Attorney General Judith Collins has been a powerful player in the Luxon Cabinet for over 40 years. She holds two law degrees.
We outlined Collins’ background in this article, demonstrating her chameleon-like ability to recreate her political and legal careers at different times and she has continued to present the face of an accomplished battler, who has also held presidencies in both the Auckland District and New Zealand Law Societies.
As we reported, Judith Collins obtained first an LLB and then a LLM (Hons) and later a Master of Taxation Studies (MTaxS) from Auckland University before working as a solicitor for four different firms between 1981 and 1990, and then became principal of her own firm, Judith Collins & Associates in the decade up until 2000.
She was later appointed as a special adviser to Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, a position she held for two years until her entry into parliament in 2002.
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