Leeona Dorrian
 Lady Dorrian    (Advocate, Judge) | |
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| Born | 16 June 1957 |
| Alma mater | University of Aberdeen |
Lady Leeona Dorrian (born 16 June 1957) is the Lord Justice Clerk, the second most senior judicial post in Scotland, having previously been a Senator of the College of Justice (from 2005 to 2016). She called at the Faculty of Advocates in 1981, where she served as Standing Junior Counsel to the Health and Safety Executive and Commission between 1987 and 1994, as an Advocate Depute between 1988 and 1991, and Standing Junior to the Department of Energy between 1991 and 1994.
Lady Dorrian was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1994.
She has been a Judge since 2002. After three years as a temporary Judge, she became a Judge of the Scottish Supreme Courts in 2005. On her appointment as Lord Justice Clerk in April 2016, Lady Dorrian became the most senior woman in Scottish legal history.[1]
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