List of judges of the Federal Court of Australia - Wikipedia List of judges of the Federal Court of Australia Judges who have served on the Federal Court of Australia as of September 2018, 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. 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. Not to be confused with Chief Justice of Australia. Position Name Appointment commenced Appointment ended Term Comments Notes Chief Justice Sir Nigel Bowen AC, KBE, QC 20 December 1976 31 December 1990 7003512400000000000 ♠ 14 years, 11 days Chief Judge in Equity of the Supreme Court ( NSW ) Michael Black AC, QC 1 January 1991 21 March 2010 7003701900000000000 ♠ 19 years, 79 days Barrister ( Queen 's Counsel for Victoria and Tasmania ) Patrick Keane AC, QC 22 March 2010 28 February 2013 7003107400000000000 ♠ 2 years, 343 days Court of Appeal Judge in the Supreme Court ( Qld ) Appointed to the High Court James Allsop AO 1 March 2013 7003205700000000000 ♠ 5 years, 231 days President of the Court of Appeal ( NSW ) ( previously served as Federal Court judge ) Judge Sir Richard Blackburn OBE 1 February 1977 31 March 1985 7003298000000000000 ♠ 8 years, 58 days Sir Gerard Brennan AC, KBE, QC 12 February 1981 7003147200000000000 ♠ 4 years, 11 days Appointed to the High Court Xavier Connor AO, QC 17 March 1982 7003187000000000000 ♠ 5 years, 44 days Phillip Evatt DSC 28 February 1987 7003367900000000000 ♠ 10 years, 27 days Judge of the Supreme Court ( NI ) Sir William Forster AC, KBE, QC 31 January 1989 7003438200000000000 ♠ 11 years, 365 days Robert Franki 5 August 1986 7003347200000000000 ♠ 9 years, 185 days Russell Fox AC, QC 31 March 1989 7003444100000000000 ♠ 12 years, 58 days Chief Judge of the Supreme Court ( NI ) John Keely QC 29 February 1996 7003696700000000000 ♠ 19 years, 28 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court James Muirhead AC, KStJ, QC 4 August 1986 7003347100000000000 ♠ 9 years, 184 days Sir John Nimmo CBE, OStJ, QC 30 June 1980 7003124500000000000 ♠ 3 years, 150 days Ray Northrop QC 31 August 1998 7003788100000000000 ♠ 21 years, 211 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court Bernard Riley 4 August 1978 7002549000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 184 days Sir Reginald Smithers 30 September 1986 7003352800000000000 ♠ 9 years, 241 days Robert St John 31 March 1985 7003298000000000000 ♠ 8 years, 58 days Judge of the Supreme Court ( NI ) Charles Sweeney CBE 29 June 1995 7003672200000000000 ♠ 18 years, 148 days John Sweeney 7 May 1981 7003155600000000000 ♠ 4 years, 95 days Richard Ward QC 24 November 1977 7002296000000000000 ♠ 296 days Sir Edward Woodward AC, OBE, QC 31 July 1990 7003492800000000000 ♠ 13 years, 180 days Sir William Deane AC, KBE, QC 1 April 1977 26 July 1982 7003194200000000000 ♠ 5 years, 116 days Appointed to the High Court John Toohey AC, QC 4 April 1977 31 December 1986 7003355800000000000 ♠ 9 years, 271 days Appointed to the High Court Douglas McGregor AC, QC 7 November 1977 14 November 1985 7003292900000000000 ♠ 8 years, 7 days Francis Fisher AC, QC 6 March 1978 31 July 1989 7003416500000000000 ♠ 11 years, 147 days John Gallop AM, RFD, QC 11 March 1978 30 July 2000 7003817700000000000 ♠ 22 years, 141 days Daryl Davies QC 17 May 1978 31 August 1998 7003741100000000000 ♠ 20 years, 106 days John Lockhart AO 30 October 1978 11 June 1999 7003752900000000000 ♠ 20 years, 224 days Ian Sheppard AO 9 December 1979 23 May 1997 7003637500000000000 ♠ 17 years, 165 days John Kelly QC 11 March 1980 1 July 1990 7003376400000000000 ♠ 10 years, 112 days Trevor Morling QC 11 February 1981 1 February 1993 7003437300000000000 ♠ 11 years, 356 days Judge of the Supreme Court ( NI ) Robert Ellicot QC 2 March 1981 24 February 1983 7002724000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 359 days Gerald Fitzgerald AC, QC 25 November 1981 30 June 1984 7002948000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 218 days Kenneth Jenkinson 1 November 1982 5 June 1997 7003533000000000000 ♠ 14 years, 216 days Alan Neaves AC, QC 11 March 1983 8 January 1995 7003432100000000000 ♠ 11 years, 303 days Michael Kirby AC, CMG 30 March 1983 23 September 1984 7002543000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 177 days Appointed to NSW Court of Appeal then to High Court Bryan Beaumont AO 30 May 1983 11 February 2005 7003792800000000000 ♠ 21 years, 257 days Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ( NI ) Murray Wilcox AO, QC 11 May 1984 2 October 2006 7003817900000000000 ♠ 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 7004105920000000000 ♠ 29 years, 0 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court Jeffrey Spender QC 17 May 1984 19 July 2010 7003955900000000000 ♠ 26 years, 63 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court Additional Judge of the Supreme Court ( ACT ) Merv Everett 27 June 1984 4 October 1987 7003119400000000000 ♠ 3 years, 99 days Bill Pincus QC 25 March 1985 16 December 1991 7003245700000000000 ♠ 6 years, 266 days James Burchett 3 June 1985 10 October 2000 7003560800000000000 ♠ 15 years, 129 days Jeffrey Miles AO 18 June 1985 30 September 2002 7003631300000000000 ♠ 17 years, 104 days David Jackson AM, QC 15 November 1985 26 May 1987 7002557000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 192 days Donnell Ryan QC 29 September 1986 2 June 2011 7003901200000000000 ♠ 24 years, 246 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court Additional Judge of the Supreme Court ( ACT ) William Gummow AC, QC 24 November 1986 20 April 1995 7003306900000000000 ♠ 8 years, 147 days Appointed to the High Court Robert French AC 25 November 1986 1 September 2008 7003795100000000000 ♠ 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 7003523300000000000 ♠ 14 years, 119 days Trevor Hartigan 13 August 1987 24 April 1990 7002985000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 254 days Michael Foster QC 2 November 1987 26 November 1998 7003404200000000000 ♠ 11 years, 24 days Alastair Nicholson AO, RFD 1 February 1988 31 May 2004 7003596400000000000 ♠ 16 years, 120 days Malcolm Lee AO, QC 15 February 1988 1 May 2006 7003665000000000000 ♠ 18 years, 75 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court Howard Olney AM, QC 21 May 1988 30 April 2003 7003545700000000000 ♠ 14 years, 344 days John von Doussa AO, QC 1 December 1988 15 August 2003 7003537000000000000 ♠ 14 years, 257 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court Graham Hill 1 February 1989 24 August 2005 7003604800000000000 ♠ 16 years, 204 days Deirdre O'Connor 1 July 1990 5 March 2002 7003426500000000000 ♠ 11 years, 247 days John Phillips AO, QC 14 August 1990 17 December 1991 7002490000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 125 days Maurice O'Loughlin 1 August 1989 28 January 2003 7003492800000000000 ♠ 13 years, 180 days Terrence Higgins AO, QC 1 July 1990 12 September 2013 7003847400000000000 ♠ 23 years, 73 days Peter Heerey AM, QC 17 December 1990 16 February 2009 7003663600000000000 ♠ 18 years, 61 days Doug Drummond QC 2 December 1991 12 April 2003 7003414900000000000 ♠ 11 years, 131 days Richard Cooper 30 March 1992 14 March 2005 7003473200000000000 ♠ 12 years, 349 days Margaret Beazley AO 1 January 1993 28 April 1996 7003121300000000000 ♠ 3 years, 118 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court Appointed to Court of Appeal ( NSW ) Tony Whitlam QC 1 January 1993 1 May 2005 7003450300000000000 ♠ 12 years, 120 days Christopher Carr 13 December 1993 1 August 2004 7003388400000000000 ♠ 10 years, 232 days Michael Moore 28 March 1994 1 August 2011 7003633500000000000 ♠ 17 years, 126 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court Additional Judge of the Supreme Court ( ACT ) Catherine Branson QC 16 May 1994 13 October 2008 7003526400000000000 ♠ 14 years, 150 days Jane Mathews AO 4 July 1994 6 April 2001 7003246800000000000 ♠ 6 years, 276 days Kevin Lindgren AM, QC 26 July 1994 12 February 2010 7003568000000000000 ♠ 15 years, 201 days Brian Tamberlin QC 29 August 1994 30 March 2009 7003532700000000000 ♠ 14 years, 213 days Additional Judge of the Supreme Court ( ACT ) Ronald Sackville AO 19 September 1994 25 August 2008 7003508900000000000 ♠ 13 years, 341 days Susan Kiefel AC 17 October 1994 3 September 2007 7003470400000000000 ♠ 12 years, 321 days Judge of the Supreme Court ( NI ) Appointed to the High Court Robert Nicholson AO 1 January 1995 7 August 2007 7003460100000000000 ♠ 12 years, 218 days Paul Finn 3 July 1995 4 July 2012 7003621100000000000 ♠ 17 years, 1 day Ross Sundberg AM, QC 10 July 1995 9 August 2010 7003550900000000000 ♠ 15 years, 30 days Shane Marshall 17 July 1995 21 November 2015 7003743200000000000 ♠ 20 years, 127 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court John Lehane 3 October 1995 10 September 2001 7003216900000000000 ♠ 5 years, 342 days Rodney Madgwick QC 3 October 1995 21 April 2008 7003458400000000000 ♠ 12 years, 201 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court Additional Judge of the Supreme Court ( ACT ) Anthony North 3 October 1995 11 September 2018 7003837900000000000 ♠ 22 years, 343 days Judge of Industrial Relations Court Additional Judge of the Supreme Court ( ACT ) Ron Merkel QC 5 February 1996 15 May 2006 7003375200000000000 ♠ 10 years, 99 days John Mansfield AM 2 September 1996 24 August 2016 7003729600000000000 ♠ 19 years, 357 days Arthur Emmett 3 February 1997 6 March 2013 7003587500000000000 ♠ 16 years, 31 days Alan Goldberg AO, QC 3 February 1997 4 July 2010 7003489900000000000 ♠ 13 years, 151 days Raymond Finkelstein QC 21 July 1997 1 July 2011 7003509300000000000 ♠ 13 years, 345 days Geoffrey Giudice AO 17 September 1997 28 February 2012 7003527700000000000 ♠ 14 years, 164 days President of AIRC & then Fair Work Australia Mark Weinberg 15 July 1998 19 July 2008 7003365700000000000 ♠ 10 years, 4 days Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ( NI ) Additional Judge of the Supreme Court ( ACT ) John Dowsett AM, QC 14 September 1998 26 April 2018 7003716400000000000 ♠ 19 years, 224 days Additional Judge of the Supreme Court ( ACT ), previously a Judge of the Supreme Court ( Qld ). Leslie Katz SC 30 September 1998 21 March 2002 7003126800000000000 ♠ 3 years, 172 days Peter Hely 2 October 1998 1 October 2005 7003255600000000000 ♠ 6 years, 364 days Susan Kenny 16 October 1998 7003730700000000000 ♠ 20 years, 2 days Roger Gyles AO, QC 11 June 1999 22 August 2008 7003336000000000000 ♠ 9 years, 72 days Additional Judge of the Supreme Court ( ACT ) Richard Conti QC 15 August 2000 15 August 2007 7003255600000000000 ♠ 7 years, 0 days Margaret Stone 9 October 2000 22 March 2012 7003418200000000000 ♠ 11 years, 165 days Additional Judge of the Supreme Court ( ACT ) James Allsop AO 7 May 2001 2 June 2008 7003258300000000000 ♠ 7 years, 26 days As Justice. Additional Judge of the Supreme Court ( ACT ) Appointed to Court of Appeal ( NSW ) returned to court as Chief Justice Garry Downes AM 2 April 2002 15 May 2012 7003369600000000000 ♠ 10 years, 43 days Judge of the Supreme Court ( NI ) Peter Jacobson 17 June 2002 25 January 2015 7003460500000000000 ♠ 12 years, 222 days Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ( NI ) Bradley Selway 18 November 2002 10 April 2005 7002874000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 143 days Annabelle Bennett AO 5 May 2003 23 March 2016 7003470600000000000 ♠ 12 years, 323 days Additional Judge of the Supreme Court ( ACT ) Bruce Lander 14 July 2003 31 August 2013 7003370100000000000 ♠ 10 years, 48 days Judge of the Supreme Court ( NI ) Additional Judge of the Supreme Court ( ACT ) Susan Crennan AC 3 February 2004 1 November 2005 7002637000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 271 days Appointed to the High Court Antony Siopis SC 14 April 2005 5 May 2018 7003476900000000000 ♠ 13 years, 21 days Presidential member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Richard Edmonds 5 May 2005 10 February 2016 7003393300000000000 ♠ 10 years, 281 days Peter Graham QC 24 May 2005 6 September 2010 7003193100000000000 ♠ 5 years, 105 days Andrew Greenwood 4 August 2005 7003482300000000000 ♠ 13 years, 75 days John Young QC 30 November 2005 24 January 2007 7002420000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 55 days Steven Rares 2 February 2006 7003464100000000000 ♠ 12 years, 258 days Berna Collier 8 February 2006 7003463500000000000 ♠ 12 years, 252 days Dennis Cowdroy OAM 13 March 2006 15 March 2014 7003292400000000000 ♠ 8 years, 2 days Anthony Besanko 3 April 2006 7003458100000000000 ♠ 12 years, 198 days Christopher Jessup QC 23 June 2006 15 April 2017 7003450000000000000 ♠ 12 years, 117 days Richard Tracey AM, RFD 24 July 2006 16 August 2018 7003440600000000000 ♠ 12 years, 23 days John Middleton 31 July 2006 7003446200000000000 ♠ 12 years, 79 days Robert Buchanan QC 8 September 2006 10 September 2016 7003365500000000000 ♠ 10 years, 2 days Judge of the Supreme Court ( NI ) John Gilmour QC 11 December 2006 23 March 2018 7003412000000000000 ♠ 11 years, 102 days Judge of the Supreme Court ( NI ) Michelle Gordon 20 April 2007 8 June 2015 7003297100000000000 ♠ 8 years, 49 days Appointed to the High Court John Logan RFD 27 September 2007 7003403900000000000 ♠ 11 years, 21 days Geoffrey Flick 15 October 2007 7003402100000000000 ♠ 11 years, 3 days Neil McKerracher 15 October 2007 7003402100000000000 ♠ 11 years, 3 days John Reeves 19 November 2007 7003398600000000000 ♠ 10 years, 333 days Nye Perram 8 August 2008 7003372300000000000 ♠ 10 years, 71 days Jayne Jagot 3 September 2008 7003369700000000000 ♠ 10 years, 45 days Lindsay Foster 4 September 2008 7003369600000000000 ♠ 10 years, 44 days Michael Barker 9 February 2009 7003353800000000000 ♠ 9 years, 251 days John Nicholas 16 November 2009 7003325800000000000 ♠ 8 years, 336 days David Yates 30 November 2009 7003324400000000000 ♠ 8 years, 322 days Mordecai Bromberg 7 December 2009 7003323700000000000 ♠ 8 years, 315 days Julie Dodds - Streeton QC 1 February 2010 1 April 2014 7003152000000000000 ♠ 4 years, 59 days Anna Katzmann 1 February 2010 7003318100000000000 ♠ 8 years, 259 days Alan Robertson 18 April 2011 7003274000000000000 ♠ 7 years, 183 days Bernard Murphy 13 June 2011 7003268400000000000 ♠ 7 years, 127 days Iain Ross AO 1 March 2012 7003242200000000000 ♠ 6 years, 231 days President of Fair Work Commission John Griffiths 23 April 2012 7003236900000000000 ♠ 6 years, 178 days Duncan Kerr 10 May 2012 7003235200000000000 ♠ 6 years, 161 days President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal ( 2012 - 2017 ) Kathleen Farrell 5 December 2012 7003214300000000000 ♠ 5 years, 317 days Tony Pagone 21 June 2013 31 March 2018 7003174400000000000 ♠ 4 years, 283 days Jennifer Davies 4 July 2013 7003193200000000000 ♠ 5 years, 106 days Debra Mortimer 12 July 2013 7003192400000000000 ♠ 5 years, 98 days Darryl Rangiah 13 August 2013 7003189200000000000 ♠ 5 years, 66 days Richard White 31 August 2013 7003187400000000000 ♠ 5 years, 48 days Michael Wigney 9 September 2013 7003186500000000000 ♠ 5 years, 39 days Judge of the Supreme Court ( NI ) Melissa Perry 23 September 2013 7003185100000000000 ♠ 5 years, 25 days Jacqueline Gleeson 15 April 2014 7003164700000000000 ♠ 4 years, 186 days Jonathan Beach 30 June 2014 7003157100000000000 ♠ 4 years, 110 days James Edelman 20 April 2015 29 January 2017 7002650000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 284 days Appointed to the High Court Brigitte Markovic 24 August 2015 7003115100000000000 ♠ 3 years, 55 days Mark Moshinsky 3 November 2015 7003108000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 349 days Robert Bromwich 29 February 2016 7002962000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 232 days Natalie Charlesworth 1 March 2016 7002961000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 231 days Stephen Burley 6 May 2016 7002895000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 165 days David O'Callaghan 1 February 2017 7002624000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 259 days Michael Lee 27 March 2017 7002570000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 205 days Roger Derrington 29 March 2017 7002568000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 203 days David Thomas 27 June 2017 7002478000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 113 days President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal ( 2017 - ) Previously a Judge of the Supreme Court ( Qld ) Susan Derrington 10 January 2018 7002281000000000000 ♠ 281 days President of the Australian Law Reform Commission ( 2018 - ) Simon Steward 1 February 2018 7002259000000000000 ♠ 259 days Katrina Banks - Smith 12 February 2018 7002248000000000000 ♠ 248 days Previously a Judge of Supreme Court ( WA ) Craig Colvin 13 February 2018 7002247000000000000 ♠ 247 days Thomas Thawley 14 February 2018 7002246000000000000 ♠ 246 days Current judges Name Location Date appointed Mandatory retirement Concurrent commissions / appointments Previous judicial posting ( s ) Education Notes Susan Kenny Melbourne 16 October 1998 Presidential member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Court of Appeal ( Vic ) University of Melbourne, Magdalen College, Oxford Andrew Greenwood Brisbane 4 August 2005 Presidential member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal University of Queensland Steven Rares Sydney 2 February 2006 Additional Judge of the Supreme Court ( ACT ) University of Sydney Berna Collier Brisbane 8 February 2006 Judge of the Papua New Guinea Supreme Court, Deputy President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Additional Judge of the Supreme Court ( ACT ) Anthony Besanko Adelaide 3 April 2006 8 May 2024 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ( NI ) Additional Judge of the Supreme Court ( ACT ) Supreme Court of South Australia John Middleton Melbourne 31 July 2006 John Logan RFD Brisbane 27 September 2007 Geoffrey Flick Sydney 15 October 2007 Neil McKerracher Perth 15 October 2007 John Reeves Brisbane 19 November 2007 Nye Perram Sydney 8 August 2008 Jayne Jagot Sydney 3 September 2008 Lindsay Foster Sydney 4 September 2008 Michael Barker Perth 9 February 2009 John Nicholas Sydney 16 November 2009 David Yates Sydney 30 November 2009 Mordecai Bromberg Melbourne 7 December 2009 Anna Katzmann Sydney 1 February 2010 Alan Robertson Sydney 18 April 2011 Bernard Murphy Melbourne 13 June 2011 Iain Ross AO Melbourne 1 March 2012 President of Fair Work Commission John Griffiths Sydney 23 April 2012 Duncan Kerr Hobart 10 May 2012 26 February 2022 President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal ( 2012 - 2017 ) Tasmanian College of Advanced Education, University of Tasmania Kathleen Farrell Sydney 5 December 2012 James Allsop AO Chief Justice Sydney 1 March 2013 Federal Court, Court of Appeal ( NSW ) University of Sydney Jennifer Davies Melbourne 4 July 2013 Debra Mortimer Melbourne 12 July 2013 Darryl Rangiah Brisbane 13 August 2013 Richard White Adelaide 31 August 2013 Michael Wigney Sydney 9 September 2013 Judge of the Supreme Court ( NI ) Melissa Perry Sydney 23 September 2013 Jacqueline Gleeson Sydney 15 April 2014 Jonathan Beach Melbourne 30 June 2014 Brigitte Markovic Sydney 24 August 2015 Mark Moshinsky Melbourne 3 November 2015 Robert Bromwich Sydney 29 February 2016 Natalie Charlesworth Adelaide 1 March 2016 Stephen Burley Sydney 6 May 2016 David O'Callaghan Melbourne 1 February 2017 Michael Lee Sydney 27 March 2017 Roger Derrington Brisbane 29 March 2017 David Thomas Brisbane 27 June 2017 President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal ( 2017 - ) Judge of the Supreme Court ( Qld ) Susan Derrington Brisbane 10 January 2018 President of the Australian Law Reform Commission ( 2018 - 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Question: chief justice of the federal court of australia
Answer: James Allsop  AO