CHAIRPERSON
 
The Hon James Wood AO QC
Mr Wood, who commenced his term as chairperson in January 2006, was Chief Judge at Common Law, 1998-2005, having been appointed a Supreme Court Judge in 1984. He was also Commissioner of the Royal Commission into Police Corruption, 1994-1997 and previously a full-time Commissioner with the Law Reform Commission, 1982-1984. [More information about Mr Wood and previous Chairpersons...]
 
FULL-TIME COMMISSIONER
 
Emeritus Professor Hilary Astor
Professor Astor commenced as full-time Commissioner in March 2010. She was previously a part-time Commissioner from 1999-2006. Professor Astor joined the Faculty of Law at the University of Sydney in 1986 and most recently held the position of Professor of Dispute Resolution. Her areas of interest are dispute resolution, especially mediation, and family law. She is the co-author, with Professor Christine Chinkin, of Dispute Resolution in Australia (2nd edition, Butterworths, Sydney, 2002). She was the inaugural Chairperson of the National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council and is presently a member of the Council of the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration.
 
PART-TIME COMMISSIONERS
 
Emeritus Professor David Brown
Emeritus Professor David Brown was a Professor in Law at the University of NSW until his retirement in 2008.  He is a widely recognised academic specialist in criminal law, criminology and penology, including as an author of the leading textbook on NSW criminal law.  He is admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.

Mr Tim Game SC
Mr Game was admitted to the NSW Bar in 1985 and was appointed Senior Counsel in 1996. He is a member of the NSW Bar Association's Criminal Law Committee. He is also a member of the Law Council of Australia's Anti-Money Laundering Working Group and Co-chair of the National Criminal Law Liaison Committee.

Professor Jane Goodman-Delahunty
Professor Goodman-Delahunty, who was appointed to the Commission in May 2002, is a professor in the Australian Graduate School of Policing at the Charles Sturt University. She was previously Director of the Forensic Psychology Postgraduate Program at the University of New South Wales (2001-2009) and is also editor of Psychology, Public Policy, & Law, a Member of the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal Community Services Division, and a Mediator for the NSW Office of Fair Trading Mediation Services Unit.

The Hon Gregory James QC
Mr James is currently the President of the Mental Health Review tribunal. A retired Supreme Court Judge and former leading criminal barrister, he was appointed to the Commission in January 1999, having previously been a part-time Commissioner in 1985-1989.

His Honour Judge Peter Johnstone
Judge Johnstone was appointed to the District Court in 2006.

Deputy Chief Magistrate Jane Mottley
Jane Mottley is one of two Deputy Chief Magistrates of the Local Court of NSW. She was appointed to that role in 2009, after serving as a Magistrate since 2000. During her tenure she has also served as a Children’s Magistrate. Before appointment to the bench, Deputy Chief Magistrate Mottley worked as a Legal Aid Solicitor, as a legal officer at the State Drug Crime Commission and in Courts administration.

Mr Stephen O'Connor
Immediate before his appointment to the Commission, Steve O’Connor was the Deputy Chief Executive, Legal Services at the Legal Aid Commission, where he was responsible for the criminal, civil and family law practices. Prior to that appointment he held the post of Solicitor for Public prosecutions. Mr O’Connor is currently also an honorary director of the Aboriginal Legal Service.

The Hon Hal Sperling QC
Mr Sperling, was a Judge of the Supreme Court, 1995-2004. He was previously a part-time Commissioner from 1981-1996 and a Deputy Chairperson of the Commission in 1996.