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Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
About Marcus Einfeld
- Marcus Richard Einfeld (born 22 September 1938) is a former Australian judge who served on the Federal Court of Australia and was the inaugural president of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.
- In retirement, he served two years in prison after being convicted of perjury and perverting the course of justice.Einfeld studied law at the University of Sydney.
- His father Syd Einfeld was a federal MP.
- He was called to the bar in 1962, and appointed Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1977.
- From 1972 to 1976, Einfeld was a director of the World Jewish Congress, based in London.
- After returning to Australia he became one of Sydney's most prominent barristers.
- Einfeld was appointed to the Federal Court in 1986, serving until 2001.
- In the same year he was made the inaugural president of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, serving until 1989.
- He was also the inaugural president of the Australian Paralympic Committee from 1990 to 1992. In 2006, Einfeld was issued a A$77 speeding ticket for travelling 10 km/h (6.2 mph) over the limit.
- He appealed the ticket, claiming that he had not been driving.
- Journalists subsequently discovered that he had made a number of false statements under oath; the woman he had said was driving had in fact died several years earlier.
- Einfeld was arrested in 2007, and the following year pleaded guilty to perjury and perverting the course of justice.
- He was sentenced to three years' imprisonment.
- As a result of his actions, Einfeld was expelled from the legal profession and stripped of many of the honours he had previously accumulated, including his status as a Queen's Counsel, appointment of the Order of Australia, and his status as a National Living Treasure.
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