List of judges of the Federal Court of Australia

This is a list of Judges who have served on the Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
The Federal Court of Australia is an Australian superior court of record which has jurisdiction to deal with most civil disputes governed by federal law , along with some summary criminal matters. Cases are heard at first instance by single Judges...

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In addition to their judicial service, five judges of the Federal Court have also been elected to the Parliament of Australia

Parliament of Australia

The Parliament of Australia, also known as the Commonwealth Parliament or Federal Parliament, is the legislative branch of the government of Australia. It is bicameral, largely modelled in the Westminster tradition, but with some influences from the United States Congress...

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Nigel Bowen

Sir Nigel Hubert Bowen, AC, KBE was an Australian politician and judge.-Biography:Bowen was born in a log cabin in Summerland, British Columbia, Canada, of Welsh and English parents. He came to Australia as a boy and was educated for two years in England and later at The King's School in Parramatta...

, Robert Ellicott, Merv Everett, Tony Whitlam

Tony Whitlam

Antony Philip Whitlam QC, is an Australian lawyer who has served as a politician and judge. He is the son of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and Margaret Whitlam.-Early life and education:...

, and John Reeves. All were elected prior to their appointment to the bench.

Chief Justices

Name	Term as Chief Justice
Sir Nigel Bowen Nigel Bowen Sir Nigel Hubert Bowen, AC, KBE was an Australian politician and judge.-Biography:Bowen was born in a log cabin in Summerland, British Columbia, Canada, of Welsh and English parents. He came to Australia as a boy and was educated for two years in England and later at The King's School in Parramatta...	20 December 1976 – 31 December 1990
Michael Black Michael Black (judge) Michael Eric John Black, AC, QC is a former Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia.After attending schools in Australia, Egypt and England, he received further education at Wesley College, Melbourne. He graduated in law from the University of Melbourne in 1963 and began practice at the...	1 January 1991 – 21 March 2010
Patrick Keane Patrick Keane -Education:Chief Justice Keane was educated at St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, the University of Queensland and at Magdalen College of the University of Oxford...	22 March 2010 – present

Judges (including Chief Justices)

Name	Term as Judge
Sir Nigel Bowen Nigel Bowen Sir Nigel Hubert Bowen, AC, KBE was an Australian politician and judge.-Biography:Bowen was born in a log cabin in Summerland, British Columbia, Canada, of Welsh and English parents. He came to Australia as a boy and was educated for two years in England and later at The King's School in Parramatta...	20 December 1976 – 31 December 1990
Sir Richard Blackburn Richard Blackburn Sir Richard Arthur Blackburn OBE was a judge, prominent legal academic and former military officer in Australia. He became a judge of three separate courts in Australia, and eventually became chief justice of the Australian Capital Territory. In the 1970s he decided one of Australia's earliest...	1 February 1977 – 31 March 1985
Gerard Brennan Gerard Brennan Sir Francis Gerard Brennan, AC, KBE, QC , is an Australian lawyer, judge and 10th Chief Justice of Australia. He is father to Jesuit priest and lawyer Frank Brennan....	1 February 1977 – 12 February 1981
Xavier Connor Xavier Connor Francis Xavier Connor, AO, QC was an Australian jurist.Known professionally as Xavier Connor, he was Chair of the Victorian Bar Council from 1967 to 1969...	1 February 1977 – 17 March 1982
Phillip Evatt	1 February 1977 – 28 February 1987
Sir William Forster William Forster (judge) Sir William Edward Stanley Forster was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory holding that position from 1979 to 1985...	1 February 1977 – 31 January 1989
Robert Franki	1 February 1977 – 5 August 1986
Russell Fox	1 February 1977 – 31 March 1989
John Keely	1 February 1977 – 29 February 1996
James Muirhead James Muirhead James Henry Muirhead AC KStJ QC was an Administrator of the Northern Territory and a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.-Pre-Northern Territory:...	1 February 1977 – 4 August 1986
Sir John Nimmo	1 February 1977 – 30 June 1980
Ray Northrop	1 February 1977 – 31 August 1998
Bernard Riley	1 February 1977 – 4 August 1978
Sir Reginald Smithers	1 February 1977 – 30 September 1986
Robert St John	1 February 1977 – 31 March 1985
Charles Sweeney	1 February 1977 – 29 June 1995
John Sweeney	1 February 1977 – 7 May 1981
Richard Ward Richard Ward (judge) Richard Charles Ward QC was an Australian jurist and politician.Ward was born in Kew and attended Victoria Street School and Melbourne High School before studying law at the University of Melbourne...	1 February 1977 – 24 November 1977
Sir Edward Woodward	1 February 1977 – 31 July 1990
William Deane William Deane Sir William Patrick Deane, AC, KBE, QC , Australian judge and the 22nd Governor-General of Australia.-Early life:William Deane was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He was educated at Catholic schools including St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill and at the University of Sydney, where he graduated in...	1 April 1977 – 26 July 1982
John Toohey	4 April 1977 – 31 December 1986
Douglas McGregor	7 November 1977 – 14 November 1985
Francis Fisher	6 March 1978 – 31 July 1989
John Gallop	11 March 1978 – 30 July 2000
Daryl Davies	17 May 1978 – 31 August 1998
John Lockhart	30 October 1978 – 11 June 1999
Ian Sheppard	9 December 1979 – 23 May 1997
John Kelly	11 March 1980 – 1 July 1990
Trevor Morling	11 February 1981 – 1 February 1993
Robert Ellicott	2 March 1981 – 24 February 1983
Gerald Fitzgerald	25 November 1981 – 30 June 1984
Ken Jenkinson	1 November 1982 – 5 June 1997
Alan Neaves	11 March 1983 – 8 January 1995
Michael Kirby	30 Mar 1983 23 Sep 1984
Bryan Beaumont	30 May 1983 – 11 February 2005
Murray Wilcox Murray Wilcox Murray Rutledge Wilcox, AO, QC is a former Australian Federal Court Judge, serving from 11 May 1984 until retiring on 2 October 2006.He also served as an additional Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory from 23 April 1983 to 30 September 2006. He may be best remembered for...	11 May 1984 – 2 October 2006
Peter Gray	17 May 1984 – present
Jeffrey Spender	17 May 1984 – 19 July 2010
Merv Everett	27 June 1984 – 4 October 1987
Bill Pincus	25 March 1985 – 16 December 1991
James Burchett	3 June 1985 – 10 October 2000
Jeffrey Miles Jeffrey Miles Jeffrey Allan Miles AO LLM BA is an Australian author and jurist. He is a former chief justice of the Australian Capital Territory. He has also held judicial appointments in New South Wales and Papua New Guinea. In 2005 he conducted an inquiry into the fitness to be tried of David Eastman who had...	18 June 1985 – 30 September 2002
David Jackson	15 November 1985 – 26 May 1987
Donnell Ryan	29 September 1986 – 2 June 2011
William Gummow William Gummow William Montague Charles Gummow AC is a Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.-Biography:...	24 November 1986 – 20 April 1995
Robert French Robert French Robert Shenton French, AC is Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy....	25 November 1986 – 1 September 2008
Marcus Einfeld Marcus Einfeld Marcus Richard Einfeld is a retired Australian justice of the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Courts of New South Wales, Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory; a former President of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission; a UNICEF Ambassador for Children; a...	18 December 1986 – 16 April 2001
Trevor Hartigan	13 August 1987 – 24 April 1990
Michael Foster	2 November 1987 – 26 November 1998
Alastair Nicholson Alastair Nicholson Alastair Bothwick Nicholson AO RFD QC was the Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia from 1988 until 2004.Nicholson was born in 1938 in Melbourne returning with his mother Jean to Papua New Guinea , where his parents owned a rubber and coconut plantation...	1 February 1988 – 31 May 2004
Malcolm Lee Malcolm Lee Malcolm Lee is an American basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the second round of the 2011 NBA Draft...	15 February 1988 – 1 May 2006
Howard Olney Howard Olney Howard William Olney AM QC is the Australian Aboriginal Lands Commissioner.Olney was born in Nedlands and attended Perth Modern School and the University of Western Australia. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1957 and as a magistrate in 1965, being called to the bar in 1974...	21 May 1988 – 30 April 2003
John von Doussa	1 December 1988– 15 August 2003
Graham Hill	1 February 1989 – 24 August 2005
Deirdre O'Connor	1 Ju1y 1990 – 5 March 2002
John Phillips John Harber Phillips John Harber Phillips, AC, QC was an Australian barrister and an author. He was a judge and also a Chief Justice of Victoria. He was the legal counsel who defended Lindy Chamberlain on a charge of murdering her baby Azaria. His skills as counsel were described as being that of a "very elegant...	14 August 1990 – 17 December 1991
Maurice O'Loughlin	1 August 1989 – 28 January 2003
Terence Higgins Terence Higgins (judge) Terence John Higgins is Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory, a territory of Australia.-Early years:Higgins was born in 1943 in Hobart, Tasmania. He was educated at St Augustines Christian Brothers College in Yarraville, Victoria, and subsequently at St Edmund's College in Canberra...	1 July 1990 – present
Peter Heerey Peter Heerey Peter Cadden Heerey was an Australian Federal Court Judge of the Federal Court of Australia between 1990 and 2009.Heerey attended university in Tasmania, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws...	17 December 1990 – 16 February 2009
Michael Black Michael Black (judge) Michael Eric John Black, AC, QC is a former Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia.After attending schools in Australia, Egypt and England, he received further education at Wesley College, Melbourne. He graduated in law from the University of Melbourne in 1963 and began practice at the...	1 January 1991 – present
Doug Drummond	2 December 1991 – 12 April 2003
Richard Cooper	30 March 1992 – 14 March 2005
Margaret Beazley Margaret Beazley Margaret Joan Beazley AO is a judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, the highest court in the State of New South Wales, Australia, which forms part of the Australian court hierarchy.-Career:...	1 January 1993 – 28 April 1996
Tony Whitlam Tony Whitlam Antony Philip Whitlam QC, is an Australian lawyer who has served as a politician and judge. He is the son of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and Margaret Whitlam.-Early life and education:...	1 January 1993 – 1 May 2005
Christopher Carr	13 December 1993 – 1 August 2004
Michael Moore	28 March 1994 – 1 August 2011
Catherine Branson Catherine Branson Catherine Margaret Branson QC is President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, and a former judge of the Federal Court of Australia .Branson graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws...	16 May 1994 – 13 October 2008
Jane Mathews	4 July 1994 – 6 April 2001
Kevin Lindgren Kevin Lindgren The Honourable Justice Kevin Lindgren is a judge of the Federal Court of Australia, having been appointed on the 26th of July, 1994.-References:...	26 July 1994 – 12 February 2010
Brian Tamberlin Brian Tamberlin Brian Tamberlin, BA, LLB, LLM, QC is a retired Australian jurist, barrister, law commentator and justice in the Australia's federal court. Tamberlin received both is Bachelor of Arts and his Bachelors of Law from the University of Sydney. He later received his Master's degree in law from Harvard...	29 August 1994 – 30 March 2009
Ronald Sackville Ronald Sackville Ronald Sackville AO is an acting judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and a former judge of the Federal Court of Australia.-Career:...	19 September 1994 – 25 August 2008
Susan Kiefel Susan Kiefel Susan Mary Kiefel AC is a Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.- Early life and education :...	17 October 1994 – 3 September 2007
Robert Nicholson	1 January 1995 – 7 August 2007
Paul Finn Paul Finn Paul Finn is an Irish retired sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Oulart-the-Ballagh and was a member of the Wexford senior inter-county team from 1994 until 2001.-References:...	3 July 1995 – present
Ross Sundberg	10 July 1995 – 9 August 2010
Shane Marshall	17 July 1995 – present
John Lehane	3 October 1995 – 10 September 2001
Rodney Madgwick Rodney Madgwick Rodney Neville Madgwick is an Australian judge. He was a Justice of the Federal Court of Australia appointed in October 1995. He was based in the Sydney registry of the court and retired in 2008.-References:...	3 October 1995 – 21 April 2008
Anthony North	3 October 1995 – present
Ron Merkel	5 February 1996 – 15 May 2006
John Mansfield John Mansfield (judge) John Ronald Mansfield, AM, QC, Australian jurist, is currently a Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, sitting in the court's South Australian registry....	2 September 1996 – present
Arthur Emmett Arthur Emmett (Australian judge) Arthur Robert Emmett is a judge of the Federal Court of Australia, a position to which he was appointed on 3 February 1997.Justice Emmett lectures in Roman law at the Sydney Law School, where he holds the title of Challis Lecturer in Roman Law. On 22 May 2009, the University of Sydney conferred...	3 February 1997 – present
Alan Goldberg	3 February 1997 – 4 July 2010
Raymond Finkelstein Raymond Finkelstein Raymond Finkelstein QC is an Australian lawyer and judge. From 1997 until 2011, he served as a judge of the Federal Court of Australia. His judgments were highly influential in commercial law, giving rise to new approaches in insolvency, competition law and class actions.-Early life and...	21 July 1997 – 1 July 2011
Geoffrey Giudice	17 September 1997 – present
Mark Weinberg	15 July 1998 – 19 July 2008
John Dowsett John Dowsett The Honourable Justice John Dowsett is a judge of the Federal Court of Australia.Justice Dowsett was appointed to the Federal Court on 14 September 1998, after serving as a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland since 1985. He has therefore served as a superior court judge for 25...	14 September 1998 – present
Leslie Katz	30 September 1998 – 21 March 2002
Peter Hely	2 October 1998 – 1 October 2005
Susan Kenny	16 October 1998 – present
Roger Gyles Roger Gyles Roger Vincent Gyles AO, QC is an Acting Judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, a former judge of the Federal Court of Australia and a former Royal Commissioner.-Early life:...	11 June 1999 – 22 August 2008
Richard Conti	15 August 2000 – 15 August 2007
Margaret Stone	9 October 2000 – present
James Allsop James Allsop James Leslie Bain Allsop is the President of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, the highest court in the State of New South Wales, Australia, which forms part of the Australian court hierarchy.-Education:...	7 May 2001 – 2 June 2008
Garry Downes Garry Downes Justice Garry Keith Downes AM is a judge of the Federal Court of Australia and President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. -Education:Downes attended Newington College and graduated from the University of Sydney Law School in 1967. His first job was as associate to then Chief Justice of...	2 April 2002 – present
Peter Jacobson	17 June 2002 – present
Bradley Selway	18 November 2002 – 10 April 2005
Annabelle Bennett	5 May 2003 – present
Bruce Lander	14 July 2003 – present
Susan Crennan Susan Crennan Susan Maree Crennan AC , is an Australian judge, a Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.-Biography:...	3 February 2004 – 1 November 2005
Antony Siopis	14 April 2005 – present
Richard Edmonds	5 May 2005 – present
Peter Graham Peter Graham (judge) The Hon Peter Ross Graham is a Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, appointed in 2005. He studied at the University of Sydney and Harvard University, becoming a barrister in 1966 and Queen's Counsel in 1982.-References:...	24 May 2005 – 6 September 2010
Andrew Greenwood	4 August 2005 – present
John Young	30 November 2005 – 24 January 2007
Steven Rares	2 February 2006 – present
Berna Collier	8 February 2006 – present
Dennis Cowdroy	13 March 2006 – present
Anthony Besanko	3 April 2006 – present
Christopher Jessup	23 June 2006 – present
Richard Tracey	24 July 2006 – present
John Middleton	7 August 2006 – present
Robert Buchanan	8 September 2006 – present
John Gilmour	11 December 2006 – present
Michelle Gordon	20 April 2007 – present
John Logan	27 September 2007 – present
Geoffrey Flick	15 October 2007 – present
Neil McKerracher	15 October 2007 – present
John Reeves	15 October 2007 – present
Nye Perram Nye Perram Nye Perram is an Australian judge. He has been a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia since his appointment in August 2008 at the age of 39. Prior to his appointment, Perram practised as a Senior Counsel in Sydney....	8 August 2008 – present
Jayne Jagot Jayne Jagot Jayne Jagot is an Australian judge. She has been a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia since 3 September 2008. She was previously a judge of the New South Wales Land and Environment Court....	3 September 2008 – present
Lindsay Foster Lindsay Foster Lindsay Graeme Foster is an Australian judge. He has been a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia since September 2008.Foster studied at the University of Sydney and was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1976. He practiced as a solicitor until his admission to the...	4 September 2008 – present
Michael Barker Michael Barker (judge) Michael Laurence Barker is an Australian judge. He has been a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia since February 2009. He previously served as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia and as President of the Western Australian State Administrative Tribunal.Barker studied at the...	9 February 2009 – present
John Nicholas John Nicholas (judge) John Victor Nicholas is an Australian judge. He has been a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia since November 2009. Prior to his appointment, Nicholas practised as a Senior Counsel in Sydney, principally in commercial law....	16 November 2009 – present
David Yates David Yates (judge) David Markey Yates SC is an Australian judge. He has been a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia since November 2009. Prior to his appointment, Yates practised as a Senior Counsel in Sydney....	30 November 2009 – present
Mordecai Bromberg	7 December 2009 – present
Julie Dodds-Streeton	1 February 2010 – present
Anna Katzmann	1 February 2010 – present
Alan Robertson	18 April 2011 – present
Bernard Murphy	13 June 2011 – present

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