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unusual facts about Senior Counsel


Australian Army Legal Corps

Many members of the Legal Corps have been appointed as Queen's Counsel or Senior Counsel, and a number have been elevated to various Australian courts (including county, district courts, and state supreme courts).


Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

External commentators, such as Mr Peter Garling, SC, have described these processes as 'onerous' during a 2008 statutory inquiry.

Len Elmore

Aside from his announcing duties, Elmore also previously served as Senior Counsel with LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae in New York City, where he currently resides, and is the president of the National Basketball Retired Players Association.

Lisa Shoman

In December 2009, she was elevated to the rank of Senior Counsel by the Chief Justice of Belize, Dr Abdulai Conteh.

Siddharth Luthra

Siddharth Luthra is a senior advocate at Supreme Court of India.


see also

Catherine M. Russell

Russell began her career on Capitol Hill, as Counsel and then Senior Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.).

Colin Sleeman

As an Assistant Judge Advocate General, he was appointed as senior counsel for the defence in two trials of Japanese soldiers accused of war crimes held in Singapore after the end of the Second World War.

Dan Gregory Blair

From 1998 through 2001, Blair served as Senior Counsel to Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) on the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.

Fingerprint Inquiry

In 2009 it was reported that Gerry Moynihan QC, Senior Counsel to the Inquiry, has a potential conflict of interest relating to the Shirley McKie case.

Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn

He was called to the Bar in South Africa in 1958 and appointed senior counsel of the Supreme Court of South Africa in 1970.

John C. Major

From 1975 to 1985, he was the Senior Counsel for the City of Calgary Police Service.

Queen's Counsel

The NSW Government replaced the office of Queen's Counsel with the office of Senior Counsel in 1993.

Robert Holleyman

Holleyman was Legislative Director and Assistant to former U.S. Senator Russell B. Long (D-LA) between 1982 and 1986, and Senior Counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation from 1987 to 1990.

Ron Castan

One of his most celebrated roles was that of senior counsel in the Mabo case, which abolished the doctrine of terra nullius and recognised Aboriginal land rights in Australian law for the first time.