nationality office term_start article_title name
australian judge of the federal court of australia 17 june 2002 peter jacobson -lrb- judge -rrb-
 peter michael jacobson
peter jacobson -lrb- judge -rrb-

peter michael jacobson is a judge of the federal court of australia serving since 17 june 2002 .
he was in practice as a barrister , before his appointment , practicing extensively in trade practices , commercial law , and equity .
in may 1979 he was admitted to the nsw bar association .
he attended and was in the athletics team of sydney boys high school from 1957 -- 61 , he then graduated with a bachelor of arts and bachelor of laws -lrb- honors -rrb- from the university of sydney .
he obtained a master of laws from the university of pennsylvania law school in philadelphia and was a member of the faculty of law at mcgill university in montreal before returning to australia in 1976 .
from 1976 to 1979 he practised as a solicitor .
