A CENTRAL West barrister has been appointed the bench of the NSW Local Court.
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Attorney General John Hatzistergos yesterday said Michael Allen would replace retiring magistrate John McIntosh.
He said Mr Allen, of Orange, has had extensive experience as a legal practitioner in country NSW and in Sydney’s western suburbs, where he specialised in criminal law.
“Mr Allen has a proven ability to manage a large and varied workload and this attribute will certainly be useful in our busy local courts,” Mr Hatzistergos said.
In a legal career spanning more than two decades, Mr Allen has worked as a solicitor for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Legal Aid Commission.
For the past six years, Mr Allen has been practising as a barrister in Orange, representing clients in the local, district and supreme courts as well as the children’s court.
He will be sworn in as a magistrate at a ceremony in the Downing Centre Courthouse in Sydney on January 27.
