The Honourable Chris Kourakis

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

• Admitted to practice 1982.
• Articled at Johnston Withers McCusker.
• Worked at the Legal Services Commission for several years then at a suburban practice before going to the Bar in 1989.
• Legal Services Commissioner 1993-1997.
• Took silk in 1997.
• President of the Law Society 2001.
• Appointed as Solicitor-General for the State of South Australia on 3 February 2003.
• Appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of South Australia 21 August 2008.
• Appointed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia on 25 June 2012.
• National Patron of the Hellenic Australian Lawyers Association since 2014.
• Conferred Degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa by Flinders University April 2015.