Jennifer Coate

The Honourable
Jennifer Coate
AO
Coate in 2016
Royal Commissioner of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
In office
11 January 2013 – 15 December 2017
Serving with Bob Atkinson, Robert Fitzgerald, Helen Milroy, Andrew Murray, Peter McClellan
Nominated byJulia Gillard
Appointed byQuentin Bryce
(Governor-General)
Judge of the Family Court of Australia
In office
31 January 2013 – 8 February 2019
State Coroner of Victoria
In office
29 November 2007 – 30 January 2013
Nominated byRob Hulls
Judge of the County Court of Victoria
In office
June 2000 – 30 January 2013
President of the Children's Court of Victoria
In office
June 2000″ – 28 November 2007
Personal details
Born (1953-02-08) 8 February 1953 (age 71)
East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Alma materMonash University
OccupationJudge
ProfessionSolicitor; barrister; academic

Jennifer Ann Coate AO (born 8 February 1953)[1] is an Australian jurist. Coate was a Judge of the Family Court of Australia[2] and one of the six Royal Commissioners appointed by the Australian government Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.[3]

  1. ^ Who's Who in Australia, ConnectWeb (2017).
  2. ^ "Former judges of the Family Court". Family Court of Australia. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Justice Jennifer Coate". Our work: The Commissioners. Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2014.