Napier barrister Max Courtney has been appointed a District Court judge with a Family Court warrant, Attorney-General Chris Finlayson announced today.
Mr Courtney worked as a solicitor in Wellington and Napier before becoming a barrister in 2000, and has held appointments with the Hawkes Bay District Law Society and the New Zealand Law Society.
He will be sworn in at Napier on November 26 and will sit in New Plymouth.
- NZPA
New District Court judge appointed
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