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Judges

A list of current judges at the Supreme Court of Victoria.

The Supreme Court of Victoria's judiciary consists of the Chief Justice, judges of appeal , judges, reserve judges and associate judges.

For a current list of our judiciary see our Judicial Organisational Chart.

Current Supreme Court judges

Chief Justice Period of office
The Hon. Anne Ferguson (2010*, 2014**) 2 October 2017 -
President of the Court of Appeal Period of office
The Hon. Chris Maxwell AC 18 July 2005 -
Judges of the Court of Appeal Period of office
The Hon. Phillip Geoffrey Priest 23 October 2012 -
The Hon. David Francis Rashleigh Beach (2008*) 22 October 2013** -
The Hon. Emilios John Kyrou (2008*) 29 July 2014** -
The Hon. Stephen Geoffrey Edwin McLeish 3 March 2015 -
The Hon. Richard Michael Niall 28 November 2017 -
The Hon. Terence Michael Forrest (2009*) 10 July 2018** - 
The Hon. Karin Leigh Emerton (2009*) 10 July 2018** -
The Hon. Michael Leon Sifris (2010*) 2 June 2020** - 
The Hon. Maree Evelyn Kennedy (2016*) 15 December 2020** -
The Hon. Kristen Louise Walker 3 May 2021 -

*   Date appointed to the Trial Division
**  Date appointed to the Court of Appeal

Judges of the Trial Division Period of office
The Hon. Elizabeth Jane Hollingworth 7 June 2004 -
The Hon. Anthony Lewis Cavanough 8 May 2006 -
The Hon. John Russell Dixon 14 September 2010 -
The Hon. Cameron Clyde Macaulay 14 September 2010 -
The Hon. Kate McMillan 6 March 2012 -
The Hon. James Dudley Elliott 25 March 2013 -
The Hon. Timothy James Ginnane 4 June 2013 -
The Hon. Melanie Sloss 30 July 2013 -
The Hon. Michael Croucher 30 July 2013 -
The Hon. Christopher William Beale 2 September 2014 -
The Hon. Michael Phillip McDonald 16 September 2014 -
The Hon. Rita Incerti** (2010*) 3 February 2015 -
The Hon. Peter Julian Riordan 10 March 2015 -
The Hon. Jane Dixon 17 August 2015 -
The Hon. Andrew John Keogh 4 April 2016 -
The Hon. Peter Barrington Kidd 24 May 2016 -
The Hon. Michelle Lesley Quigley 19 December 2017 -
The Hon. Matthew Connock 10 April 2018 -
The Hon. Melinda Jane Richards 24 April 2018 -
The Hon. Kevin Joseph Aloysius Lyons 22 May 2018 -
The Hon. Lesley Ann Taylor  10 July 2018 -
The Hon. Steven James Moore 10 July 2018 -
The Hon. Andrew James Tinney 10 July 2018 - 
The Hon. Jacinta Mary Forbes 16 April 2019 -
The Hon. Lisa Michelle Nichols 22 October 2019 -
The Hon. Jim Delany 2 June 2020 -
The Hon. Kathryn Lucy Stynes  22 June 2020 - 
The Hon. James Peter Gorton 15 December 2020 -
The Hon. Michael Sumner Osborne  15 December 2020 -
The Hon. Stephen Andrew O’Meara 18 May 2021 -
The Hon. Richard Hugo Muecke Attiwill   18 May 2021 - 
The Hon. Catherine Gail Button 9 August 2021 -
The Hon. Amanda Claire Fox 13 August 2021 -

* Date appointed as an Associate Justice

** Formerly Justice Zammit

Reserve judges Period of office
The Hon. Stephen William Kaye AM

(2003*) 3 February 2015** - 13 December 2021; 14 December 2021 - 
The Hon. Paul Anthony Coghlan AO 12 January 2014 - 23 January 2016;
11 July 2017 - 
The Hon. Malcolm Blue 28 April 2015 -
The Hon. Ross McKenzie Robson 20 July 2016 - 19 July 2021;
20 July 2021 -
The Hon. Robert Stanley Osborn 23 June 2018 - 
The Hon. Lex Lasry AM

3 July 2018 -
The Hon. Gregory Howard Garde AO RFD 1 April 2019 -
The Hon. Simon Paul Whelan 13 October 2020 -
The Hon. Clyde Elliott Croft AM 6 July 2021 -
The Hon. John Herbert Lytton Forrest 6 July 2021 -

*   Date appointed to the Trial Division
**  Date appointed to the Court of Appeal

Reserve associate justice Period of office
The Hon. Mark Derham 11 January 2020 -