Debra Mullins

Australian judge

The Honourable Justice Debra Mullins AO

President of the Queensland Court of Appeal
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 May 2022
Preceded by	Walter Sofronoff
Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 March 2000

Personal details
Born	Debra Ann Curtis (1957-02-12) 12 February 1957 (age 67) Sydney
Nationality	Australian
Children	3
Education	LL.M. (1999)
Alma mater	University of Queensland
Occupation	Judge, barrister

Debra Mullins AO (born 12 February 1957) is the president of the Queensland Court of Appeal. She has served on the Supreme Court of Queensland since 2000, and was elevated to the Court of Appeal in 2020.^[1] She was appointed as senior counsel in and for the State of Queensland in 1998.

Mullins attended Coorparoo State High School (now Coorparoo Secondary College) for her secondary education. Mullins graduated from the University of Queensland with a BCom (1977), an LL.B. (1980) and a Master of Laws (1999).^[2]

In 2014, Mullins was appointed as the deputy chancellor of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane, and was appointed as the chancellor of the diocese in 2014.

Mullins was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours for "distinguished service to the law, and to the judiciary, to professional development and legal education, and to women".^[3]

References

^ "The Honourable Justice Debra Mullins". Supreme Court Library Queensland. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
^ "The Honourable Justice Debra Mullins". Supreme Court Library Queensland. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
^ "The Honourable Justice Debra Ann Mullins". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 10 June 2019.

Judges of the Supreme Court of Queensland

Chief Justices

Former	Sir James Cockle Sir Charles Lilley Sir Samuel Griffith Sir Pope Alexander Cooper Thomas McCawley Sir James Blair Hugh Denis Macrossan Sir William Webb Neal Macrossan Sir Alan Mansfield William Mack Sir Mostyn Hanger Sir Charles Wanstall Sir Walter Campbell Sir Dormer Andrews John Murtagh Macrossan Paul de Jersey Tim Carmody Catherine Holmes
Current	Helen Bowskill

Acting Chief Justice

Former	Hugh Fraser

President, Court of Appeal

Former	Tony Fitzgerald Margaret McMurdo
Current	Walter Sofronoff

Judge of Appeal

Former	Cecil Pincus Bruce McPherson Geoffrey Davies James Thomas Glen Williams Catherine Holmes John Muir Margaret White
Current	John K. Bond Hugh Fraser Robert Gotterson Philip McMurdo Philip M. Morrison Debra Mullins Anthe Philippides

Additional Judge of Appeal

Former	Margaret Wilson

Senior Puisne Judge

Former	Pope Cooper Patrick Real Hugh Macrossan William Webb Neal Macrossan Alan Mansfield Roslyn Philp Joseph Sheehy Mostyn Hanger Norton Stable Geoffrey Lucas Dormer Andrews Jack Kelly Bruce McPherson Martin Moynihan

Senior Judge Administrator

Current	Glenn Martin

Judge at Morteton Bay

Former	Samuel Milford Alfred Lutwyche

Senior Judge Administrator

Former	John Byrne
Current	Ann Lyons

Judge

Former	Alfred Lutwyche Edmund Sheppard Charles Lilley George Harding Ratcliffe Pring Pope Cooper Charles Mein Charles Chubb Patrick Real Virgil Power William Shand Lionel Lukin Thomas McCawley James Blair Allan MacNaughton Charles Jameson Thomas O'Sullivan Robert Douglas William Webb Frank Brennan Hugh Macrossan John Woolcock Charles Stumm Edward Douglas Hereward Henchman Roslyn Philp Alan Mansfield Neal Macrossan Benjamin Matthews Edwin Stanley Joseph Sheehy Kenneth Townley William Mack Thomas O'Hagan Thomas Barry Mostyn Hanger Leslie Brown Bernard Jeffriess Charles Wanstall Norton Stable Harry Gibbs Russell Skerman Geoffrey Lucas Graham Hart James Douglas Douglas Campbell Marcus Hoare Walter Campbell Ronald Matthews George Kneipp Dormer Andrews Edward Williams Jack Kelly James Dunn Charles Sheahan Peter Connolly Alan Demack John Macrossan Bruce McPherson Glen Williams Desmond Derrington James Thomas Tom Shepherdson William Carter Kevin Ryan Angelo Vasta Martin Moynihan Paul de Jersey John Dowsett Brian Ambrose Richard Cooper William Lee Kenneth Mackenzie John Byrne Margaret White Susan Kiefel Henry George Fryberg John Helman John Muir Stanley Jones Margaret Wilson Roslyn Atkinson Peter Dutney Duncan McMeekin Alan Wilson David Thomas
Current	Peter Applegarth David Boddice Thomas Bradley Susan Brown Martin Burns Graeme Crow Jean Dalton Martin Daubney James Douglas Paul Freeburn Peter Flanagan James Henry David Jackson Declan Kelly Duncan McMeekin Kerri Mellifont David North Soraya Ryan Frances Williams

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