The Hon Samuel Alexander VANDONGEN
Judge, Federal Court of Australia: 17.12.2024
Location: Perth
Justice Vandongen was appointed to the Federal Court on 17 December 2024.
Justice Vandongen graduated with Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Australia in 1991 and was admitted to legal practice in Western Australia in 1992. His Honour joined the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in 1996 and worked as a Crown Prosecutor in New South Wales before returning to Western Australia to take up the role of Consultant State Prosecutor in 2006.
In 2008, his Honour joined the Independent Bar and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2010.
Justice Vandongen was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 2022 and as a judge of the Court of Appeal in 2023.
December 2024