Karin Emerton

Karin Leigh Emerton (born 6 May 1957) is a justice of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria in Australia, serving as the current President of the Court of Appeal.

Emerton is a graduate of the University of Sydney and University of New South Wales in Australia, and completed a doctorate at the Sorbonne.

Emerton worked as a solicitor at Blake Dawson Waldron from 1989; during her time there she was seconded to the Victorian Attorney-General's Department. Emerton was called to the Victorian Bar in 1993 and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2007. She worked for the Victorian Government as Crown Counsel (Advisings) between 2007 and 2009.

A portrait of Emerton, Woman and pipe, by Merilyn Fairskye was a finalist for the 1987 Archibald Prize.