Bankside Chambers are delighted to welcome Janna McGuigan to Chambers.

Janna started at Chambers on 1 February 2017.

Janna was admitted to the bar in 2008.  Before becoming a barrister sole in 2017, Janna worked at Wilson Harle (Auckland) and at Russell McVeagh (Wellington).

Janna holds a Masters of Law from the University of Michigan, where she was a Grotius Fellow in 2010-2011, and a BA / LLB (First Class Hons) from the University of Canterbury (2007).   Following graduation, Janna spent two years as a Judge’s Clerk to the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Tipping at the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

Janna is President of the Auckland Women Lawyers’ Association.

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