Sundaresh Menon

The Honourable Sundaresh Menon
Menon speaking at the SMU School of Law in 2019
4th Chief Justice of Singapore
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 November 2012
President	Tony Tan Halimah Yacob Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Preceded by	Chan Sek Keong
Justice of the Court of Appeal of Singapore
In office 1 August 2012 – 5 November 2012
Appointed by	Tony Tan
6th Attorney-General of Singapore
In office 1 October 2010 – 25 June 2012
Appointed by	S. R. Nathan
Preceded by	Walter Woon Koh Juat Jong (acting)
Succeeded by	Steven Chong
Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore
In office 3 April 2006 – 2 April 2007
Appointed by	S. R. Nathan
Personal details
Born	(1962-02-26) 26 February 1962 (age 62) State of Singapore
Alma mater	National University of Singapore (LLB) Harvard University (LLM)

Sundaresh Menon (born 26 February 1962) is a Singaporean lawyer and judge who has been serving as Chief Justice of Singapore since 2012.

Prior to his appointment as Chief Justice, Menon was a Judicial Commissioner between 2006 and 2007, Attorney-General between 2010 and 2012, and a Justice of the Court of Appeal.

Menon studied law at the National University of Singapore and Harvard Law School. He was a founding partner of law firm WongPartnership, and was also a partner at Shook Lin & Bok, Rajah & Tann, and Jones Day.

He was appointed as Chief Justice of Singapore by former president Tony Tan.