In the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth realms,a King's Counsel is a lawyer appointed by the state as a senior advocate or barrister with a high degree of skill and experience in the law. When the reigning monarch is a woman,the title is Queen's Counsel (QC).
Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr,SC is a barrister. He is a former justice of the Federal Court of Australia. He also served as President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal from 2012 to 2017.
Anthony Murray Gleeson is an Australian former judge who served as the 11th Chief Justice of Australia,in office from 1998 to 2008.
John Leslie Toohey,AC,QC was an Australian judge who was a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1987 to 1998.
The Federal Court of Australia is an Australian superior court which has jurisdiction to deal with most civil disputes governed by federal law,along with some summary and indictable criminal matters. Cases are heard at first instance mostly by single judges. In cases of importance,a full court comprising three judges can be convened upon determination by the Chief Justice. The Court also has appellate jurisdiction,which is mostly exercised by a Full Court comprising three judges,the only avenue of appeal from which lies to the High Court of Australia. In the Australian court hierarchy,the Federal Court occupies a position equivalent to the supreme courts of each of the states and territories. In relation to the other courts in the federal stream,it is superior to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia for all jurisdictions except family law. It was established in 1976 by the Federal Court of Australia Act.
Lex Lasry is an Australian lawyer and a retired judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria from 2007 to 2018. He also sat as a reserve judge from 2018 until his retirement as a reserve judge in February 2024.
Vanessa Lynne Bryant is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
James Leslie Bain Allsop is an Australian judge,currently serving as a foreign Non-Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. He was the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia,in office from 1 March 2013 to 6 April 2023. He was also previously President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal,where he presided from 2 June 2008 to 28 February 2013. In 2024,he was appointed as an International Judge to the Singapore International Commercial Court.
Robert Shenton French is an Australian lawyer. He is a former judge of the Federal Court of Australia and was Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia from 2008 to 2017. In 2017 French became an overseas non-permanent judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal,and was appointed chancellor of the University of Western Australia.
Patrick Anthony Keane is an Australian judge currently serving as a non-permanent judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal since 6 April 2023,after his retirement as a Justice of the High Court of Australia. He is currently the Chair of the Expert Advisory Group set up by the Australian Government to guide reforms to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. He is a former Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia.
David Markey Yates is an Australian judge. He has been a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia since 30 November 2009. Prior to his appointment,Justice Yates practised as a Senior Counsel in Sydney.
Susan Laura Carney is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Stephen John Gageler is an Australian judge and former barrister. He has been a Justice of the High Court of Australia since 2012 and was appointed Chief Justice of Australia in 2023. He previously served as Solicitor-General of Australia from 2008 to 2012. He is a graduate of the Australian National University and Harvard Law School and was a barrister in private practice before his appointment as solicitor-general.
William Kenneth Fisher AO QC was an Australian judge.
Michelle Marjorie Gordon is a Justice of the High Court of Australia. She was appointed to the High Court in June 2015. Prior to her appointment,she was a Justice of the Federal Court of Australia,to which she was appointed in 2007.
Jacqueline Sarah Gleeson is an Australian judge. She has been a Justice of the High Court of Australia since 1 March 2021,and was a judge of the Federal Court of Australia,based in Sydney,from April 2014 to February 2021.
Debra Sue Mortimer is an Australian judge who has been the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia since 7 April 2023. She was born in New Zealand but has practised law in Australia. She has been a judge of the Federal Court of Australia since 2013,having previously been a Senior Counsel practising at the Victorian Bar in migration law,environmental law and anti-discrimination law.
Andrew Stephen Oldham is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and former General Counsel to Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
Robert James Bromwich is a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia,serving since 29 February 2016. He also holds roles as an Additional Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory and,from 10 April 2019 to 30 April 2020 was a part-time Commissioner of the Australian Law Reform Commission,sitting on its Inquiry on Corporate Crime.
