Michael Rozenes
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His Honour Michael Rozenes AO, QC |
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| 3rd Chief Judge of the County Court of Victoria | |
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Assumed office 25 November 2002 |
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| Appointed by | Rob Hulls |
| Preceded by | Glenn Waldron |
| 3rd Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions | |
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In office 1 February 1992 – 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Mark Weinberg |
| Succeeded by | Brian Ross Martin |
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| Born | Sosnowiec, Poland |
| Alma mater | Monash University |
Michael Rozenes AO, QC is the Chief Judge of the County Court of Victoria, an intermediate court in Victoria, Australia.
Rozenes was born in the Polish city of Sosnowiec and migrated with his family to Australia at the age of three. He was educated at the North Caulfield State School and then at Brighton Grammar School. At Brighton Grammar Rozenes represented the school in football, cricket and tennis and was an accomplished sprinter. He then attended Monash University, graduating with a Bachelor of Jurisprudence in 1967 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1969.
After graduating from university, Rozenes then served articles with Mr Frank Galbally of the firm Galbally & O'Bryan and was admitted to the Supreme Courts of Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia in 1971, and subsequently signed the Bar Roll in 1972.
From 1972 to 1976 he had a general criminal and common law practice and from 1977 to 1991 he practised exclusively in the criminal jurisdiction with a specialisation in complex taxation, corporate and appellant criminal cases. He appeared before numerous Royal Commissions, including the HIH Royal Commission, Builders' Royal Commission and Melbourne Ambulance Service Royal Commission.
He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1986. Over the course of his career at the Bar, Rozenes sat on the Victorian Bar Council, the Criminal Bar Association of Victoria Committee and the Victorian Bar Ethics Committee.
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