John Hatzistergos, a former Labor attorney general of NSW, joined the bench of the District Court after being nominated by Coalition Attorney General Brad Hazzard.
The judge, whose late father, Theofilis, briefly cut sugarcane after migrating from the Greek island of Kos, was welcomed to the bench at a ceremony attended by former NSW governor Marie Bashir, Bishop Seraphim of the Greek Orthodox Church and former NSW attorneys general Bob Debus and Terry Sheahan.
