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Appointment of Crown Solicitor for Whanganui

Hon Christopher Finlayson

Attorney-General


10 November 2016
Media Statement

Appointment of Crown Solicitor for Whanganui

Michele Marina Wilkinson-Smith has been appointed Crown Solicitor for Whanganui, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today.

She takes over the role from Lance Rowe following his appointment to the District Court Bench in April 2016.

Ms Wilkinson-Smith graduated from the University of Auckland with a LLB (Hons) in 1993 and joined the independent bar in 2005. She has extensive criminal law experience, including 12 years as a Crown prosecutor and 11 years as a criminal defence barrister. She has also been a member of the Crown Prosecution Panel in Palmerston North since 2012.

She has acted in a number of high profile criminal trials and has appeared in all of New Zealand’s appellate courts. She is also a faculty member of the New Zealand Law Society Litigation Skills Programme.

Wilkinson-Smith Lawyers will support the delivery of Crown prosecution services to the Whanganui region.

The appointment will take effect from 1 December 2016.

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