Donald Binchy
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Donald Binchy | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the Court of Appeal | |
| Assumed office 18 March 2020 | |
| Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
| Appointed by | Michael D. Higgins |
| Judge of the High Court | |
| In office 30 October 2014 – 18 March 2020 | |
| Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
| Appointed by | Michael D. Higgins |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 (age 61–62) Waterford, Ireland |
| Spouse |
Claire Cusack (m. 1999) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Clongowes Wood College |
| Alma mater | |
Donald Binchy (born 1963[1]) is an Irish judge and lawyer who has served as a Judge of the Court of Appeal since March 2020. He previously served as a Judge of the High Court from 2014 to 2020. He formerly practiced as a solicitor, and was the President of the Law Society of Ireland between 2011 and 2012.
Binchy was born in Waterford in 1963, but is from Clonmel in County Tipperary. His father Don, was a solicitor who was the President of the Law Society of Ireland from 1990 to 1991.[2] He attended Clongowes Wood College and received a BCL degree from University College Dublin in 1984.[3][4] He qualified as a solicitor from the Law Society in 1987 and spent two years practising at a commercial firm in Dublin, Cawley, Sheerin, Wynne, practising in the areas of funds and re-insurance law.[3] He subsequently joined the firm founded by his grandfather, Binchy Solicitors, in Clonmel. He was appointed solicitor to Clonmel Corporation in 1995.[1]
In his practice, he specialised in particular in aspects of company and commercial law, in addition to administrative law and planning law.[5]
He became President of the Law Society of Ireland in 2011 to serve a term until 2012.[2] He had previously served on various committees of the Law Society prior to becoming president.[1]