Steven Chong

Steven Chong Horng Siong SC (born 1957) is a Singaporean judge who currently serves as a Judge of Appeal in the Court of Appeal, the highest court in the country. Formerly a Supreme Court judge, he served as Attorney-General from 25 June 2012 to 25 June 2014 before he was appointed Judge of Appeal on 16 February 2017.

For the Chief Justic of Brunei, see Steven Chong Wan Oon.
The Honourable

Steven Chong Horng Siong

SC
庄泓翔
Chong at the ground-breaking ceremony for the new School of Law building of Singapore Management University on 20 January 2014
Justice of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Singapore
Assumed office
1 April 2017
Appointed byTony Tan Keng Yam
Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore
In office
25 June 2014 – 31 March 2017
Appointed byTony Tan Keng Yam
7th Attorney-General of Singapore
In office
25 June 2012 – 24 June 2014
Appointed byTony Tan Keng Yam
Preceded bySundaresh Menon JC, SC
Succeeded byV. K. Rajah JA, SC
Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore
In office
1 June 2010 – 21 June 2012
Appointed byS. R. Nathan
Judicial Commissioner of Singapore
In office
1 October 2009 – 31 May 2010
Appointed byS. R. Nathan
Personal details
Born1957
NationalitySingaporean
Alma materNational University of Singapore
In this Chinese name, the family name is Chong.
Steven Chong
Simplified Chinese庄泓翔

Early life

Chong obtained his Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law in 1982. In that same year, he, together with Davinder Singh, V K Rajah and Jimmy Yim, won the Philip C. Jessup Cup. He was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court in 1983. He was appointed Senior Counsel in January 1998, Judicial Commissioner in October 2009 and Supreme Court Judge in June 2010.

Career

Chong started his legal practice at Drew & Napier, where he spent 14 years and built up his legal career from an associate to the joint Managing Partner. He then spent 12 years in Rajah & Tann and was its Senior Partner and then Managing Partner until his appointment to the Supreme Court Bench. He was a leading commercial lawyer during his practice and argued many cases in court. He was also a senior member of the Singapore arbitration community and participated in arbitration as both a counsel as well as an arbitrator. He is an accredited Arbitrator of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration. Chong was also Iceland's Honorary Consul to Singapore from 2003 to 2009.

Chong was appointed Attorney-General on 25 June 2012, succeeding Sundaresh Menon.[1] In April 2014 it was announced that he would return to Singapore's High Court at the conclusion of his two-year term,[2] to be succeeded by Judge of Appeal V. K. Rajah.[3]

References
  1. "Steven Chong Horng Siong". Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  2. "Justice Steven Chong appointed as new Attorney-General, takes over from the present AG, Mr Sundaresh Menon". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  3. Justice V. K. Rajah to take over as A-G in June, 'Straits Times', 28 April 2014.
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