Robert Bromwich

Biography Bromwich was born in Darwin where his father was the Chief Surgeon. He moved to Canberra and then Sydney after his schooling and in 1984 completed a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws from Macquarie University. He commenced legal work in 1985 as a lawyer in the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions and later became an Assistant Director and trial advocate there. Bromwich's work at the CDPP covered a wide area of federal criminal law, but particularly focused on white-collar crime. He also assisted, while on secondment, in setting up the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption,

Bromwich undertook a number of structural reforms in the CDPP during his term as director, including moving the Office from a regional model to a practice group model with different leaders.

In April 2019, Attorney-General Christian Porter appointed Bromwich to the Australian Law Reform Commission to help with an ongoing enquiry where Bromwich's role was to consider ways to strengthen the laws regarding the liability of corporate executives.

In August 2024, Bromwich was the presiding judge in the case Tickle vs Giggle.