Anna Judith Katzmann
SC is an Australian lawyer and a current judge of the
Federal Court of Australia.
Katzmann is a graduate of the
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensiv ...
.
Before her appointment as a justice of the Federal Court, Katzmann was the President of the
New South Wales Bar Association.
Early life and education
Katzmann grew up in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, attending
Clovelly
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Primary School, completing her primary education at
Woollahra Demonstration School. Katzmann attended the academically selective
Sydney Girls High School
Sydney Girls High School (abbreviated as SGHS or Sydney Girls) is a Education in Australia#Government schools, government-funded Single-sex school, single-sex Selective school (New South Wales), academically selective secondary school, secondary da ...
where she was elected school captain. She studied arts and law at the
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensiv ...
, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws and Honours in Arts in 1979.
[ (2010 Winter) Bar News: Journal of the NSW Bar Association 129.]
Career
Katzmann became a barrister after graduating, also working as a lecturer at the
NSW Institute of Technology. She was appointed
Senior Counsel
The title of Senior Counsel or State Counsel (post-nominal letters: SC) is given to a senior lawyer in some countries that were formerly part of the British Empire. "Senior Counsel" is used in current or former Commonwealth countries or jurisdictio ...
in 1997. Katzmann was elected as a member of the Bar Council continuously from 1994 until 2010, holding every position, including as president from late 2007 until 2009.
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Federal Judicial Scholarship 33.
Federal Court
Katzmann was sworn in as a judge of the Federal Court on 2 February 2010.
See also
*
List of Judges of the Federal Court of Australia
Judges who have served on the Federal Court of Australia , 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. Judges' appointment, tenure, and re ...
References
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Living people
Australian women judges
Judges of the Federal Court of Australia
Date of birth missing (living people)
University of New South Wales Law School alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Judges of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
21st-century Australian judges
21st-century women judges
People educated at Sydney Girls High School