jackson AM, QC 15 November 1985 26 May 1987 1 year, 192 days
Ryan, DonnellDonnell Ryan QC 29 September 1986 2 June 2011 24 years, 246 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Additional Judge of the ACT Supreme Court
Gummow, WilliamWilliam Gummow AC, QC 24 November 1986 20 April 1995 8 years, 147 days Appointed to the High Court
French, RobertRobert French AC 25 November 1986 1 September 2008 21 years, 281 days Additional Judge of the ACT Supreme Court
Appointed to Chief Justice of the High Court
Einfeld, MarcusMarcus Einfeld 18 December 1986 16 April 2001 14 years, 119 days
Hartigan, TrevorTrevor Hartigan 13 August 1987 24 April 1990 2 years, 254 days
Foster, MichaelMichael Foster QC 2 November 1987 26 November 1998 11 years, 24 days
Nicholson, AlastairAlastair Nicholson AO, RFD 1 February 1988 31 May 2004 16 years, 120 days
Lee, MalcolmMalcolm Lee AO, QC 15 February 1988 1 May 2006 18 years, 75 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Olney, HowardHoward Olney AM, QC 21 May 1988 30 April 2003 14 years, 344 days
von Doussa, JohnJohn von Doussa AO, QC 1 December 1988 15 August 2003 14 years, 257 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Hill, GrahamGraham Hill 1 February 1989 24 August 2005 16 years, 204 days
O'Connor, DeirdreDeirdre O'Connor 1 July 1990 5 March 2002 11 years, 247 days
Phillips, JohnJohn Phillips AO, QC 14 August 1990 17 December 1991 1 year, 125 days
O'Loughlin, MauriceMaurice O'Loughlin 1 August 1989 28 January 2003 13 years, 180 days
Higgins, TerrenceTerrence Higgins AO, QC 1 July 1990 12 September 2013 23 years, 73 days
Heerey, PeterPeter Heerey AM, QC 17 December 1990 16 February 2009 18 years, 61 days
Black, MichaelMichael Black AC, QC 1 January 1991 21 March 2010 19 years, 79 days As Chief Justice
Drummond, DougDoug Drummond QC 2 December 1991 12 April 2003 11 years, 131 days
Cooper, RichardRichard Cooper 30 March 1992 14 March 2005 12 years, 349 days
Beazley, MargaretMargaret Beazley AO 1 January 1993 28 April 1996 3 years, 118 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Appointed to NSW Court of Appeal
Whitlam, TonyTony Whitlam QC 1 January 1993 1 May 2005 12 years, 120 days
Carr, ChristopherChristopher Carr 13 December 1993 1 August 2004 10 years, 232 days
Moore, MichaelMichael Moore 28 March 1994 1 August 2011 17 years, 126 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Additional Judge of the ACT Supreme Court
Branson, CatherineCatherine Branson QC 16 May 1994 13 October 2008 14 years, 150 days
Mathews, JaneJane Mathews AO 4 July 1994 6 April 2001 6 years, 276 days
Lindgren, KevinKevin Lindgren AM, QC 26 July 1994 12 February 2010 15 years, 201 days
Tamberlin, BrianBrian Tamberlin QC 29 August 1994 30 March 2009 14 years, 213 days Additional Judge of the ACT Supreme Court
Sackville, RonaldRonald Sackville AO, QC 19 September 1994 25 August 2008 13 years, 341 days
Kiefel, SusanSusan Kiefel AC 17 October 1994 3 September 2007 12 years, 321 days Appointed to the High Court
Nicholson, RobertRobert Nicholson AO 1 January 1995 7 August 2007 12 years, 218 days
Finn, PaulPaul Finn 3 July 1995 4 July 2012 17 years, 1 day
Sundberg, RossRoss Sundberg AM, QC 10 July 1995 9 August 2010 15 years, 30 days
Marshall, ShaneShane Marshall 17 July 1995 21 November 2015 20 years, 127 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Lehane, JohnJohn Lehane 3 October 1995 10 September 2001 5 years, 342 days
Madgwick, RodneyRodney Madgwick QC 3 October 1995 21 April 2008 12 years, 201 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Additional Judge of the ACT Supreme Court
North, AnthonyAnthony North QC 3 October 1995 21 years, 65 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court
Additional Judge of the ACT Supreme Court		 [8]
Merkel, RonRon Merkel QC 5 February 1996 15 May 2006 10 years, 99 days [7]
Mansfield, JohnJohn Mansfield AM 2 September 1996 20 years, 96 days [8]
Emmett, ArthurArthur Emmett 3 February 1997 6 March 2013 16 years, 31 days [7]
Goldberg, AlanAlan Goldberg AO, QC 3 February 1997 4 July 2010 13 years, 151 days
Finkelstein, RaymondRaymond Finkelstein QC 21 July 1997 1 July 2011 13 years, 345 days
Giudice, GeoffreyGeoffrey Giudice AO 17 September 1997 28 February 2012 14 years, 164 days President of AIRC & then Fair Work Australia
Weinberg, MarkMark Weinberg 15 July 1998 19 July 2008 10 years, 4 days Additional Judge of the ACT Supreme Court
Dowsett, JohnJohn Dowsett AM 14 September 1998 18 years, 84 days Additional Judge of the ACT Supreme Court [8]
Katz, LeslieLeslie Katz SC 30 September 1998 21 March 2002 3 years, 172 days [7]
Hely, PeterPeter Hely 2 October 1998 1 October 2005 6 years, 364 days
Kenny, SusanSusan Kenny 16 October 1998 18 years, 52 days [8]
Gyles, RogerRoger Gyles AO, QC 11 June 1999 22 August 2008 9 years, 72 days Additional Judge of the ACT Supreme Court [7]
Conti, RichardRichard Conti QC 15 August 2000 15 August 2007 7 years, 0 days
Stone, MargaretMargaret Stone 9 October 2000 22 March 2012 11 years, 165 days Additional Judge of the ACT Supreme Court
Allsop, JamesJames Allsop AO, QC 7 May 2001 2 June 2008 7 years, 26 days As Justice. Additional Judge of the ACT Supreme Court
Appointed to NSW Court of Appeal
returned to court as Chief Justice
Downes, GarryGarry Downes AM 2 April 2002 15 May 2012 10 years, 43 days
Jacobson, PeterPeter Jacobson 17 June 2002 14 years, 173 days [8]
Selway, BradleyBradley Selway 18 November 2002 10 April 2005 2 years, 143 days [7]
Bennett, AnnabelleAnnabelle Bennett AO 5 May 2003 13 years, 216 days Additional Judge of the ACT Supreme Court [8]
Lander, BruceBruce Lander 14 July 2003 31 August 2013 10 years, 48 days Additional Judge of the ACT Supreme Court [7]
Crennan, SusanSusan Crennan AC 3 February 2004 1 November 2005 1 July 2015 1 year, 271 days Appointed to the High Court
Siopis, AntonyAntony Siopis 14 April 2005 11 years, 237 days [8]
Edmonds, RichardRichard Edmonds 5 May 2005 11 years, 216 days
Graham, PeterPeter Graham QC 24 May 2005 6 September 2010 5 years, 105 days [7]
Greenwood, AndrewAndrew Greenwood 4 August 2005 11 years, 125 days [8]
Young, JohnJohn Young QC 30 November 2005 24 January 2007 1 year, 55 days [7]
Rares, StevenSteven Rares 2 February 2006 10 years, 309 days [8]
Collier, BernaBerna Collier 8 February 2006 10 years, 303 days
Cowdroy, DennisDennis Cowdroy OAM 13 March 2006 15 March 2014 8 years, 2 days [7]
Besanko, AnthonyAnthony Besanko 3 April 2006 10 years, 248 days [8]
Jessup, ChristopherChristopher Jessup QC 23 June 2006 10 years, 167 days
Tracey, RichardRichard Tracey AM, RFD 24 July 2006 10 years, 136 days
Middleton, JohnJohn Middleton 7 August 2006 10 years, 122 days
Buchanan, RobertRobert Buchanan QC 8 September 2006 10 September 2016 10 years, 2 days [7]
Gilmour, JohnJohn Gilmour 11 December 2006 9 years, 362 days [8]
Gordon, MichelleMichelle Gordon 20 April 2007 9 years, 231 days Appointed to the High Court
Logan, JohnJohn Logan RFD, SC 27 September 2007 9 years, 71 days
Flick, GeoffreyGeoffrey Flick 15 October 2007 9 years, 53 days
McKerracher, NeilNeil McKerracher 15 October 2007 9 years, 53 days
Reeves, JohnJohn Reeves 15 October 2007 9 years, 53 days
Perram, NyeNye Perram SC 8 August 2008 8 years, 121 days
Jagot, JayneJayne Jagot 3 September 2008 8 years, 95 days
Foster, LindsayLindsay Foster SC 4 September 2008 8 years, 94 days
Barker, MichaelMichael Barker 9 February 2009 7 years, 302 days
Nicholas, JohnJohn Nicholas 16 November 2009 7 years, 21 days
Yates, DavidDavid Yates 30 November 2009 7 years, 7 days
Bromberg, MordecaiMordecai Bromberg 7 December 2009 7 years, 0 days
Dodds-Streeton, JulieJulie Dodds-Streeton QC 1 February 2010 1 April 2014 4 years, 59 days
Katzmann, AnnaAnna Katzmann SC 1 February 2010 6 years, 310 days
Keane, PatrickPatrick Keane AC, QC 22 March 2010 28 February 2013 2 years, 343 days 2 years, 343 days Appointed to the High Court [7][4]
Robertson, AlanAlan Robertson 18 April 2011 5 years, 233 days [8]
Murphy, BernardBernard Murphy 13 March 2011 5 years, 177 days
Ross, IainIain Ross AO 1 March 2012 4 years, 281 days President of Fair Work Commission
Griffiths, JohnJohn Griffiths 24 April 2012 4 years, 227 days
Kerr, DuncanDuncan Kerr SC 10 May 2012 22 February 2022 4 years, 211 days President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Farrell, KathleenKathleen Farrell 5 December 2012 4 years, 2 days
Allsop, JamesJames Allsop AO, QC 1 March 2013 3 years, 281 days As Chief Justice [8][5]
Pagone, TonyTony Pagone 21 June 2013 3 years, 169 days [8]
Davies, JenniferJennifer Davies SC 4 July 2013 3 years, 156 days
Mortimer, DebraDebra Mortimer 12 July 2013 3 years, 148 days
Rangiah, DarrylDarryl Rangiah 13 August 2013 3 years, 116 days
White, RichardRichard White 31 August 2013 3 years, 98 days
Wigney, MichaelMichael Wigney 9 September 2013 3 years, 89 days
Perry, MelissaMelissa Perry QC 23 September 2013 3 years, 75 days
Gleeson, SarahSarah Gleeson 15 April 2014 2 years, 236 days
Beach, JonathanJonathan Beach 30 June 2014 2 years, 160 days
Edelman, JamesJames Edelman 20 April 2015 1 year, 231 days
Markovic, BridgetteBridgette Markovic 24 August 2015 1 year, 105 days
Moshinsky, MarkMark Moshinsky 3 November 2015 1 year, 34 days
Bromwich, RobertRobert Bromwich 29 February 2016 282 days
Charlesworth, NatalieNatalie Charlesworth 1 March 2016 281 days
Burley, StephenStephen Burley 6 May 2016 215 days

See also

References

  1. ↑ Keating, Paul (10 October 1994). "Condolences: Bowen, Sir Nigel Hubert, AC, KBE". Hansard. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 30 September 2007.
  2. ↑ Douglas, Richard (26 February 2010). Ceremonial Farewell for the Hon. Justice Michael Black AC (Speech). Hearsay. Bar Association of Queensland. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Battersby, Lucy (16 February 2013). "Man of choice words and keen judgments". The Age. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  4. 1 2 Byrne, Elizabeth (5 March 2013). "Justice Keane completes the new-look High Court". ABC News.
  5. 1 2 "Australia Day 2013 Honours List". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia, s 72
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Former Judges of the Federal Court of Australia". Federal Court of Australia. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "List by appointment date of current judges". Federal Court of Australia. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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