Tony Hunt

Tony Hunt is an Irish lawyer who is currently a Judge of the High Court and is the senior presiding judge of the Special Criminal Court. He was previously a barrister and a Judge of the Circuit Court between 2007 and 2014. Education Hunt attended University College Dublin from where he obtained a BCL degree in 1984. He subsequently attended the King's Inns to study to become a barrister. Legal career Hunt was called to the Bar in 1986. He was an appointee of the Bar Council to the Superior Court Rules Committee. Much of his practice was spent appearing in criminal trials as prosecuting counsel for the Director of Public Prosecutions. He acted in trials involving assault, sexual assault, manslaughter, drugs offences, and tax offences. He acted for defendants in traffic offences, and sexual assault cases.