The Hon. Justice Catherine Button
Federal Court of Australia

Justice Button was appointed to the Federal Court on 16 January 2023, having been a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria since 2021.  

Her Honour graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws in 1997 from the University of Melbourne, and also studied as a Rhodes Scholar from 2000 to 2003, graduating from the University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Civil Law in 2000, a Master of Philosophy in Law in 2001 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 2003.

Justice Button was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in the Supreme Court of Victoria in 2000. Prior to going to the Bar in 2007, Justice Button was a senior associate with Minter Ellison in the commercial disputes division and also spent some time working in the United Kingdom at the Law Commission.