The Honourable Justice Rene Le Miere was appointed to the Supreme Court of Western Australia in February 2004. He was admitted to practice in Western Australia in 1978 and became a partner with Dwyer Durack in 1981. He is the longest serving Supreme Court judge but is required to retire in February 2022 as per the Judges’ Retirement Act, having reached the age of 70.
Justice Le Miere joined the WA Bar Association in 1988 and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1993. He was a member of the Council of the Law Society from 1983 - 1991, president of Law Society in 1989 and 1990, commissioner of the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia 1988 - 1992, and a board member of Perth Institute of Contemporary Art from 1993 to 1997.
Justice Le Miere graduated with a Bachelor of Economics at the University of Western Australia in 1972, a Bachelor of Jurisprudence with honours in 1977, and a Bachelor of Laws with honours in 1978.