James Popple (born 1964) isCEO of the Law Council of Australia.He is alsoan Honorary Professor in the College of Law and the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the Australian National University,and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. He wasPresident of the ANU's Postgraduate and Research Students' Association (1990–91);associate to High Court Justice Mary Gaudron (1995);Deputy Registrar of the High Court of Australia (1996–98);a senior executive in the Australian Attorney-General's Department (1998–2010);the first Australian Freedom of Information Commissioner (2010–14);a Senior Member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2015–17);a Principal Reviewer at CPM Reviews Pty Ltd (2018);a member of the Australian Anti-Dumping Review Panel (2018–21);a member of the ACT Remuneration Tribunal (2018–22);Official Secretary to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (2018–21);and Official Secretary to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide (2021