# List of judges of the District Court of NSW

In 1858 the district courts were established with a civil jurisdiction up to £200 replacing the Court of Requests which only sat in limited places, and had a general claim limit of £10 to £30. Initially each judge was appointed to a specific district. From 1955 judges were appointed to all district courts.
Serious criminal matters that were not punishable by death were heard by the courts of quarter sessions. From 1858 each district court judge had a concurrent appointment as chairman of the courts of quarter sessions for the district to which they were appointed. In 1973 the separate district courts and courts of quarter sessions were replaced by a single District Court which exercised both criminal and civil jurisdiction throughout the state.
The position of Chairman of the District Court Judges was introduced in 1950 to exercise administrative functions in relation to the courts similar to role of the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court. The role was renamed Chief Judge with the restructure of the courts in 1973.
The Compensation Court of New South Wales was abolished on 1 January 2004 and the judges were transferred to the District Court, maintaining their seniority based on the date of their appointment to the Compensation Court.
In 1918 the Judges Retirement Act 1918 (NSW), operated to retrospectively impose a retirement age of 70 immediately affecting Charles Heydon, Ernest Docker and Grantley Fitzhardinge and subsequently other judges in a similar position, such as Montgomerie Hamilton and Alfred Backhouse.
| Position | Name | Appointment commenced | Appointment ended | Term in office | Comments | Notes |
| Chairman of Judges | John Nield | 16 February 1950 | 7 February 1954 | 3 years, 356 days | Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (January 1952) Judge of the Supreme Court (1954–1962) | |
| Chairman of Judges | Alan Lloyd ED QC | 1954 | 1959 | 4–5 years | Acting Judge District Court (1932, 1935 & 1938) Judge District Court (1947–1959) | |
| Chairman of Judges | Christopher Monahan | 25 May 1959 | 13 March 1971 | 11 years, 292 days | | |
| Chairman of Judges Chief Judge | James Staunton CBE QC | 1 April 1971 | 12 December 1994 | 23 years, 255 days | | |
| Chief Judge | Reg Blanch AM | 13 December 1994 | 7 August 2014 | 19 years, 219 days | Director of Public Prosecutions (1987–1994) Judge of the Supreme Court (1994 & 2002) | |
| Chief Judge | Derek Price AM | 8 August 2014 | | 10 years, 136 days | Judge of District Court (2000–2006) Chief Magistrate Local Court (2002–2010) Judge of the Supreme Court (2006–) | |
| Chief Judge | Sarah Huggett | 16 April 2024 | | 250 days | Judge of District Court (2012–2023) Judge of the Supreme Court (2023–2024) | |
| Judge | Alfred Cheeke | 22 December 1858 | 11 June 1865 | 6 years, 171 days | Commissioner to the Courts of Requests (1845–1858) Judge of the Supreme Court (1865–1876) | |
| Judge | Thomas Callaghan | 22 December 1858 | 28 November 1863 | 4 years, 341 days | Commissioner to the Courts of Requests (–1858) | |
| Judge | James Sheen Dowling | 22 December 1858 | 31 July 1889 | 30 years, 221 days | Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1878–1881) | |
| Judge | Henry Cary | 3 February 1859 | September 1869 | 10 years, 210–239 days | | |
| Judge | John Hargrave | 3 February 1859 | 21 February 1859 | 18 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (1865–1881) | |
| Judge | Robert Owen | 1 March 1859 | 30 June 1861 | 2 years, 121 days | | |
| Judge | William Alexander Purefoy | 25 July 1861 | 30 May 1867 | 5 years, 309 days | | |
| Judge | Isidore Blake | 25 July 1861 | 1865 | 3–4 years | | |
| Judge | Henry Ralph Francis | 1 July 1861 | 7 June 1875 | 13 years, 341 days | | |
| Judge | Frederick William Meymott | 15 December 1863 | 5 November 1880 | 16 years, 326 days | | |
| Judge | Alfred McFarland | 14 December 1865 | December 1891 | 25–26 years | Judge of the civil and criminal courts of Western Australia. | |
| Judge | (Sir) George Simpson | 20 August 1867 | 31 July 1874 | 6 years, 345 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (1894–1910) | |
| Judge | Joshua Josephson | 10 September 1869 | October 1884 | 14–15 years | | |
| Judge | David Grant Forbes | 8 June 1875 | 30 June 1898 | 15–16 years | Acting Judge District Court (1871–1873, 1875) | |
| Judge | William Hattam Wilkinson | 21 September 1874 | October 1893 | 18–19 years | Deputy Judge District Court (1868–1870, 1874) Commissioner of the Court of Claims (1894–1905) | |
| Judge | Ernest Docker | 5 January 1881 | 31 December 1918 | 37 years, 360 days | Judge on Norfolk Island (1894) | |
| Judge | Charles Edward Robinson Murray | August 1878 | October 1916 | 19–20 years | | |
| Judge | Grantley Fitzhardinge | 1890 | 31 December 1918 | 27–28 years | | |
| Judge | Alfred Backhouse | 1884 | May 1921 | 36–37 years | Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1895–1898) | |
| Judge | Frederick William Gibson | 1893 | 24 October 1914 | 20–21 years | | |
| Judge | William Henry Coffey | 1894 | 1899 | 4–5 years | | |
| Judge | Francis Edward Rogers QC | 1898 | 1910 | 19–20 years | | |
| Judge | Charles Heydon QC | 1 March 1900 | 31 December 1918 | 18 years, 305 days | President of the Court of Arbitration (1905–1908) Court of Industrial Arbitration (1908–1918) | |
| Judge | Edward Scholes | 1 August 1908 | 29 May 1928 | 19 years, 302 days | President Industrial Court (1911–1912) | |
| Judge | Walter Edmunds QC | 2 August 1911 | 5 January 1926 | 14 years, 156 days | Acting Judge District Court (1905–1911) Court of Industrial Arbitration (1914–) Industrial Court of NSW (1920–1926) | |
| Judge | Montgomerie Hamilton | 12 May 1914 | 1 July 1924 | 19 years, 302 days | Acting Judge District Court (1900–1914) | |
| Judge | Walter Bevan | 3 November 1914 | December 1926 | 12 years, 28–58 days | Solicitor General for New South Wales (1911–1912) | |
| Judge | John Cohen | 31 January 1919 | 20 December 1929 | 10 years, 323 days | | |
| Judge | Edwin Mayhew Brissenden MBE KC | 24 July 1919 | 13 September 1919 | 51 days | | |
| Judge | Laurens Frederic Matthews Armstrong | 3 February 1919 | 12 October 1932 | 13 years, 252 days | | |
| Judge | Cecil Alban White | 15 March 1920 | 29 September 1939 | 19 years, 198 days | | |
| Judge | William Hugh Mocatta KC | 14 August 1922 | November 1931 | 9 years, 93 days | | |
| Judge | William Thomas Coyle KC | 1 February 1927 | November 1938 | 11 years, 287 days | Judge on Norfolk Island (1935) | |
| Judge | John Patrick Garvan Sheridan KC | 28 January 1930 | 5 September 1938 | 8 years, 220 days | | |
| Judge | David Edwards | 1 July 1924 | 5 July 1935 | 11 years, 4 days | | |
| Judge | Herbert Curlewis | 1 July 1928 | 31 July 1939 | 11 years, 30 days | Judge of the Court of Industrial Arbitration (1917–1926) | |
| Judge | Alec Thomson KC | 28 May 1928 | 6 September 1938 | 10 years, 101 days | | |
| Judge | John Clancy | 13 November 1931 | 9 July 1947 | 15 years, 238 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (1947–1965) | |
| Judge | Edmund Alfred Barton | 1 April 1933 | 31 May 1949 | 16 years, 60 days | Acting Judge District Court (1932–1933) Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1939–1940) | |
| Judge | John Nield | 1 January 1934 | 7 February 1954 | 20 years, 37 days | Chairman District Court Judges (1950–1954) Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (January 1952) Judge of the Supreme Court (1954–1962) | |
| Judge | Horace Francis Markell KC | 1 August 1935 | 12 February 1952 | 16 years, 195 days | Acting Judge District Court (1928–1932) Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1934, 1935 & 1952) | |
| Judge | Selwyn Betts | 7 June 1937 | 14 October 1938 | 1 year, 129 days | | |
| Judge | Henry George Edwards | 6 September 1938 | 21 May 1939 | 257 days | Acting Judge District Court (1935–1937) Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1937–1938) Member Industrial Commission of NSW (1939–1940) Judge of the Supreme Court (1940–1952) | |
| Judge | Norman McGhie | 1 October 1938 | 31 August 1944 | 5 years, 335 days | | |
| Judge | Arthur Gordon Hill | 3 October 1938 | 25 December 1942 | 4 years, 83 days | | |
| Judge | Percy Douglas Shortland | 1 August 1939 | 27 October 1950 | 11 years, 87 days | Acting Judge District Court (1939) | |
| Judge | Bertie Vandaleur (Baron) Stacy CMG, DSO | 27 March 1939 | 7 December 1956 | 17 years, 255 days | | |
| Judge | Percy Storkey VC | 1 June 1939 | 1955 | 15–16 years | | |
| Judge | Henry Thomas Eulert Holt QC | 1 August 1939 | May 1965 | 25 years, 273–303 days | | |
| Judge | Hilary James Studdert QC | 1 January 1941 | 16 August 1948 | 7 years, 228 days | Acting Judge District Court (1939–1940) | |
| Judge | Ted Kinsella | 19 January 1943 | 6 October 1943 | 260 days | Member of the Industrial Commission of NSW (1943–1950) Judge of the Supreme Court (1950–1963) | |
| Judge | Frederick Witton Berne | 7 October 1943 | 1960 | 16–17 years | | |
| Judge | (Sir) Richard Kirby | 23 August 1944 | 25 August 1947 | 3 years, 2 days | Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (1947–1973) President Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission (1956–1973) | |
| Judge | Thomas Holden | 15 October 1945 | 1965 | 19–20 years | | |
| Judge | Joe Lamaro | 1 December 1947 | 22 May 1951 | 3 years, 172 days | | |
| Judge | Alan Lloyd QC | 17 December 1947 | 1959 | 11–12 years | Acting Judge District Court (1932, 1935 & 1938) Chairman of District Court Judges (1954–1959) | |
| Judge | Sir Adrian Curlewis CVO, CBE | 1 September 1948 | 19 December 1970 | 22 years, 109 days | Acting Judge District Court (1948) | |
| Judge | Samual Redshaw | 7 February 1949 | 1956 | 6–7 years | Acting Judge District Court (1944) | |
| Judge | Gerald O'Sullivan | 27 February 1950 | 11 September 1960 | 10 years, 197 days | Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1952 & 1953) | |
| Judge | David Henry McKillop | 11 December 1950 | 12 November 1971 | 20 years, 336 days | | |
| Judge | Russel Brereton | 19 July 1951 | 10 September 1952 | 1 year, 53 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (1952–1974) | |
| Judge | John Brennan | 22 October 1951 | 15 February 1977 | 25 years, 116 days | Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1953) | |
| Judge | Frank Stephen QC | 12 September 1952 | 20 February 1967 | 14 years, 161 days | Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1953 & 1956) | |
| Judge | George Amsberg QC | 27 October 1952 | June 1968 | 15–16 years | | |
| Judge | Jack Phineas Fitzpatrick | 1 April 1953 | 1970 | 16–17 years | | |
| Judge | Eric Clegg QC | 1 April 1953 | 8 March 1971 | 17 years, 341 days | | |
| Judge | Jack Harvey Prior | 1 April 1953 | 1970 | 16–17 years | | |
| Judge | Charles Vincent Rooney MM, QC | 4 February 1954 | 1964 | 9–10 years | | |
| Judge | John Michael Bruxner | 9 June 1954 | 1973 | 18–19 years | | |
| Judge | Lyn Cuthbert Furnell QC | 11 October 1954 | 1973 | 18–19 years | | |
| Judge | Aaron Levine | 16 May 1955 | 1972 | 16–17 years | | |
| Judge | Francis Charles Hidden | 12 September 1955 | 1967 | 11–12 years | | |
| Judge | Alistair Cameron-Smith | 20 May 1957 | 1983 | 14–15 years | | |
| Judge | Ronald Francis Cross | 10 June 1957 | 1978 | 20–21 years | | |
| Judge | Gerald Patrick Donovan | 3 April 1958 | 1974 | 15–16 years | | |
| Judge | William Brendan Perrignon | 3 April 1958 | 1962 | 6–7 years | | |
| Judge | David Francis Lewis QC | 4 April 1960 | 1968 | 7–8 years | | |
| Judge | Jack Adrian Clapin QC | 4 October 1960 | 17 November 1969 | 9 years, 44 days | | |
| Judge | Gregory Bede Thomas | 1 March 1961 | 1967 | 5–6 years | | |
| Judge | James Elie Hamilton Pilcher ED | 4 November 1963 | 1973 | 9–10 years | | |
| Judge | Phillip Lyburn Head MBE, QC | 28 January 1964 | 1977 | 12–13 years | | |
| Judge | Alfred Joseph Goran QC | 22 March 1966 | 1984 | 17–18 years | | |
| Judge | Noel Desmond McIntosh QC | 18 October 1965 | 3 February 1973 | 7 years, 108 days | | |
| Judge | Russell Jack Miller Newton QC | 4 March 1966 | 1980 | 13–14 years | | |
| Judge | David Stuart Hicks QC | 31 January 1967 | 1982 | 14–15 years | | |
| Judge | Kenneth Frederick Erskine Torrington | 8 August 1967 | 20 January 1988 | 20 years, 165 days | | |
| Judge | Alastair Gibson Muir QC | 1 February 1968 | 8 January 1988 | 19 years, 341 days | | |
| Judge | Hereward Henchman QC | 1 February 1968 | 24 July 1974 | 6 years, 173 days | Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1966–1967) | |
| Judge | John Lincoln | 20 May 1968 | 1986 | 17–18 years | Acting Judge of the Supreme Court 1967 | |
| Judge | Samuel Ross | 20 May 1968 | 1973 | 4–5 years | | |
| Judge | Barrie Ronald Thorley | 2 December 1968 | 2 December 1987 | 19 years, 0 days | | |
| Judge | Michael Desmond Healy QC | 19 January 1970 | 15 September 1974 | 4 years, 239 days | | |
| Judge | Hugh Walter Robson QC | 20 April 1970 | 1983 | 12–13 years | | |
| Judge | Walter Perry Redapple | 2 February 1971 | 1981 | 9–10 years | | |
| Judge | Peter Ayton Leslie | 2 February 1971 | 25 July 1982 | 11 years, 154 days | | |
| Judge | David Laurie Godfrey-Smith QC | 1 April 1971 | 1987 | 15–16 years | | |
| Judge | Ray Loveday QC | 15 November 1971 | 29 April 1988 | 16 years, 166 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (1988–1993) | |
| Judge | John Alan Melville QC | 8 August 1972 | 1984 | 11–12 years | | |
| Judge | George Hillary Smith QC | 16 October 1972 | 1986 | 13–14 years | | |
| Judge | Carl Reginald Shannon QC | 30 January 1973 | 1982 | 8–9 years | | |
| Judge | William Desmond Thomas Ward ED, QC | 30 January 1973 | 1992 | 26–27 years | | |
| Judge | Thomas Alfred Milton Boulter MM, ED, QC | 27 April 1973 | 1983 | 9–10 years | | |
| Judge | Ernest Paul Knoblanche QC | 30 May 1973 | 28 March 1991 | 17 years, 302 days | | |
| Judge | Trevor James Martin QC | 9 October 1973 | 1983 | 9–10 years | | |
| Judge | Marcele Emile Pile QC | 19 March 1974 | 1981 | 6–7 years | | |
| Judge | Ken Gee QC | 7 August 1974 | 1985 | 10–11 years | | |
| Judge | Hubert Henry Bell | 7 August 1974 | 18 August 1997 | 23 years, 11 days | | |
| Judge | Richard Thornton Harvey Barbour QC | 11 March 1975 | 8 April 1994 | 19 years, 28 days | | |
| Judge | Joseph Kevin Ford QC | 1 February 1977 22 January 1993 | 31 July 1991 1 August 1997 | 14 years, 180 days 4 years, 191 days | Head of NSW Crime Commission Acting Judge District Court (1998–2000) | |
| Judge | Adrian Roden QC | 1 February 1977 | 3 December 1978 | 1 year, 305 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (1978–1989) | |
| Judge | Anthony Joseph Coates | 9 March 1977 | 1983 | 5–6 years | | |
| Judge | John Bowdich Sinclair QC | 6 April 1977 | 1998 | 20–21 | Acting Judge District Court (1998–2001) | |
| Judge | Donald Stewart | 23 August 1977 | 1981 | 3–4 years | Judge of the Supreme Court (1981–1984) | |
| Judge | Jerrold Cripps QC | 4 October 1977 | 18 August 1980 | 2 years, 319 days | Judge of the Land and Environment Court (1980–1992) | |
| Judge | John Murray Foord QC | 1 May 1978 | 17 September 1986 | 8 years, 139 days | | |
| Judge | Anthony David Collins QC | 15 May 1978 | 1992 | 13–14 years | | |
| Judge | Harvey Leslie Cooper | 15 May 1978 | 22 March 2004 | 25 years, 312 days | | |
| Judge | Brian John Herron QC | 28 August 1978 | 3 November 2002 | 24 years, 67 days | | |
| Judge | John Lawrence O'Meally RFD | 23 July 1979 | 18 November 2011 | 32 years, 118 days | Compensation Court | |
| Judge | Jane Mathews AO | 31 March 1980 | 6 July 1987 | 7 years, 97 days | | |
| Judge | William Thomas Ducker | 5 May 1980 | 31 January 2003 | 22 years, 271 days | | |
| Judge | John Graham Smyth QC | 18 August 1980 | 29 January 1995 | 14 years, 164 days | | |
| Judge | Michael Joseph Williams | 30 March 1981 | 17 December 1986 | 5 years, 262 days | | |
| Judge | William Harding Denton QC | 1 September 1981 | 16 October 1989 | 8 years, 45 days | | |
| Judge | Salvatore Francesco Sudano | 7 September 1981 | 18 December 1989 | 8 years, 102 days | | |
| Judge | Colin Lionel James Bowie QC | 24 November 1981 | 18 July 1987 | 5 years, 236 days | | |
| Judge | John Cecil McGuire | 23 August 1982 | 6 May 2006 | 23 years, 256 days | | |
| Judge | Paul Francis Flannery QC | 23 August 1982 | 27 September 2000 | 18 years, 35 days | | |
| Judge | Kenneth Peter Shadbolt QC | 14 March 1983 | 5 February 2007 | 23 years, 328 days | | |
| Judge | Edward Alton Mawdsley Nash | 20 May 1983 | 30 July 1997 | 14 years, 71 days | | |
| Judge | Paul Stein AM | 3 June 1983 | 3 June 1985 | 2 years, 0 days | Judge of the Land and Environment Court (1985–1997) Judge of Appeal (NSW) (1997–2004) | |
| Judge | Roger Maxwell Court QC | 3 August 1983 | 25 March 1998 | 14 years, 234 days | | |
| Judge | Brian Cecil Maclaren Wall QC | 3 August 1983 | 15 February 1996 | 12 years, 196 days | | |
| Judge | Brian Robert Gallen | 26 August 1983 | 18 December 1995 | 12 years, 114 days | | |
| Judge | Keith Edward Walsh AM, RFD, ED | 9 September 1983 | 4 May 1990 | 6 years, 237 days | | |
| Judge | Ronald Herbert Solomon | 7 October 1983 | 16 August 2013 | 29 years, 313 days | | |
| Judge | Joseph Anthony Moore | 18 November 1983 | 3 August 2001 | 17 years, 258 days | | |
| Judge | David Sydney Shillington QC | 18 June 1984 | 14 February 2001 | 16 years, 241 days | | |
| Judge | Jeremy Badgery-Parker QC | 31 August 1984 | 25 July 1989 | 4 years, 328 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (1989–1998) | |
| Judge | Geoffrey John Graham | 31 August 1984 | 6 December 2005 | 21 years, 97 days | | |
| Judge | Margaret Ann O'Toole QC | 23 November 1984 | 31 May 2012 | 27 years, 190 days | Compensation Court | |
| Judge | James William Conomos | 19 April 1985 | 19 December 1992 | 7 years, 244 days | | |
| Judge | Peter Moss QC | 1 July 1985 | 1 May 1988 | 2 years, 305 days | Judge of the Family Court (1988–2000) | |
| Judge | John Lloyd-Jones QC | 20 December 1985 | 5 September 1992 | 6 years, 260 days | | |
| Judge | John Dunford QC | 5 August 1986 | 1 February 1993 | 6 years, 180 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (1993–2005) | |
| Judge | David James Freeman | 22 September 1986 | 27 October 2011 | 25 years, 35 days | | |
| Judge | Neil Abbott Newton | 22 September 1986 | 6 January 1995 | 8 years, 106 days | | |
| Judge | Rodney Madgwick QC | 29 September 1986 | 19 September 1995 | 8 years, 355 days | Judge of the Federal Court (1995–2008) | |
| Judge | Barry Edmund Mahoney QC | 7 October 1986 | 4 May 2001 | 14 years, 209 days | | |
| Judge | Barrie Richard Kinchington QC | 20 October 1986 | 1 March 2003 | 16 years, 132 days | | |
| Judge | Joseph Xavier Gibson QC | 27 January 1987 | 18 July 2003 | 16 years, 172 days | | |
| Judge | William Delbridge Hosking QC | 20 July 1987 | 30 January 2000 | 12 years, 194 days | | |
| Judge | Joseph Bede Phelan | 20 July 1987 | 24 July 2006 | 19 years, 4 days | | |
| Judge | David Levine RFD, QC | 17 August 1987 | 10 August 1992 | 4 years, 359 days | Subsequently appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court | |
| Judge | Dennis Anthony Wheelahan QC | 17 August 1987 | 30 April 1988 | 257 days | Subsequently appointed Associate Judge of the District Court of NSW | |
| Judge | William Harwood Knight | 19 August 1987 | 1 February 2009 | 21 years, 166 days | Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (November–December 2004) | |
| Judge | Peter James Phelan | 19 August 1987 | 30 September 1997 | 10 years, 42 days | | |
| Judge | Leslie Joseph Downs QC | 2 February 1988 | 3 June 1999 | 11 years, 121 days | | |
| Judge | John Lyndon Jones | 2 February 1988 | 3 May 1991 | 3 years, 90 days | | |
| Judge | Alan Anthony McDevitt | 4 February 1988 | 22 April 1996 | 8 years, 78 days | | |
| Judge | Clement Arthur Mitchelmore | 4 February 1988 | 2 April 1999 | 11 years, 57 days | | |
| Judge | Paul David Urquhart QC | 10 May 1988 | 4 November 2004 | 16 years, 178 days | | |
| Judge | Hugh Phillip Walmsley Johnston QC | 13 May 1988 | 27 September 2013 | 25 years, 137 days | | |
| Judge | Donald John McCredie QC | 13 May 1988 | 21 July 1993 | 5 years, 69 days | | |
| Judge | Thomas Swanson Davidson QC | 16 May 1988 | 22 July 2001 | 13 years, 67 days | | |
| Judge | Edward Oscar Guthrie Pain QC | 20 May 1988 | 14 July 1997 | 9 years, 55 days | | |
| Judge | John Roscoe Nield | 30 May 1988 | 23 September 2009 | 21 years, 116 days | Acting Judge of the ACT Supreme Court (2010–2011 & 2015–2016) | |
| Judge | Frederick Angus Kirkham | 9 September 1988 | 26 January 2001 | 12 years, 139 days | | |
| Judge | Graham Hamlyn Traill Armitage QC | 25 October 1989 | 21 May 2006 | 16 years, 208 days | Acting judge 2006-2009 | |
| Judge | Peter Rex Grogan | 25 October 1988 | 1 November 1999 | 11 years, 7 days | | |
| Judge | Anthony Frederick Tolhurst QC | 15 November 1989 | 19 March 1990 | 124 days | | |
| Judge | Rodney Graeme Craigie RFD, AE QC | 7 May 1990 | 31 October 1997 | 7 years, 177 days | | |
| Judge | Donald Ernest McLachlan | 7 May 1990 | 17 November 1997 | 7 years, 194 days | | |
| Judge | Peter John Johns | 29 June 1990 | 5 October 2004 | 14 years, 98 days | member Dust Diseases Tribunal, Compensation Court | |
| Judge | Michael Alan Viney QC | 24 September 1990 | 2 October 2000 | 10 years, 8 days | | |
| Judge | George Richard Rummery QC | 30 January 1991 | 28 November 2000 | 9 years, 303 days | | |
| Judge | Keith Edward Walsh AM, RFD, ED | 1 March 1991 | 16 July 1992 | 1 year, 137 days | | |
| Judge | Alan Chapman Saunders QC | 15 March 1991 | 15 April 1996 | 5 years, 45 days | | |
| Judge | Kenneth Victor Taylor AM, RFD | 23 August 1991 | 11 August 2010 | 18 years, 353 days | | |
| Judge | Angela Jeanne Stirling Karpin | 9 September 1991 | 11 February 2005 | 13 years, 155 days | | |
| Judge | Anthony Frederick Garling | 20 September 1991 | 29 June 2012 | 20 years, 283 days | | |
| Judge | David Louthean Patten | 18 March 1992 | 16 November 2004 | 12 years, 243 days | | |
| Judge | Philip Adrian Twigg QC | 1 April 1992 | 31 March 2004 | 11 years, 365 days | | |
| Judge | Peter Dent QC | 14 May 1992 | 28 January 2002 | 9 years, 259 days | | |
| Judge | John Kevin O'Reilly QC | 11 August 1992 | 13 June 2004 | 11 years, 307 days | | |
| Judge | Philip Ronald Bell | 11 September 1992 | 1 June 2007 | 14 years, 263 days | | |
| Judge | Brian William Duck | 9 October 1992 | 9 October 2006 | 14 years, 0 days | Compensation Court | |
| Judge | John Holt CBE, QC | 7 October 1992 | 6 May 2001 | 8 years, 211 days | | |
| Judge | Christopher James Geraghty | 27 January 1993 | 23 September 2009 | 16 years, 239 days | Compensation Court | |
| Judge | Peter Evan Coleman QC | 2 February 1993 | 11 August 2003 | 10 years, 190 days | | |
| Judge | Charles Allan Luland QC | 22 February 1993 | 16 May 2002 | 9 years, 83 days | | |
| Judge | Brian Ross Maguire QC | 6 September 1993 | 15 December 2006 | 13 years, 100 days | Compensation Court | |
| Judge | Alan David Bishop | 7 September 1993 | 17 March 2006 | 12 years, 191 days | Compensation Court | |
| Judge | Terence Joseph Christie QC | 8 September 1993 | 11 March 2004 | 10 years, 185 days | | |
| Judge | Dianne Joy Truss QC | 1 November 1993 | 29 August 2014 | 20 years, 301 days | | |
| Judge | Cecily Elizabeth Backhouse QC | 28 March 1994 | 27 March 2004 | 9 years, 365 days | | |
| Judge | Garry William Neilson | 2 August 1994 | | 30 years, 142 days | Compensation Court | |
| Judge | Christopher John Armitage | 30 September 1994 | 6 May 2016 | 21 years, 219 days | Compensation Court | |
| Judge | Margaret Sidis | 31 January 1995 | 11 April 2012 | 17 years, 71 days | | |
| Judge | Christopher John George Robison | 13 March 1995 | | 29 years, 284 days | | |
| Judge | Robyn Christine Tupman | 30 January 1996 | | 28 years, 327 days | | |
| Judge | Richard William Job QC | 12 February 1996 | 27 September 2000 | 4 years, 228 days | | |
| Judge | Roderick Howie QC | 15 May 1996 | 6 September 2000 | 4 years, 114 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (2000–2010) | |
| Judge | Bob Bellear | 17 May 1996 | 15 March 2005 | 8 years, 302 days | | |
| Judge | James Patrick Curtis | 6 June 1996 | 14 November 2017 | 21 years, 161 days | Compensation Court | |
| Judge | Helen Murrell SC | 13 September 1996 | 28 October 2013 | 17 years, 45 days | Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory (2013–) | |
| Judge | Deborah June Payne | 28 February 1997 | | 27 years, 298 days | | |
| Judge | Martin Langford Sides QC | 21 July 1997 | 24 November 2017 | 20 years, 126 days | | |
| Judge | Robert Keleman SC | 21 July 1997 | 28 February 2013 | 15 years, 222 days | | |
| Judge | Anne Mary Quirk | 24 July 1997 | 5 September 2014 | 17 years, 43 days | Compensation Court | |
| Judge | Frank Walker QC | 25 July 1997 | 1 June 2006 | 8 years, 311 days | Compensation Court | |
| Judge | Ann Ainslie-Wallace | 28 July 1997 | 12 July 2010 | 12 years, 349 days | Judge of the Family Court (2010–) | |
| Judge | Terence Fenwick Marley Naughton QC | 4 August 1997 | 16 February 2007 | 9 years, 196 days | | |
| Judge | Colin Phegan | 4 August 1997 | 13 April 2008 | 10 years, 253 days | | |
| Judge | Ian John Dodd | 29 August 1997 | 19 July 2005 | 7 years, 324 days | | [179] [147][s] |
| Judge | Linda Margaret Ashford | 8 September 1997 | 15 May 2013 | 15 years, 249 days | Compensation Court | |
| Judge | Gregory David Woods QC | 21 November 1997 | 10 February 2017 | 19 years, 81 days | | |
| Judge | Anthony Francis Puckeridge QC | 24 November 1997 | 28 August 2010 | 12 years, 277 days | | |
| Judge | Helen Jane Morgan | 3 February 1998 | 18 December 2010 | 12 years, 318 days | | |
| Judge | John Lester Goldring | 3 February 1998 | 7 October 2009 | 11 years, 246 days | | |
| Judge | Norman Edward Delaney | 4 February 1998 | 3 July 2014 | 16 years, 149 days | | |
| Judge | Jonathan Steuart Williams | 10 July 1998 | 28 July 2013 | 15 years, 18 days | | |
| Judge | Megan Latham | 7 August 1998 | 12 April 2005 | 6 years, 248 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (2005–2018) Commissioner of Independent Commission Against Corruption (2014–2016) | |
| Judge | Kevin Patrick O'Connor AM | 10 August 1998 | 30 April 2014 | 15 years, 263 days | | |
| Judge | Jennifer Anne English | 13 August 1998 | | 26 years, 131 days | | |
| Judge | Allan Hughes | 9 December 1998 | 17 November 2010 | 11 years, 343 days | Compensation Court | |
| Judge | Susan Jennifer Gibb | 15 February 1999 | | 25 years, 311 days | | |
| Judge | Gregory Scott Hosking SC | 27 April 1999 | 1 May 2011 | 12 years, 4 days | | |
| Judge | Ralph Coolahan | 19 July 1999 | 30 November 2011 | 12 years, 134 days | | |
| Judge | Kevin Peter Coorey | 19 July 1999 | 29 March 2013 | 13 years, 253 days | | |
| Judge | Richard Anthony Rolfe | 1 February 2000 | 13 April 2012 | 12 years, 72 days | | |
| Judge | Derek Price AM | 17 February 2000 | 28 August 2006 | 6 years, 192 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (2006–), Chief Judge District Court (2014–) | |
| Judge | James Walter Black QC | 8 May 2000 | 7 February 2013 | 12 years, 275 days | | |
| Judge | Robert Arthur Sorby | 8 May 2000 | 13 November 2015 | 15 years, 189 days | | |
| Judge | Stephen Ronald Norrish QC | 3 October 2000 | 22 May 2021 | 20 years, 231 days | Acting Judge of the Supreme Court 7 Jul to 29 Aug 2008 | |
| Judge | Audrey Suzanne Balla | 3 October 2000 | 28 January 2019 | 18 years, 117 days | Acting Judge of the ACT Supreme Court (2019– ) | |
| Judge | Michael John Finnane RFD, QC | 20 October 2000 | 20 February 2015 | 14 years, 123 days | | |
| Judge | Penelope Jane Hock | 7 May 2001 | | 23 years, 229 days | | |
| Judge | Judith Clare Gibson | 21 May 2001 | | 23 years, 215 days | | |
| Judge | John Cecil Nicholson QC | 23 July 2001 | 29 June 2012 | 10 years, 342 days | | |
| Judge | Stephen Walmsley QC | 27 August 2001 | 27 September 2013 | 12 years, 31 days | Acting Judge of the ACT Supreme Court (2014– ) | |
| Judge | Nigel Rein SC | 4 March 2002 | 4 May 2008 | 6 years, 61 days | Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (January–March 2008) Judge of the Supreme Court (2008–) | |
| Judge | Anthony Martin Blackmore SC | 11 March 2002 | 20 April 2020 | 18 years, 40 days | | |
| Judge | Colin Emmett O'Connor QC | 24 June 2002 | 29 June 2012 | 10 years, 5 days | | |
| Judge | Peter Graeme Berman SC | 13 September 2002 | 28 January 2019 | 16 years, 137 days | Acting Judge of the ACT Supreme Court (2019– ) | |
| Judge | Raymond Patrick McLoughlin SC | 17 February 2003 | 15 March 2017 | 14 years, 26 days | | |
| Judge | Colin David Charteris SC | 17 February 2003 | 3 September 2015 | 12 years, 198 days | | |
| Judge | Roy David Ellis | 11 August 2003 | | 21 years, 133 days | | |
| Judge | Mark Curtis Marien SC | 3 February 2004 | 2 February 2014 | 9 years, 364 days | | |
| Judge | Brian John Knox SC | 14 February 2005 | 29 July 2016 | 11 years, 166 days | | |
| Judge | Brian Harrie Kevin Donovan QC | 11 April 2005 | 6 May 2008 | 3 years, 25 days | | |
| Judge | Robert Allan Hulme SC | 4 May 2005 | 2 March 2009 | 3 years, 302 days | Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (November–December 2008) Judge of the Supreme Court (2009–) | |
| Judge | John Roger Dive | 27 July 2005 | 6 August 2021 | 16 years, 10 days | Senior Judge, Drug Court of New South Wales (2005–) | |
| Judge | Deborah Anne Sweeney | 21 April 2006 | 8 February 2023 | 16 years, 293 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (2023–) | |
| Judge | James Leonard Alexander Bennett SC | 1 May 2006 | | 18 years, 235 days | | |
| Judge | Peter Lind Johnstone | 1 May 2006 | | 18 years, 235 days | President, Children's Court (2012–2021) Chief Magistrate Local Court (2021–) | |
| Judge | William Patrick Kearns SC | 11 July 2006 | 15 May 2018 | 11 years, 308 days | | |
| Judge | Paul Vincent Conlon SC | 15 August 2006 | 28 January 2018 | 11 years, 166 days | | |
| Judge | Peter Raymond Zahra SC | 30 January 2007 | 8 May 2022 | 15 years, 98 days | Suffered a stroke on 5 May and died a few days later | |
| Judge | Richard Dominic Cogswell SC | 6 February 2007 | 26 May 2019 | 12 years, 109 days | President Mental Health Review Tribunal of New South Wales (2015-2019) | |
| Judge | Leonie Flannery SC | 20 March 2007 | | 17 years, 277 days | | |
| Judge | Robert Stephen Toner SC | 16 April 2007 | 3 February 2018 | 10 years, 293 days | | |
| Judge | Gregory Michael Keating SC | 5 November 2007 | 7 December 2018 | 11 years, 32 days | | |
| Judge | Paul Ivan Lakatos SC | 30 January 2008 | | 16 years, 327 days | President Mental Health Review Tribunal of New South Wales (2019-) | |
| Judge | Leonard Ari Levy SC | 15 May 2008 | | 16 years, 221 days | | |
| Judge | Michael Elkaim SC | 15 May 2008 | 4 July 2016 | 8 years, 50 days | Judge of the ACT Supreme Court (2016–) | |
| Judge | Michael John King SC | 17 June 2008 | | 16 years, 188 days | | |
| Judge | David Clement Frearson SC | 2 March 2009 | 13 April 2019 | 10 years, 42 days | | |
| Judge | Andrew Michael Colefax SC | 14 April 2009 | | 15 years, 252 days | | |
| Judge | Helen Lorraine Syme | 14 April 2009 | 20 December 2021 | 12 years, 250 days | | |
| Judge | Michael Ivan Bozic SC | 20 July 2009 | 2 February 2020 | 10 years, 197 days | | |
| Judge | John Frederick Stuart North | 29 July 2009 | | 15 years, 146 days | | |
| Judge | Graham Leslie Henson AM | 20 July 2010 | 27 August 2021 | 11 years, 38 days | Chief Magistrate Local Court (2010–) | |
| Judge | Laura Kathleen Wells SC | 27 July 2010 | 16 August 2020 | 10 years, 20 days | | |
| Judge | Ross Victor Letherbarrow SC | 11 August 2010 | March 2021 | 10 years, 232 days | | |
| Judge | Andrew Carl Haesler SC | 20 September 2010 | | 14 years, 93 days | | |
| Judge | Donna Mary Lisa Woodburne SC | 7 February 2011 | | 13 years, 319 days | | |
| Judge | Elizabeth Margaret Olsson SC | 7 March 2011 | | 13 years, 290 days | | |
| Judge | Clive Vaughan Jeffreys | 15 March 2011 | | 13 years, 282 days | | |
| Judge | David Ulric Arnott SC | 13 February 2012 | | 12 years, 313 days | | |
| Judge | Peter George Maiden SC | 12 March 2012 | 11 June 2019 | 7 years, 121 days | | |
| Judge | Phillip Gregory Mahony SC | 19 March 2012 | | 12 years, 278 days | | |
| Judge | Christopher Phillip Hoy SC | 16 April 2012 | | 12 years, 250 days | | |
| Judge | Phillip Thomas Taylor SC | 16 April 2012 | | 12 years, 250 days | | |
| Judge | Gordon Bruce Lerve | 31 May 2012 | | 12 years, 205 days | | |
| Judge | Ian Hartley McClintock SC | 24 September 2012 | | 12 years, 89 days | | |
| Judge | Christopher Bruce Craigie SC | 15 October 2012 | | 12 years, 68 days | | |
| Judge | Sarah Jane Huggett SC | 15 October 2012 | | 12 years, 68 days | | |
| Judge | Antony Edward Townsden | 6 May 2013 | | 11 years, 230 days | | |
| Judge | Peter Raymond Whitford SC | 24 June 2013 | | 11 years, 181 days | | |
| Judge | Stephen Scott Hanley SC | 15 July 2013 | | 11 years, 160 days | | |
| Judge | Sharron Norton SC | 16 September 2013 | | 11 years, 97 days | | |
| Judge | Mark Lloyd Williams SC | 23 September 2013 | | 11 years, 90 days | | |
| Judge | Helen Wilson SC | 28 April 2014 | 3 November 2014 | 189 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (2014–) | |
| Judge | Dina Yehia SC | 5 May 2014 | | 10 years, 231 days | | |
| Judge | Julia Ann Baly SC | 1 September 2014 | | 10 years, 112 days | | |
| Judge | John Hatzistergos SC | 16 October 2014 | | 10 years, 67 days | Attorney General (2007–2011) Chief Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (2022–2027) | |
| Judge | Jane Ariane Culver SC | 29 October 2014 | | 10 years, 54 days | | |
| Judge | Andrew Craig Scotting | 17 February 2015 | | 9 years, 309 days | | |
| Judge | Jennie Anne Girdham SC | 17 August 2015 | | 9 years, 127 days | | |
| Judge | Catherine Margaret Traill | 17 August 2015 | | 9 years, 127 days | | |
| Judge | Gregory Anthony Farmer SC | 7 September 2015 | 22 August 2016 | 350 days | | |
| Judge | Mark Buscombe SC | 19 November 2015 | | 9 years, 33 days | | |
| Judge | John Hunter Pickering SC | 11 April 2016 | | 8 years, 255 days | | |
| Judge | Siobhan Pauline Herbert | 11 April 2016 | | 8 years, 255 days | | |
| Judge | Penelope Margot Wass SC | 18 April 2016 | | 8 years, 248 days | | |
| Judge | Robert Edward Montgomery | 30 May 2016 | | 8 years, 206 days | | |
| Judge | Matthew Charles Leckie Dicker SC | 12 July 2016 | | 8 years, 163 days | | |
| Judge | Nicole Frances Noman SC | 8 August 2016 | | 8 years, 136 days | | |
| Judge | Warwick James Hunt | 8 August 2016 | | 8 years, 136 days | | |
| Judge | Robert Forbes Sutherland SC | 15 August 2016 | | 8 years, 129 days | | |
| Judge | Phillip Gerard Ingram SC | 15 August 2016 | | 8 years, 129 days | | |
| Judge | Jeffrey Mark McLennan SC | 22 August 2016 | | 8 years, 122 days | | |
| Judge | Tanya Anne Bright | 31 January 2017 | | 7 years, 326 days | | |
| Judge | David Michael Wilson SC | 3 April 2017 | | 7 years, 263 days | | |
| Judge | David John Russell SC | 24 May 2017 | | 7 years, 212 days | | |
| Judge | Timothy Hans Gartelmann SC | 3 October 2017 | | 7 years, 80 days | | |
| Judge | Gina Maree O'Rourke SC | 30 January 2018 | | 6 years, 327 days | | |
| Judge | Christopher Gerard O'Brien | 9 April 2018 | | 6 years, 257 days | Deputy Chief Magistrate Local Court (2014–2018) | |
| Judge | Wendy Sue Strathdee | 22 May 2018 | | 6 years, 214 days | | |
| Judge | Gerard Mark Phillips SC | 23 January 2019 | | 5 years, 334 days | President, Workers Compensation Commission of New South Wales (2019–) | |
| Judge | Ian David Bourke SC | 4 February 2019 | | 5 years, 322 days | | |
| Judge | Jonathon James Priestley SC | 4 February 2019 | | 5 years, 322 days | | |
| Judge | Robert John Weber SC | 7 February 2019 | | 5 years, 319 days | | |
| Judge | Kara Natalie Shead SC | 7 February 2019 | | 5 years, 319 days | | |
| Judge | Walter Graham Turnbull SC | 11 February 2019 | | 5 years, 315 days | | |
| Judge | Richard Howard Weinstein SC | 11 February 2019 | 1 February 2023 | 3 years, 355 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (2023–) | |
| Judge | Nanette Lee Williams | 14 February 2019 | | 5 years, 312 days | | |
| Judge | Sean Elwin Grant | 14 February 2019 | | 5 years, 312 days | | |
| Judge | Sharon Harris | 18 February 2019 | | 5 years, 308 days | | |
| Judge | Justin Dupont Smith SC | 18 February 2019 | | 5 years, 308 days | Judge of the Federal Circuit Court (2015–2019) | |
| Judge | Alister Abadee SC | 21 February 2019 | | 5 years, 305 days | | |
| Judge | Susanne Denise Cole | 28 February 2019 | | 5 years, 298 days | Judge of the District Court (SA) (2002–2019) Deputy President, NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (2019–) | |
| Judge | Sophia Frances Beckett | 30 September 2019 | | 5 years, 83 days | | |
| Judge | Craig John Gordon Smith SC | 8 March 2021 | | 3 years, 289 days | | |
| Judge | Andrew Phillip Coleman SC | 15 March 2021 | | 3 years, 282 days | | |
| Judge | Tanya Louise Smith SC | 29 March 2021 | | 3 years, 268 days | | |
| Judge | Karen Elizabeth Robinson | 15 June 2021 | | 3 years, 190 days | | |
| Judge | Jane Ellen Mottley AM | 9 August 2021 | | 3 years, 105 days | Senior Judge, Drug Court of New South Wales (2021–) | |
| Judge | Ellen Skinner | 22 November 2021 | | 3 years, 30 days | President of the Children's Court of New South Wales (2021–) | |
| Judge | Peter John McGrath SC | 7 February 2022 | | 2 years, 319 days | | |
| Judge | Penelope Mary Musgrave | 10 February 2022 | | 2 years, 316 days | | |
| Judge | Huw Baker SC | 21 July 2022 | | 2 years, 154 days | | |
| Judge | William Markey Fitzsimmons SC | 28 July 2022 | | 2 years, 147 days | | |
| Judge | Pauline Ann David | 1 August 2022 | | 2 years, 143 days | | |
| Judge | McHugh Michael SC | 7 October 2022 | | 2 years, 76 days | | |
| Judge | Georgia Lea Turner | 12 October 2022 | | 2 years, 71 days | | |
| Judge | Kevin Leo Andronos SC | 24 October 2022 | | 2 years, 59 days | | |
| Judge | Sarah Conant Hopkins | 2 February 2023 | | 1 year, 324 days | | |
| Judge | Lara Margaret Gallagher | 16 February 2023 | | 1 year, 310 days | | |
| Judge | Michael Gerard Allen | 27 February 2023 | | 1 year, 299 days | Deputy Chief Magistrate Local Court (2018–2023) | |
| Acting judge | Arthur Holroyd | 30 January 1860 | 31 December 1860 | 336 days | Master of the Supreme Court (1866s–1885) | |
| Acting judge | Henry Wilfred Ellis | June 1867 | December 1867 | <1 year | | |
| Acting judge | Henry Cohen | 31 May 1881 | 28 April 1882 | 332 days | Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1895–1896) Judge of the Supreme Court (1896–1912) | |
| Acting judge | Charles Cansdell | 1882 | 1883 | 0–1 years | | |
| Acting judge | Alexander Gerard Ralston KC | 1 February 1894 1 February 1905 15 July 1907 1 October 1920 | 26 February 1894 31 March 1905 26 July 1907 20 November 1920 | 25 days 58 days 11 days 50 days | Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1919, 1920, 1922–1925) | |
| Acting judge | Sir Charles Wade KCMG | 14 November 1896 | 1902 | 5–6 years | Attorney General (1904–1910) Premier (1907–1910) Judge of the Supreme Court (1920–1922) | |
| Acting judge | Francis Stewart Boyce | 16 October 1916 | 14 July 1917 | 271 days | Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1932) Judge of the Supreme Court (1932–1940) | |
| Acting judge | Victor Maxwell | 27 February 1928 23 July 1928 | 11 March 1928 31 August 1928 | 13 days 39 days | Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1929–1930 & 1934) Judge of the Supreme Court (1934–1956) | |
| Acting judge | Keith Ferguson | 7 June 1933 | 30 June 1933 | 23 days | Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1941) Judge of the Supreme Court (1955–1965) | |
| Acting judge | Sir Leslie Herron KBE CMG KStJ KC | 1 February 1939 | 9 February 1941 | 2 years, 8 days | Judge of the Supreme Court, (1941–1972) Chief Justice of NSW (1962–1972) Governor of NSW (1973) | |
| Acting judge | Hugh Maguire | 1 January 1947 | 31 December 1947 | 364 days | Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1953) Judge of the Supreme Court (1953–1973) | |
| Acting judge | Margaret Beazley AO | 1990 | 1991 | 0–1 years | Assistant Commissioner Independent Commission Against Corruption (1991–1992) Judge of the Federal Court (1993–1996) Judge of Appeal (NSW) (1996–2019) President, Court of Appeal (2013–2019) Governor of NSW (2019–) | |
| Acting judge | Peter McClellan AM | 1998 | 2001 | 2–3 years | Judge of the Supreme Court | |
| Acting judge | Bill Fisher AO, QC | 1 July 1998 | 11 April 2002 | 3 years, 284 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (1979–1981) President Industrial Commission of NSW (1981–1998) | |
| Acting judge | Calvin Callaway QC | 1 February 1988 | 2 January 1990 | 1 year, 335 days | Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1989, 1990 & 1997) | |
| Acting judge | Nicholas Cowdery QC | 1988 | 31 December 1990 | 2 years, 333 days | Director of Public Prosecutions (1994–2011) | |
| Acting judge | Greg James | 1988 | 1990 | 1–2 years | Judge of the Supreme Court (1998–2005) | |
| Acting judge | David Kirby | 1988 | 1989 | 0–1 years | Judge of the Supreme Court (1998–2011) | |