The Hon Lisa Anne HESPE

Judge, Federal Court of Australia: 27.04.2022
Location: Melbourne

Other Commissions Appointments:
Administrative Appeals Tribunal - Deputy President

Justice Hespe was appointed to the Federal Court on 27 April 2022.

Justice Hespe graduated with a Bachelor of Economics in 1991 and with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) in 1994 from Monash University, and later obtained her Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne in 2002. Justice Hespe was admitted as a solicitor and barrister in the Supreme Court of Victoria in 1995.

Justice Hespe commenced her career at Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons), where she specialised in income tax. Since 2012 Justice Hespe has been a lecturer at the University of Melbourne. In 2017 she was appointed as a part-time Senior Member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, and was appointed as Senior Counsel in 2021.

Associateship applications

Justice Hespe's chambers have filled the associateship position for 2024. 

Updated March 2023