Justice Joseph Victor Williams is the first Māori lawyer to be appointed a Supreme Court judge.
He replaces Sir William Young, who has been named to chair the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch terror attacks.
Early in his legal career, Justice Williams joined Kensington Swan in 1988 and established the first unit specialising in Māori issues in a major New Zealand law firm, and developed a large environmental practice.
He became a partner at Kensington Swan in 1992, leaving in 1994 to co-found Walters Williams & Co in Auckland and Wellington.
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First published in RNZ on May 2, 2019
