Question: chief justice of the federal court of australia
Answer: 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