This is how they marked a baby's first year back in the day - beats Facebook!
Judith Potter's dad, Philip was mayor of Mt Roskill from 1950 to 1953.
Mother Marjorie and dad Philip.
Sister Raewyn and brother Ross.
With sister Raewyn at the Mt Eden tennis courts.
Being admitted to bar in February 1965, with David Williams (right, later QC) and on left his brother Michael Williams.
Dame Judith at her sister's wedding.
Dame Judith with her nieces and nephews.
1969, admission of younger brother Ross to the bar
1981 - photo taken by NZ Times
1988: With QCs Leary, Southwick, Tong and Hutchinson
1988: Lowell Goddard, Judith Potter, Sian Elias were the first women to be appointed QCs. Judith Potter was the first woman President of a District Law Society (Auckland). Photo taken in the No. 1 courtroom at the Auckland High Court.
Dame Judith was a trailblazer for women in the legal profession. This photo is the centennial year for the Auckland Law Society in 1979 and shows presidents and past presidents.
1991: President of the NZ Law Society, the first woman appointed.
President of the NZ Law Society, 1991.
1993 NZ Law Society Conference in Wellington with Lord Goff of Chieveley
Judith Potter was appointed to the High Court bench in 1997 and served the judiciary for 15 years.
1999: At Formosa Golf Club.
Dame Judith and her family
Retirement function 2012 with Sir Anand Satyanand, CJ and Frank Godinet
Dame Judith Potter became the first woman president of a District Law Society - Auckland - in 1988 and the first woman President of the New Zealand Law Society in 1991. She was appointed to the High Court bench in 1997 and served the judiciary for 15 years. In her time as a High Court Judge she presided over many high-profile court cases including the murder trial of Clayton Weatherston, the murder of toddler Nia Glassie; the trial of Antonie Dixon and the RSA murders by William Bell. Dame Judith retired from the High Court in 2012 and talks to Wallace for our series: Influential Kiwis talk about their Influences.
